In this episode, Harriet meets Dr Abhi Bhansali and Registered Dietitian Elaine Macaninch from Culinary Medicine UK (www.culinarymedicineuk.org). We learn about the importance of nutrition education for Doctors and what this means for Dietitians.About our guests:Elaine currently works for Brighton and Sussex Medical School helping to integrate nutrition into the curriculum. She maintains a clinical role as a Registered Dietitian, specialising in diabetes in pregnancy and is co-founder of the Education and Research in Medical Nutrition Network. In addition, she is an executive member of NNedPr Global Centre for Nutrition and is also the nutrition lead and a director for Culinary Medicine UK. She is currently researching gapsin nutrition education from the perspective of medical students and junior doctors and more recently nutrition inequalities and COVID-19. Dr Abhinav Bhansali is the strategic lead and a founding director of Culinary Medicine UK (CMUK). He graduated from Imperial College School of Medicine with first-class honours in healthcare management. Prior to joining the NHS, he worked for Candesic, a boutique healthcare consulting firm, where he developed his project management and analytical skills.He is now a GP trainee in North West London and strongly believes that our current attitude towards health needs to change. As an NHS Clinical Entrepreneur, he is motivated to drive forward collaborative innovations such as CMUK, to support the systemic change needed to curb the burden of non-communicable diseases.You can connect with Elaine and Abhi here:Instagram:@drabhinav_b@medednutrition @CulinarymedicineukTwitter:@culinarymeduk@DrAbhinav_B@macaninch

In the opening episode of season 2, Harriet meets Sam Howard - an expert in the behaviour change approach.Sam has a great variety of clinical dietetic experience and we hear how she began working in the area of behaviour change in addition to learning more about patient-centred communication and care.Sam is a HCPC Registered Dietitian, Full Member of the British Dietetic Association and Director of Sunlight Nutrition Limited and Behaviour Change Training. FREE WEBINARSApplying a Behavioural Approach to a Virtual WorldThis can be accessed here: https://youtu.be/ZzPyqHrfAj8APPLYING A BEHAVIOURAL APPROACH TO A VIRTUAL WORLD – PART 2 THE MIDDLE OF THE CONSULTATION: HOW TO GIVE ADVICE EFFECTIVELYWe have been so appreciative of all the feedback we received following Webinar 1 and have just produced Webinar 2 based on this.The webinar can be accessed for FREE here: https://youtu.be/_h3JXmC6ndo ONLINE MODULESOur online modules that have been developed in collaboration with the College of Contemporary Health can be accessed here: https://www.contemporaryhealth.co.uk/shop/ 2 DAY COURSES VIA ZOOMFor upcoming course dates and further information visit our website www.bctonline.co.uk or email [email protected] SOCIAL MEDIAFacebook: @behaviourchangetrainingInstagram: @behaviourchangetrainingTwitter: @bct_onlineLinkedIn: Behaviour Change Training / Samantha Howard

In the season 1 finale of The Dietitian Cafe, Harriet is joined by Louise Symington.Louise is a Registered Dietitian with a Masters in Food Sustainability. Louise's earlier career was spent in clinical and public health nutrition. Since completing her Masters in 2010 she has worked for charities such as The National Trust and Sustain, guiding and developing sustainable food policies and initiatives. Louise has been a guest lecturer at London Metropolitan University and was on the advisory panel for DEFRA’s Green Food Project. Louise now works freelance providing nutritional advice to individuals and food companies. At the moment she is leading the food sustainability module for Culinary Medicine UK.You can find Louise on www.sustainabledietitian.co.uk and @sustainabledietitian

Harriet is joined by Rosie Long a Freelance Nutrition & PR Consultant.Rosie has worked in a number of nutrition and communications roles in the food industry and discusses PR, health claims and offers advice to any dietitians looking to work in the food industry.

Orla Walsh joins us (remotely!) at The Dietitian Cafe, to discuss her career to date. Specialising in fertility, Oral has helped numerous couples achieve their dreams of parenthood, and shares her stories with Harriet Smith.

Aaron is a NHS dietitian at Bradford Teaching Hospital in the North of England. He has been qualified for almost a year and is currently working to provide nutrition support to patients with COVID-19. Aaron joined us at The Dietitian Cafe at the weekend to discuss his experiences on the Intensive Care Units in a harrowing interview, exploring the challenges the team face, and the vital care of key workers. He also shares his coping strategies in such an emotional environment. In Aaron's free time he produces his own podcast called Dietetics Digest Podcast and interviews dietitians from other specialties.

Bahee shares her career history in this week's The Dietitian Cafe; from her upbringing in Sri Lanka, her education in New Zealand, her move to the UK and her role at Great Ormond Street Hospital where she developed nutrition guidelines. Specialising in ketogenic diets, Bahee emphasises the importance of research centres in hospital centres.

NHS Community Dietitian, Alex Ballard, shares her journey to becoming a Registered Dietitian - from her initial interest in sports and nutrition whilst at school, through to university placements and her first NHS posting. She explores with us the rewards of working in the community - and how she and the team safeguard each other.

Sophie Medlin joins us in The Dietitian Cafe - Sophie is a well-recognised consultant dietitian in London with expertise in gastrointestinal and colorectal health. Sophie is a go-to spokesperson for media when it comes to evidence-based nutrition, regularly featuring in print, broadcast and social media, and shares her thought with us on the responsibilities of healthcare professionals in the media.

Our first guest is Brian Power RD (@brianpowerRD), who discusses his research and academic career to date, including how he has developed a behaviour change programme, and why he encourages eating well at work. He also explores the politics of dietetics, how best to secure funding for research, and how to accessing research papers.