Italian Intern – my 6 weeks with Susan
After being Susan’s intern for almost 6 weeks and transitioning from the Italian nutrition to American nutrition world what have I learned in the process?
- The value of social media and getting your message across to the public, something which is not a priority in Italy
- The importance of writing and articulating solid nutritional information
- The vast difference between American eating patterns versus those of Italians
- The importance of my culture and how I could take the best part of my Italian heritage and incorporate it into my new American life with integrity
- Being able to assist in writing Susan’s new cookbook (stay tuned) and how challenging it can be formulating new recipes with ingredients and spices since I never followed a recipe in Italy. The research and nutrition of recipes was beyond my imagination and requires a passion and dedication to the process
- I increased my knowledge of many aspects of nutrition not available to me before which furthered my desire to be the best RD I could be
And the bonus was I lost a few pounds during this rotation since I increased my knowledge of insulin resistance and how to navigate the American diet through Susan’s guidelines.
Being with Susan gave me back the serenity I was looking for. Moving forward, I now feel more motivated and confident with the next steps in my life and know it will be for the better.
This blog was co-written by Susan Dopart and RD Intern Antonella Rica
December 5, 2014 @ 3:39 pm
Very nice post – looking forward to the cookbook! Are you becoming macrobiotic? (photos via Instagram) 🙂