Meet Ekta
Registered Dietitian
Hi I'm Ekta, a family medicine Registered Dietitian I'm here to help you manage your health with diet - whether you want to lower your cholesterol and blood pressure, or want to make sure all your nutritional needs are being met.
Diet can be a powerful tool to prevent and manage diseases. In fact, interventions led by dietitians to reduce cholesterol and blood pressure can lower the risk of heart disease by 20-30%! My goal is to provide evidence-based, practical nutrition education to help ensure your nutritional intake is optimized and your needs are met.
Outside of my private practice I consult as a homecare dietitian, where I manage the tube feeds of homebound patients. With over 12 years of experience in primary and home care, there isn't a condition I haven't seen already!
In my spare time I serve as the President and Board Chair of the Primary Care Dietitians' Association and enjoy precepting student placements.
What is Medical Nutrition Therapy?
Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT) encompasses the provision of nutrition information, advice, or feeds aimed to prevent, treat, and/or manage health conditions. MNT is an evidence-based nutrition service provided by Registered Dietitians to prevent, delay, or manage diseases and conditions. MNT is a medically controlled act (i.e., a legally controlled activity) reserved exclusively for Registered Dietitians, who are qualified to practice MNT safely and effectively.
What is a Registered Dietitian?
Dietitians are qualified and regulated health professionals that assess, diagnose and treat dietary and nutritional problems at an individual and wider public-health level. They use the most up-to-date public health and scientific research on food, health and disease which they translate into practical guidance to enable people to make appropriate lifestyle and food choices.
Registered Dietitians work in hospitals and in private clinics. They work with healthy and sick people in a variety of settings. They can work in the food industry, workplace, catering, education, sport and the media. Other care pathways they work in include mental health, learning disabilities, community, acute settings and public health.
A nutritionist is not a dietitian. The term 'nutritionist' is unregulated, therefore anyone is allowed to use the term, regardless of education or qualifications. A Registered Dietitian is a protected title across Canada, just like physician, nurse and pharmacist.