GDDA News

ADA eMentoring System Seeks Mentors

Becoming a mentor is one of the most rewarding ways to give to and get something back from, the dietetics profession. And mentoring couldn't be easier with ADA's new eMentoring system.

By sharing knowledge and expertise gained through years of experience, serving as a role model is a personally rewarding experience for the mentor. It also helps prepare future practitioners and creates the best possible future for the dietetics profession.

ADA's new eMentoring program will enable members to find optimal matches based on qualifications such as geographic location, years of experience and practice area. The system will also provide comprehensive e-mentoring tools to enhance online communication between mentors and mentees.

This new online system is now available to mentors and will begin accepting applications from mentees on June 1.

Members with three or more years of experience in dietetics are urged to visit  ADA eMentoring (http://www.adaementoring.com/public/ and register as a mentor.

Posted 3/9/2011

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Did you hear?? CDR has approved a process for allowing RDs to “rollover” up to 15 excess CPEUs (up to 10 CPEUs for DTRs) earned in the last 75 days of their current recertification cycle to the next cycle. If you didn’t receive the email about this, you can go to http://www.cdrnet.org/ to read all the details. 

Posted 3/9/2011

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Farmers & Home Gardeners, Do You Have More Produce Than You Can Sell Or Eat?

Don't throw it out! 
Take five… 

1- Call Society of St. Andrew 
2- Their volunteers pick it up or harvest it 
3- They take it to the food bank, churches, or pantries 
4- Hungry people get fresh, nutritious produce thanks to your generosity! 
5- Next January, you get a letter with tax deductible information! 

WITH YOUR HELP, THEY CAN FEED PEOPLE WHO ARE HUNGRY IN YOUR COMMUNITY!

Please see the document below for contact information.

   Grower letter

Downtown Farm Market

Where: 505 N. Greene St., Greensboro, NC 27401 (One Block north of Marriott Hotel) 

What: Greene Street’s “Green Grocery” DOWNTOWN FARM MARKET is a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) market featuring the best natural foods grown on the most eco-friendly North Carolina farms. 
NC Farm Fresh - Open 6 Days a week: 
Monday - Friday 10:00am - 6:00pm 
Saturday 8:00am - 4:00pm 

Farm fresh natural produce direct from the farm! Organic produce, locally grown; Local honey, local cheese, local milk. Free range chicken, grass fed beef (organic), Buffalo meat (NC Bison), free range eggs, turkey, country ham, bacon, sausage, butter, dried fruits, homemade jams, jellies, sourdough bread, French pastries (Laura’s Goodies), chocolate covered peanuts & more. Also non-local Florida citrus, pineapple, avocados and bananas. Wholesale bulk quantities available. They supply local restaurants with local food. Vendor space available in their 503 Local Artisan Market. Jewelry, crafts, gourmet foods. 

For more information contact Mike Causey, Downtown Farm Market 336-210-1947 or email him at GreenMarket505@aol.com.

A sweet problem: Princeton researchers find that high-fructose corn syrup prompts considerably more weight gain

A Princeton University research team has demonstrated that all sweeteners are not equal when it comes to weight gain: Rats with access to high-fructose corn syrup gained significantly more weight than those with access to table sugar, even when their overall caloric intake was the same. 

In addition to causing significant weight gain in lab animals, long-term consumption of high-fructose corn syrup also led to abnormal increases in body fat, especially in the abdomen, and a rise in circulating blood fats called triglycerides. The researchers say the work sheds light on the factors contributing to obesity trends in the United States. 

"Some people have claimed that high-fructose corn syrup is no different than other sweeteners when it comes to weight gain and obesity, but our results make it clear that this just isn't true, at least under the conditions of our tests," said psychology professor Bart Hoebel, who specializes in the neuroscience of appetite, weight and sugar addiction. "When rats are drinking high-fructose corn syrup at levels well below those in soda pop, they're becoming obese -- every single one, across the board. Even when rats are fed a high-fat diet, you don't see this; they don't all gain extra weight."

For more information click here.

Job Postings at no charge

Hello GDDA Members,
Some of you probably already participated in this but we would like to make you all aware of a new way to post RD job openings at no charge.

First join linkedin.com, then search for Dietitian Jobs Network under groups, then ask to be invited to join the group. You will be accepted quickly.

Then you can post whatever jobs you'd like, as often as you'd like, under the jobs tab. There is no charge to join linkedin.com or to post jobs under this group.

Do keep in mind that the jobs expire at 14 days but you are free to re-post as often as you'd like. Be sure to include contact information in the body of the ad as those responding will contact you directly. I hope you find this to be a useful tool.