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#1: What's the best thing you can eat?
Fruits and vegetables.
#2: What's the worst thing you can eat?
Added sugar.
#3: What do people inevitably ask you when they find out what you do?
It's usually weight loss help, "So I heard about this diet. Tell me about it. What do you think about this eating plan?"
#4: What's the most common mistake people make that causes them to fail at their diet?
Too much, too fast, too soon.
#5: What do you know now as a registered dietitian that you wish everybody knew?
Theresa: That it's not as hard as what we make it out to be.
Interviewer: And how so?
Theresa: You know, most people know that they need to eat a balanced diet and lots of fruits and vegetables, whole foods, less processed foods, and to move more. And it's really that simple, but it's making it a priority and taking the time to integrate those foods.
#6: What's the best way to make sure that I'm eating healthy
Theresa: Making sure that you're enjoying it and that you've got lots of color in your diet.
Interviewer: Okay.
Theresa: Natural color.
#7: Sum up all your nutrition knowledge in one sentence
Theresa: That's really . . .
Interviewer: Unfair?
Theresa: Yeah, really. I'm at a disadvantage here. Eating well throughout the lifespan and finding a way to eat for a lifetime is really the key, rather than just, "How am I going to eat for the next say 10 days or 30 days?" But, "What works for my body for the long term?"
updated: August 10, 2023
originally published: September 20, 2017
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