Don Mankie, a Registered Dietitian (RD), received his Bachelors Degree in Human Nutrition and Foods from Virginia Tech. He currently works for Carilion Clinc Nutrition Services providing Medical Nutrition Therapy to individual clients for disease treatment and prevention of diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, obesity management, metabolic disorders, food allergies, pediatric and adult gastrointestinal disorders and additional nutrition treatments as needed.
He has extensive experience with professional nutrition and health presentations to a variety of populations from small groups to corporate settings. Some of these include: wellness nutrition, cardiovascular health, child and family nutrition, sports nutrition, supermarket nutrition and making health changes to reduce lifestyle related disease. He has also presented and conducted numerous food and cooking demonstrations to the public and private sectors.
He personally participates in several lifestyle related activities: motorcycling, bicycling, swimming, hiking, walking, trail running, food experimentation and preparation.
His overall philosophy is to positively encourage clients to focus on health additions for moving towards an overall better quality of life.