Grace Banal, RND

18/06/2026

As a dietitian, AI has significantly changed how I do my job - for the better.

I can now delegate tasks and focus on creating tools, evaluating outcomes, making decisions and leading behavior change for my clients.

If you're a dietitian and you think you will be replaced by AI, maybe you haven't understood your value well, yet.

These are some of my client's feedback.
In this lifetime, I doubt AI can deliver such behavior change without us hooman dietitians.

13/06/2026

Strawberries are excellent sources vitamin C, fiber and antioxidants.
They help
🍓maintain healthy immune system
🍓support heart health
🍓achieve glowing skin

However, usually mahal ang strawberries. Kaya grab nyo na tong once-in-a lifetime opportunity na mamakyaw ng 🍓🍓🍓🍓 at affordable prices from our local farmers!

04/06/2026

ktnxbye.

02/06/2026

I need your help, fellow RNDs!

I’ve been doing nutrition coaching for more than 10 years. I keep doing it because I love having chill conversations with people who simply want to improve their eating habits. Plus, it helps me pay my bills and luho. :-)

It has allowed me to work while traveling across the country (not for vacation, but out of necessity) — before, during, and after the pandemic.

But the more I learned about nutrition and behavior change, the more I realized that there is still so much to learn about nutrition coaching.

And because many of you have been asking me about nutrition coaching — how it’s done and how we can make a living from it — I don’t want to share insights that are limited only to my own experience. I want to understand the bigger picture so that we can all benefit.

This is why we are conducting a research study on nutrition coaching, and we want to start by involving as many RNDs as possible.

This is where I need you. Whether you currently practice nutrition coaching or not, whether you’re interested in coaching or not, I would love to hear your thoughts because your opinions and ideas matter to us.

Hence, may I invite you to participate in our study on nutrition coaching so that we can better understand the current landscape of nutrition coaching among Filipino RNDs and contribute to the development of evidence-based recommendations that can help strengthen nutrition coaching practice in the Philippines.

Bago pa tayo maunahan ng non-RND nutrition coaches (andami nila!)

If you are an RND, you need to be part of this conversation.

📋 Please take a few minutes to answer our survey here:

https://forms.gle/EKHNYyLGHujeRUf78
(IG: Link in bio)

Feel free to share this post with fellow RNDs and nutrition professionals in your network. The more perspectives we gather, the more meaningful and representative the findings will be.

Maraming salamat po for your support! 🥰

30/05/2026

If you have health, you have hope.
If you have hope, you have everything.
Stay healthy.

27/05/2026

Nakikiuso lang po.

26/05/2026

𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗥𝗡𝗗𝘀 - 𝘄𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗻𝘂𝘁𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 - whether you practice coaching or not.

We specifically want to know the following:
1. Who are we? (Demographic and professional profiles)
2. What do we know about nutrition coaching so far?
3. Who are practicing coaching and who doesn't?
4. How do we apply nutrition coaching in our practice? What strategies and tools are we using?
5. What are the enablers and barriers we face in nutrition coaching?

Personally, 𝗜 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗻𝘂𝘁𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗦 𝗮𝘀 𝗥𝗡𝗗𝘀.
So please help us learn more about this emerging practice, and we'll be happy to share what we know with you!

Thank you all in advance and hope to meet you all. :-)

Calling all Filipino Registered Nutritionist-Dietitians (𝗥𝗡𝗗𝘀) 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟴 𝘁𝗼 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰!

We are inviting you to participate in the data collection for the UPD OVCRD-funded project entitled “Towards Developing a Competency Framework on Nutrition Coaching for Filipino Registered Nutritionist-Dietitians”

headed by Ms. Maria Carmela C. Taob, RND (Faculty, University of the Philippines - Diliman) and Ms. Mary Grace E. Banal, RND (Faculty, Eastern Samar State University).

This project aims to build data relevant to developing a competency-based framework on nutrition coaching for Filipino RNDs. In participating, you can contribute to understanding the prevalence and practice of nutrition coaching and to developing a competency framework for nutrition coaching in the Philippines.

𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗲, please click the link below to access the Informed Consent Form for the project or scan the QR Code included in the poster.

For questions and inquiries, you may contact the research team at [email protected]

𝗜𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮:
1.Filipino citizen,
2.Registered in the roll of RNDs of PRC between 2008 and 2024,
3.Active registration as an RND in the Philippines

Exclusion Criteria
1.Individuals without a valid PRC RND license.
2.RNDs practicing exclusively outside the Philippines.
3.RNDs not engaged in professional practice

𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗲:
LINK: https://forms.gle/EKHNYyLGHujeRUf78

A research collaboration borne out of chika bonding:

Calling all Filipino Registered Nutritionist-Dietitians (RNDs) registered between 2008 to 2024!

We are inviting you to participate in the data collection for the UPD OVCRD-funded project entitled “Towards Developing a Competency Framework on Nutrition Coaching for Filipino Registered Nutritionist-Dietitians” headed by Ms. Maria Carmela C. Taob, RND (Faculty, University of the Philippines - Diliman) and Ms. Mary Grace E. Banal, RND (Faculty, Eastern Samar State University).

This project aims to build data relevant to developing a competency-based framework on nutrition coaching for Filipino RNDs. In participating, you can contribute to understanding the prevalence and practice of nutrition coaching and to developing a competency framework for nutrition coaching in the Philippines.

Should you wish to participate, you can click the link below to access the Informed Consent Form for the project or scan the QR Code included in the poster.

For questions and inquiries, you may contact the research team at [email protected]

LINK: https://forms.gle/EKHNYyLGHujeRUf78

23/05/2026

Kumustahin nyo naman dietitian nyo kung ok pa siya. 😄

21/05/2026

Mamili sila: Tsinelas, hanger o kamay 🤚

Joke lang po. I lead by example kasi by example ng parents ko din naman ako natuto kumain ng gulay. 🙂

Mahalagang kumakain palagi ng gulay at prutas ang mga bata.