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Nutrition by RD My mission is to empower you to take charge of your health utilizing an anti-diet approach rooted in

Nutrition by RD was created by Rebecca Ditkoff, a Registered Dietitian (RD)/Nutritionist in NYC. For more information please visit Rebecca's website: www.nutritionbyRD.com.

Intentions are everything!✨Just like with intuitive eating where self-care, joy and focusing on how you *feel* and want ...
08/09/2023

Intentions are everything!✨
Just like with intuitive eating where self-care, joy and focusing on how you *feel* and want to feel is key - the same goes for joyful movement! Activities that bring you joy that also make you feel good in your body is much healthier for your physical AND mental health than those intended to manipulate and/or shrink your body. Additionally, intrinsic motivation for movement tends to last a lot longer than the short-term motivation often paired with dieting.
These days joyful movement for me looks like stroller walks with my son👶🏼 or physical therapy/strength training (an important part of my self-care routine) with 🥰🏋🏻‍♀️What are some of your favorite ways to move your body?
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Morning PSA🚨your weight, shape or size does not determine your worth as a human being.Additionally, you don’t need to ea...
07/12/2023

Morning PSA🚨your weight, shape or size does not determine your worth as a human being.
Additionally, you don’t need to earn your worthiness. You already are worthy just as you are. Diet culture wants us to believe that we are only worthy when we are at a certain weight and if we are not there we need to be continuously striving for it (sigh!🙄) Not only is this a lie and straight up🤬💩but it’s the driving belief keeping people stuck in the diet cycle and allows the billion dollar diet industry to remain profitable😡

What to expect when you first start intuitive eating➡️➡️➡️ **keep in mind everyone is different, but these are some comm...
07/10/2023

What to expect when you first start intuitive eating➡️➡️➡️ **keep in mind everyone is different, but these are some common themes I see come up in a lot of my client discussions!
For those of you on your own intuitive eating journey— what has your experience been relating to expectations vs reality when it comes to healing your relationship with food?

No disrespect to coffee (love it just as much as the next guy!), but coffee is *NOT* breakfast. Gentle reminder to pleas...
07/07/2023

No disrespect to coffee (love it just as much as the next guy!), but coffee is *NOT* breakfast. Gentle reminder to pleaseee have some breakfast with your coffee this morning if you haven’t already!

When is it appropriate to comment on someone else’s body? Never❌We live in a culture where all too often weight loss is ...
04/21/2023

When is it appropriate to comment on someone else’s body? Never❌
We live in a culture where all too often weight loss is perceived as “good” and weight gain is seen as “bad.” This assumption is inherently flawed and harmful. Not only does weight loss or gain tell you nothing about a person’s behaviors, health, happiness or anything else for that matter, but the comment could either be interpreted as a sign of success/failure and either potentially perpetuate unhealthy disordered behaviors or send someone into a shame spiral. More specifically, the individual that you are praising for weight loss could be suffering from an eating disorder, cancer, depression, grief etc. You never know what is truly behind a weight change! Alternatively, the person that you are judging for weight gain may be happy, healthy, on a new medication that is helping them or in recovery from an eating disorder. Instead of appearance-based comments try to focus on qualities about them such as their character, personality, or sense of style👗💃🏽

Cannot believe that today already marks 8 weeks of maternity leave🥹👶🏼💙Feeling grateful for this very special time with m...
01/06/2023

Cannot believe that today already marks 8 weeks of maternity leave🥹👶🏼💙Feeling grateful for this very special time with my sweet son, for my husbands support as we navigate our new roles as mom & dad👨‍👩‍👦and for the ability to work for myself and return to a flexible schedule with incredible clients that I absolutely LOVE working with🥰
Special shout out to Melissa, my amazing associate, who took excellent care of the clients at NBRD while I was out, and to all my wonderful colleagues who also helped out during this time!
I’ll be easing back in to work part-time next week and look forward to reconnecting with you all🤗 Additionally, some exciting news ‼️ Melissa has opened up more slots in her schedule for January and February and we’d love to have you work with us if interested! Please apply on our website (using the link in bio) or send me a DM if you’d like to set up a discovery call to learn more☎️ Wishing everyone a happy & healthy New Year

A few reminders for Thanksgiving tomorrow🧡💛🤎 Wishing everyone a great holiday!
11/23/2022

A few reminders for Thanksgiving tomorrow🧡💛🤎 Wishing everyone a great holiday!

PSA: YOU NEED CARBS🧇 Your brain actually 🧠 uses glucose (which is broken down from carbohydrates) **exclusively** as fue...
11/09/2022

PSA: YOU NEED CARBS🧇 Your brain actually 🧠 uses glucose (which is broken down from carbohydrates) **exclusively** as fuel. Contrary to what those who promote “low carb diets for health” say a meta-analysis study from 2019 found that those eating the lowest amount of carbohydrates had the highest risk of heart disease, cancer and stroke. Instead of limiting carbs, they should should actually make up the majority of your diet for maximum functioning (roughly 45-65% of total intake, varying depending on individual).
More specifically, for our brains to function optimally you need AT LEAST 130grams of carbohydrates per day. To put this into a fact that is easier to visualize this is equivalent to 8 slices of bread!
Fearing carbs is a common theme I see among my clients when we begin working together…(i.e thinking “carbs are bad” or “carbs will make me gain weight” thanks but NO thanks to diet culture speaking under the guise of “health”.
Instead, restricting carbs to “feel in control” of your health typically has the opposite effect and makes you feel like you cant control yourself during the times you do “allow them” (which makes total sense due to a scarcity mindset). You may subsequently eat carbs larger quantities when they are available out of fear of not knowing when you’ll have access to them again!
As noted above - our bodies and brains NEED carbs to run efficiently. Plus carbs are delicious and avoiding them takes the joy out of food! And while it is true that some carbs are more nutritious (oatmeal, quinoa, whole wheat etc), whereas others are more so considered “fun” foods (cookies, cakes) - a balanced and satisfying diet includes ALL of the above as there is a a place for all foods in your diet if you want to include them and they make you feel healthy & happy!😊
Moral of the story: stay away from any health professional that offers fear-mongering “health” advice & tells you to avoid one of our bodies main and most important energy sources. All 3 macronutrients (carbs, protein, fat) are important and required to create a balanced diet! Drop your favorite carb emoji below!🍿🍰🧁🍎🥧🍇

Although Melissa has been a part of Nutrition RD team since this summer…they say “it’s not official until it’s instagram...
11/09/2022

Although Melissa has been a part of Nutrition RD team since this summer…they say “it’s not official until it’s instagram official” soo here were are… I’d like to introduce you to Nutrition by RD’s newest addition, Melissa Gingold, RD CDN!🥳🎊🎈
Melissa is a registered dietitian in Westchester County, NY. She is passionate about helping clients on their journey towards making peace with food and body, using a non-diet and weight-inclusive approach. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Nutritional Sciences from Cornell University, and completed the Cornell Dietetic Internship. She has several years of clinical nutrition experience and her special interests include eating disorders, disordered eating, and gastrointestinal issues.
Her passions outside of nutrition include music, hiking, and dance. She takes and teaches ballet classes, and therefore has a strong understanding of adequate fueling for sports in addition to navigating the physical and emotional pressures these activities can place on our bodies. Her dance experience exposed her to an interest in dietetics. She believes that a healthy relationship with food, movement and body image is transformative, and looks forward to helping clients at Nutrition by RD on their journey! She is currently seeing clients in the Tri-State area virtually. If you’d like to learn more about how to work with her visit our website: https://nutritionbyrd.com/nutrition-counseling/

As we head into the holiday weekend…🎊🏖☀️here is your reminder that “hot girl summer” is a *MINDSET*🧠 and not a body type...
07/02/2021

As we head into the holiday weekend…🎊🏖☀️here is your reminder that “hot girl summer” is a *MINDSET*🧠 and not a body type!

According to shame is “an intensely painful feeling or experience of believing that we are flawed and therefore unworth...
06/29/2021

According to shame is “an intensely painful feeling or experience of believing that we are flawed and therefore unworthy of love and belonging”😔
Body shame is one specific and prevelant form of shame and jt is important to address that body shame is learned and not something we are born feeling. Children often move/dance/run freely in their bodies without a care or insecurity in the world until one day that changes and they learn about the narrow beauty standards in our society. In book “More than a body” they use a metaphor for this called “more than a body beach” and the “sea of objectification”. This metaphor explains the onset of body shame so clearly... where all children are described as starting out on the “more than a body beach” and then with age they make their way over to the treacherous waters in the “sea of objection” which is filled with not only narrow standards of beauty, but unrealistic ones created by the beauty and diet industry whose ultimate goal is to profit off of our insecurities.
If we don’t meet these standards (which most of us don’t), we begin to feel that something is inherently “wrong” or “flawed” with us (i.e shame). Just as we have learned that something is “wrong” with our bodies and we need to “fix” it we can also UNlearn this in order to have more peace with our bodies and to respect/care for them just as they are.
The unlearning process starts with awareness of where the beauty standards we’ve internalized even come from. Some great resources include “the beauty myth” by Naomi Wolf, “more than a body” by Lindsay & Lexie Kite and “beyond beautiful” by Anuschka Rees. After unlearning comes self compassion work as well as providing yourself with the daily reminder that you are enough as you are❤️

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