Eat, Read, Learn | November 2024

NS Dietitians: Check out the DNNS Facebook page for more new foods, thought-provoking reads, and continuing education opportunities – and please share your own contributions as well!

If you have comments or suggestions, you can reach Meredith at meredith.lapp@gmail.com

EAT

Hosting a few folks for dinner this month but feeling a little early

for winter festive food? Here’s some awesome new twists on late-

autumn comfort food from CBC Life: What to Eat in November features

high-protein Harissa Cottage Cheese Dip, visually beautiful Red Lentils

with Crispy Garlic and Greens, and a range of cozy sharable suppers,

from reliable Classic Chicken Parmesan to a more adventuresome

Seaweed Brown Butter pasta.

READ

How can Registered Dietitians work within and alongside the next generation of predictive tech in delivering safe and effective medical nutrition therapy? On the first page of the Nov/Dec 2024 issue of Today’s Dietitian, editor Heather Lewis RDN reflects on a request for consult on an “AI-driven program that could use blood glucose data alone to tell users how and what to eat. I knew that basing nutrition

recommendations on raw glucose data alone was unlikely to yield appropriate treatment conclusions. […] Furthermore, I knew that individualized dietary recommendations needed to appreciate far more than raw glucose data points to accomplish the goal of improving health and reducing disease risk. I shared this feedback with the researchers who told me they hadn’t considered any of these points before our conversation. RDs are essential for quality AI-driven nutrition program development. We offer valuable feedback to the developer teams. Having an RD (or several) on the development team can make the difference between producing a dangerous gimmick vs a legitimate health-improvement tool.” Read the full editorial here, and the feature article here.

LEARN

The Diabetes Canada/Canadian Society of

Endocrinology and Metabolism (CSEM) Professional conference is taking place in Halifax this week (Nov 20-23). The agenda includes announcing updates to the Diabetes Canada Clinical Practice Guidelines, clinical lectures about new and emerging technologies in diabetes management, and multiple sessions centering the importance of patient-centred behavioural support. For those who cannot attend in person, virtual registration is available for purchase until Nov 23, 2024. This unlocks recordings of all sessions, available for 6 months after conference.

Follow the DNNS Facebook group for more new foods, thought-provoking reads, and continuing education opportunities – and please share your own contributions as well!

Curated by Meredith Lapp, RD

If you have a blog, book, or online course that you would like to share with your fellow network members, please forward information to Meredith at meredith.lapp@gmail.com