I believe that cooking healthy meals for yourself is the highest form of self-respect.
Lindsay Orbeta
RD MS
Dietitian
Avid surfer, weight trainer and trail runner
About me
Lindsay Orbeta is a dietitian whose specialties include performance nutrition, body composition optimization (nutritional approaches to losing fat and building muscle), metabolic health and flexibility (enhancing the body's ability to respond to changes in energy demands), nutritional support before and after surgery, and anti-inflammatory diets. In 2023, she used her own nutrition practice on herself as she prepared for and recovered from ACL surgery.
In her research, Orbeta studies exercise testing (studies that measure heart and lung function during physical activity), bone density and body composition. She co-authored a research paper on ketogenic diets for endurance athletes.
Orbeta earned a double master's degree in exercise physiology and sports nutrition from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.
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