Biography – Part 3

Emilia’s Journey:  My Life as a Registered Dietitian

Part III

After I completed my Bachelor in Nutrition Science and became certified as a Registered Dietitian by the American Dietetic Association, I went to work for a company where I would interview patients and design a nutrition program that will help them manage their own particular disease. The most common health issues I encountered among that population were overweight, diabetes type 2, high cholesterol and high blood pressure.

Your Heart Needs the Mediterranean Diet

Publishing my book

In 2007 I published my book, “Your Heart Needs the Mediterranean Diet”, a diet as you know by now, I am quite familiar with. Through the book’s simple-to-follow dialogue format, a fictional patient, Al, and registered dietitian Emi, embark on a journey into good health. Diagnosed with high blood pressure and high levels of cholesterol and triglycerides, Al is at risk for heart disease.

Chapter by chapter, he learns about the Mediterranean diet where better health comes from eating the right foods and enjoying a lifestyle enriched by family, friends, and physical activity.

Al discovers ways to avoid harmful foods like saturated fats and processed foods and how to cook with healthy foods such as garlic, tomatoes, and olive oil, and Emi shares healthy and delicious recipes that are easy to prepare. Al learns how to introduce more physical activity into his busy schedule. Walking, dancing, and other activities help strengthen his heart and improve his body chemistry.

Al also begins to discover how to improve relationships with his family, friends, and coworkers. As the sessions progress, he decreases his risk of heart disease, spends more time with his family, and reduces stress at work. Al realizes he is becoming happier and healthier by following the Mediterranean diet.

Opening my own business

After a few years of working for a third party, I decided to open my own business which is located in the city of Montebello, California. Here I coach people on how to lose weight and prevent or manage diabetes through a program that many years of scientific research has proved it works.

I must say that diabetes type 2 has become such an epidemic that many people come to my coaching program because, knowing that diabetes runs in their family, they want to prevent it. And that is a very wise move to take.

I hope reading my journey has helped you learn a little more about me. I also hope you subscribe to my RSS feeder or email so you can receive my new posts. It would greatly help you in achieving good health.

Have a great and healthy day.

Emilia Klapp, RD, BS

www.TheDiabetesClub.com
www.MediterraneanDietForTheHeart.com