by Dina R. D'Alessandro, RDN | May 25, 2017
We just wrapped up National Women’s Health Week and it got me thinking, being a national woman and all, how most of my clients and classmates—females in their 20s and 30s—are just now developing their identities, getting their first “real” jobs, and...
by Dina R. D'Alessandro, RDN | Apr 25, 2017
I started the DishWithDina blog back in April 2003 (Happy Blogiversary to me!) as a way to remember all the yummy places I went to after I moved to New York City from New Jersey. In the transition from one platform to another and then integrating everything into this...
by Dina R. D'Alessandro, RDN | Dec 5, 2016
Last week, I wrote about my Attitude of Gratitude and did my first in a series of giveaways inspired by my experience of reinventing my career—and myself in the process. I believe that reinvention means always striving to be a better version of oneself, not just...
by Dina R. D'Alessandro, RDN | Nov 11, 2016
This has been one of the toughest weeks of my life, and that’s saying a lot after having survived my year-long dietetic internship (blog post on that coming soon). For many reasons, which I will go into detail at some point in the future, I reached the end of...
by Dina R. D'Alessandro, RDN | Dec 9, 2015
Not too long ago, some fellow dietetic interns and I created a presentation for one of our classes where we reported on research findings about how college students tend to gain weight over the 6- to 8-week span of the winter holiday season (Thanksgiving through the...
