Re: one-liners for the docs...

[Guest guest]

Hi, How about telling him to tell his patients no liquid sugars (ie soda or

juice) until they meet with you?

connie

 

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To: rd-usa

Sent: Friday, November 4, 2011 4:15 PM

Subject: one-liners for the docs...

 

Hi,

I had a physician approach me about doing a CME with the docs in our medical

group re: nutrition. He is very pro-nutrition and collegial with the

dietitians. I'm really excited about this. I wanted to pick your brains...

One thing I was thinking of doing was doing a " SAY this, not that " type of thing

for the one-liners. Many of the docs say " nothing white " or " cut the carbs " to

the diabetic patients which is disheartening, not informative, and typically

pushes the patients away from making the appt with the RD. If their doc said

that, what on earth is the RD (whose job it is to be the food police!) going to

say?! Then they soothe themselves with a Cinnabon. Great.

Can you guys give me some ideas of one-liners that are HELPFUL? I don't love

blanket statements, but these docs have zero time, so we have to work with what

we've got.

His favorite is Pollan's: Eat food, mostly plants, not too much.

Anything else??

THANK YOU!

Arnstein, MS, RD, CSSD

[Guest guest]

How about... " above all else, do no harm "

Meaning prescribing drugs is very routine, but there are side effects.

Teach lifestyle changes to manage disease in-addition to meds if necessary to

treat/correct/control health.

Meds don't fix unhealthy lifestyle choices.

Osowski MS, RD, LD

Registered Dietitian

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> Hi,

>

> I had a physician approach me about doing a CME with the docs in our medical

> group re: nutrition. He is very pro-nutrition and collegial with the

> dietitians. I'm really excited about this. I wanted to pick your brains...

>

> One thing I was thinking of doing was doing a " SAY this, not that " type of

thing

> for the one-liners. Many of the docs say " nothing white " or " cut the carbs " to

> the diabetic patients which is disheartening, not informative, and typically

> pushes the patients away from making the appt with the RD. If their doc said

> that, what on earth is the RD (whose job it is to be the food police!) going

to

> say?! Then they soothe themselves with a Cinnabon. Great.

>

> Can you guys give me some ideas of one-liners that are HELPFUL? I don't love

> blanket statements, but these docs have zero time, so we have to work with

what

> we've got.

>

> His favorite is Pollan's: Eat food, mostly plants, not too much.

>

> Anything else??

>

> THANK YOU!

>

> Arnstein, MS, RD, CSSD

>

>

[Guest guest]

How about... " above all else, do no harm "

Meaning prescribing drugs is very routine, but there are side effects.

Teach lifestyle changes to manage disease in-addition to meds if necessary to

treat/correct/control health.

Meds don't fix unhealthy lifestyle choices.

Osowski MS, RD, LD

Registered Dietitian

Sent from my iPhone

> Hi,

>

> I had a physician approach me about doing a CME with the docs in our medical

> group re: nutrition. He is very pro-nutrition and collegial with the

> dietitians. I'm really excited about this. I wanted to pick your brains...

>

> One thing I was thinking of doing was doing a " SAY this, not that " type of

thing

> for the one-liners. Many of the docs say " nothing white " or " cut the carbs " to

> the diabetic patients which is disheartening, not informative, and typically

> pushes the patients away from making the appt with the RD. If their doc said

> that, what on earth is the RD (whose job it is to be the food police!) going

to

> say?! Then they soothe themselves with a Cinnabon. Great.

>

> Can you guys give me some ideas of one-liners that are HELPFUL? I don't love

> blanket statements, but these docs have zero time, so we have to work with

what

> we've got.

>

> His favorite is Pollan's: Eat food, mostly plants, not too much.

>

> Anything else??

>

> THANK YOU!

>

> Arnstein, MS, RD, CSSD

>

>