S3E155: She Chose Real Over Quick | Tina Sapra on Nutrition, Women and Doing It Her Way
In this episode of The AboutHer Show, Sangeeta sits down with Tina Sapra, Registered Dietician and founder of Doctor Diet, for a conversation that moves well beyond nutrition.
Tina spent 16 years in the United States at institutions including Kaiser Permanente before returning to India in 2011. After heading Clinical Nutrition at Fortis Gurugram, she built her own practice around one belief: lasting lifestyle change over quick results.
In this episode, she talks about the place of nutrition in Indian medicine, the women who arrive carrying years of silence around their bodies, and what 22 years of caring for others has taught her about caring for herself.
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Chapters:
(0:00) 🎙️ Introduction
Setting the stage.
(2:13) ✈️ Sixteen Years in America
From California's hospitals to coming home.
(5:16) 🩺 Building Doctor Diet
A practice built on lifestyle change, not quick fixes.
(7:21) 🪞 Nutrition and the Female Gaze
Separating the clinical from the cultural.
(11:06) 🏥 Leading at Fortis
On institutional power and knowing when to leave.
(12:57) ⚕️ The Place of Nutrition in Indian Medicine
Why the dietician is still seen as secondary to the doctor.
(15:17) 💛 Holding Space for Vulnerable Women
On trust, power and the women who walk through her door.
(17:45) 🚪 The Courage to Leave
Money, risk and walking away from a senior role.
(20:26) ⚖️ Who Can Afford to Be Healthy
Nutrition counselling, access and affordability.
(23:00) 🌍 Food, Money and the Body
How economic status shapes who listens and how.
(24:58) 🤍 The Truth About Binge Eating
Creating a room where women tell the truth.
(27:58) 🍽️ Women Last at Their Own Table
The cost of always feeding everyone else first.
(31:17) 🪷 Taking Care of Yourself
Turning 22 years of care inward.
(34:29) ⚡ The Rapid Fire Round
No time to think.
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