thanks Rance thanks ladies so there was
once upon a time a place in a world
where people didn't count their calories
they didn't exclude entire categories of
food to manage their weight they just
ate when they were hungry they stopped
when they were full and that's why
Samantha private and Lauren Smith of
dietitians of palm valley are here
because we wanted to talk a little bit
about fad diets but it really does go
deeper you talked to Lauren a little bit
off-camera about a hunger fullness scale
can you elaborate on that yeah so as a
registered dietician I work with a lot
of clients privately and we're really
not in tune with how our body feels and
so if we really pay attention to our
hunger and fullness we can really
regulate our food and take a lot better
than counting calories on apps like
MyFitnessPal and a lot of these food
trackers out there so if we're thinking
of this hunger and fullness scale zero
would be I am ravenously hungry and I
could eat anything that walks in front
of me ten would be I'm Thanksgiving full
and I'm you know taking off my belt at
the dinner table where five is really
neutral and so if we can stay between a
three and probably like around a seven
you're in a really really good place
compared to going to those drastic black
and white ends okay so if you if you are
ravenous that means you probably should
have been eating a little bit more
throughout the day prior to that and if
I can call you Sam you know that's what
my plan say so Sammy let's talk a little
bit about the numbers because it's
extremely serious in this in this day
and age with children and a B DS and
that's
eating disorder so in incidence of a
hundred thousand kids out of that a
hundred thousand twelve of them will be
diagnosed with type two diabetes whereas
two thousand and nine hundred will be
diagnosed with eating disorder so
there's a really big issue in our
country and we're not saying one is
bigger than the other but we have to
look at our culture and the effect it
has on us so we live in a culture that
has a sixty-two billion dollar diet
industry with fads and pills and
supplements
there's even programs now that are
targeting teens for dieting so it's
really really important and still like
Lauren was talking about just listening
to our hunger and fullness cues and
really creating a great relationship
with the food so where do the two of you
stand as registered dieticians on diets
like a low-carb diet or a keto diet or a
paleo diet these are names some you've
heard of some maybe not but where do you
stand on these types of ways to eat
absolutely I mean when we're thinking
about the health benefit of a certain
diet there is no one perfect diet I mean
we often hear about a lot of
Mediterranean diets really really
helpful but you have to find a dietary
pattern that's gonna work for you
whether that's low-carb whether that's
high carb you have to think about your
activity level as well and what's
sustainable for you long term and I do
love the fact that you say you have
families
entire families that come to you and
you'll do pantry cleaning meat so give
me an example of something that might
occur in a pantry sweet yeah
well it's funny because people ask us as
dietitians like what don't you eat and
we're like we eat everything we yeah we
agree with all foods they all fit so
it's really teaching kids what's in the
food that they're eating showing them
how many tablespoons of sugars and some
things but letting them know that
everything's allowed to be a part of
their diet we like to use a bow and
arrow as an example as a restriction and
binging so if we tell a child you can
never have cookies again they're gonna
say no cookies no cookies no cookies and
they get to a point where they eat a ton
of cookies I've been restricted so it's
learning how to fit everything in and
teaching them what's in the food so
balance balance balance so what I want
to do is make sure that people know how
to get in touch
when I ask you right here on the show if
one day join you
here one of our pantries to really get a
good feel for what goes on and how the
family can benefit I'm sitting down with
a registered dietician and really you
know say moms on on this you know
mission and dad doesn't like to eat this
and the kids love that and you know
because that's my family I was just
describing by the way so thank you both
so much dieticians of Palm Valley we're
gonna make sure that you have all the
information you need to get in touch
with them by posting that on River City
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as well
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