Complete health begins with

Optimal nutrition

about me

patrunjelu9
  • I AM a registered dietitian. I graduated from the Nutrition and Dietetics Faculty within the University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Timisoara, Romania (in 2015)
  • I PROMOTE adequate nutrition for disease prevention and management and health optimization.
  • I AVOID nutritional extremes, limiting diets, non-scientific sources of information, trends, and influencers who do not have formal training and a good understanding of nutrition science.
  • I USE science when I deliver information, create strategies and make recommendations, or when I take decisions.
  • II KNOW there is a causal relationship between nutrition and health, not just a corelation.
  • I WANT to live in a society that prioritizes optimal nutrition in from the kindergarten level to schools and also in hospitals.

Professional activity

  • Member of the National Council of the Dietitian's College of Romania (chosen delegate of the Teritorial College in Timiș Country); (link)
  • Registered Dietitian at ArTerra Health Clinic in Timișoara (link)
  • Registered Dietitian at Medici's - Medlife Clinic in Timișoara (link)
  • Organizing staff of The Nation Dietitians' Conference in Timișoara
  • Collaborator of Smart Fit Gyms in Timișoara and trainer for Smart Fit Academy. Nutritionist for ”Find Your Greatness” weight loss program for combating obesity (yearly from 2018 to 2020 and in 2024)
  • Creator of ”META SANA”” - the complete 3-month program for sustainable weight loss (link)
  • Held multiple talks and presentations on matters of nutrition and health, to employees of multinational companies, NGOs, kindergartens, schools, etc (scroll down for a complete list).
  • Creator of "Sapiens Smart Food” and ”NutriFood” (meal subscription service), catering service offering meals and complete daily menus based on basic healthy nutritional principles;
  • Former member of ”The Romanian Society for Nutritional Sciences” (link)
  • Former colaborator with SPHERES Association.for Responsible Innovation, Research and Education - creator of a nutrition course under prof. Mihai Niculescu's supervision.link)
quotes

Este un drept fundamental al fiecărui om să se bucure de cel mai înalt standard de sănătate.

“The enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health is one of the fundamental rights of every human.”

 

Education and Information

Trusted, verifiable, useful information is the gateway towards positive and constructive change. This is why I chose to dedicate a large portion of my time to promoting the importance of nutrition. How is your health influenced by nutrition? What do the leading medical treatment, education and research institutions in the world have to say about this? Who should you trust? What is a ”healthy diet”, really? Nothings brings me more joy than putting people on a balanced, confusion-free, science-based path towards making lasting changes for better health and chronic disease prevention.

Services

Nutrition consultation private practice (face-to-face and online)

https://sebastiancatana.ro/contact/

Horeca Collaboration (implementing Romanian laws into restaurant practice) (click for details). Menu creation, optimization, etc.

Seminars, workshops, presentations

Thank you Wellbeing@Work and Personall Agency for your trust and partnership.

2024

  • CDR NATIONAL CONFERENCE.Science-based arguments for debating pseudo-specialists and alternative health influencers

2023

  • ARTERRA CLINIC. Busting nutrition myths in the name of science.
  • KIPINA KINDERGRATEN. Two talks about the importance of nutrition for children's development, one of them for a county-level educational project.
  • INFOBEST. Long webinar about nutrition's role in general wellbeing. Broad subject, lots to talk about. Hope your wellbeing is soaring! 🙂
  • IMAGINATION TECHNOLOGIES. Round 2! Discussed nootropics and answered quite a few questions the team collected beforehand. Thanks for having me! Great crowd!

2022

  • IMAGINATION TECHNOLOGIES. Part of their BRAIN&MIND awareness month, I prepared a 90min presentation on some recent findings on the nutrition-mind connection. Hope I helped change some minds.
  • MORE4ALL. A wonderful NGO. Pro-bono workshop to help improve this team's health. We want you functioning at max capacity! 🙂 Thanks for all your work and dedication!

2021

  • MINDS HUB. A second encounter with this wonderful NGO, but this time online. A presentation on key healthy nutritional strategies. Quite an engaging audience, so it was really fun!
  • SMART FIT. 3rd consecutive, 3-month fat loss and health promoting program to combat obesity. Thank you Smart Fit for our amazing and long-lasting collaboration. We share the same purpose!
  • CONTINENTAL CONTITECH. An online seminar on the importance of food for health. A presentation on general aspects regarding healthy eating habits and the importance of nutrition.
  • APTIV. Very grateful to talk to this smart bunch again. A lot of positive vibes and very engaging discussions. Many thanks!

2020

  • CONTINENTAL. Held one cosy seminar on various nutrition topics that ended with about 1h of open discussions. Very engaging and knowledge-hungry crowd. Had a great time!
  • SUSTAINALYTICS. Online seminar about the connection between health and nutrition, and once again, a quarantine session for all Sustainalytics employees in Romania. Smart and knowledgeable crowd. Enjoyed the question storm! 🙂
  • Rotaract (Rotary Youth) Timisoara & Iasi Two session, online of course (thanks a lot Corona) for a young audience this time. Was happy to share some info with this very friendly crowd.

2019

  • BOSCH. General nutrition introduction and smoothie workshops with practical tips and best practices. Upcoming seminars (2020) on office-specific health issues like stress, coffee consumption, posture, munching and lunch options.
  • SMART FIT. An improved version of the 2018 three-month sustainable fat loss and health program for a group of 40 overweight participants with a life-long goal in mind.
  • APTIV. Held two separate seminars entitled ”Introduction in Nutrition” followed by a smoothie workshop each. Aptiv clearly has a fresh outlook on employee well-being.

2018

  • MINDS HUB. Minds Hub branded presentation about the relationship between nutrition and cognitive functions. Organized for (but not limited to) students.
  • SMART FIT. Designed a 3-month sustainable fat loss and health program for a group of 40 overweight participants with a life-long goal in mind.

2017

  • FRONTIER SILICON. Three seminars on nutrition and a 1-month challenge. First true corporate challenge. Big thank you to Frontier Silicon for their open-mindedness and for believing in me!
en_USEnglish