While I travel, while I take diet recalls of my clients or even when I see mother weaning their kids all I can notice is “biscuits are every ones best friend” You can find them in parties, kitties, board room meetings, infant’s easy to carry food, but the question is, are they really healthy? […]
Author: Disti Vira, Dietitian, Certified Diabetes Educator
Her fitness mantra is “do not start with a diet that has an expiration date, instead, focus on a healthy lifestyle that will last forever”. Disti has completed post graduation in Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics. She is also a certified Diabetes Educator.
She is keen on bringing together her acquired knowledge on nutrition and other health aspects with people’s goals to achieve a healthy life. For her fitness is not being better than someone else; it’s about being better than who we used to be. “We don’t have to be great to start, but we have to start to be great". So give your best!
She can be reached at shahdisti@gmail.com for any consults.
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