Sandra Krstev Barać mag. nutr.

WORK EXPERIENCE

16/07/2018 – today Freelance dietitian and nutrition consultant in Zagreb

01/09 / 2011–16 / 07/2018 Deputy Director Vitaminoteka d.o.o., Zagreb (Croatia)

Working with the media

• executive editor of the Vitamini.hr portal (http://www.vitamini.hr/)
• columnist on the Zdravo budi portal (http://www.zdravobudi.hr/)
• expert associate on the Healthy Cow portal (https://zdravakrava.24sata.hr/)
• expert associate on the Gastro.hr portal (https://gastro.24sata.hr/)

Nutrition counseling and diet therapy

• organization of nutrition counseling and development of individual diet plans and diet therapy for various conditions and diseases (regulation of body weight, (gestational) diabetes, digestive diseases system (GERD, gastritis, inflammatory bowel disease, etc.) celiac disease, gluten intolerance, atopic dermatitis, hyperlipidemia and hypertension, thyroid disease, etc.)
• member of the nutrition expert team in the reality weight loss program organized by the Healthy portal cow (2010-2016)
• a member of the nutrition expert team in the "Let's lose weight together club" - an online platform for proper weight loss (2012 - 2017)
• optimization of vegetarian and vegan diets, as well as diets of specific population groups - pregnant and breastfeeding women, the introduction of supplementary feeding in infants and the nutrition of children of kindergarten and school age

Consulting for the pharmaceutical and food industry

• design and production of brochures, leaflets and other promotional materials for various clients from pharmaceutical and food industries
• writing popular and professional articles on nutrition and health and substances in food supplements
• preparation of declarations for food supplements
• holding educational lectures for pharmacists

01/04 / 2007–31 / 08/2011 Project Manager Vitaminoteka d.o.o., Zagreb (Croatia)

• writing professional and popular texts on nutrition and gastronomy
• creation of nutrition menus
• translation of professional books in the field of nutrition
• executive editor of the Vitamini.hr portal
• executive editor of the Gastro.hr portal
• expert associate on the Sheportal.hr portal (expert advice on reader questions)
• professional lectures on obesity and its treatment
• preparation of studies for obtaining health claims of food products

01/10 / 2005–31 / 12/2006 Volunteer Nutriculture Association, Zagreb

• writing popular articles in the field of nutrition and health
• development of individual nutrition programs

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

01/10 / 1999–15 / 12/2006 Master of Nutrition Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, Zagreb (Croatia)

01/10 / 2002–01 / 02/2009 Master of Economics Faculty of Economics, Zagreb (Croatia)

Analysis and business planning

Controlling

Publications

Vranešić Bender, D., Krstev, S. Macronutrients and micronutrients in human nutrition. Medicus 2008, 19.25.

Additional education and participation in professional conferences

2018 -2. Congress of the Croatian Society of Nutritionists and Dietitians

2018 -inPharma Pharma & Beauty, Zagreb

2017- inPharma Mother and Child, Zagreb

2017- 5th Croatian Congress of Clinical Nutrition, Zagreb, Croatia

2016- inPharma Vitamin D, Zagreb

2015- inPharma Vitamins, Zagreb

2014- inPharma Omega-3, Zagreb

2014.-Taste the Mediterranean, Šibenik

2013- 4th Croatian Congress of Clinical Nutrition, Zagreb, Croatia

2013- ESPEN workshop: "Protein in the Elderly", Dubrovnik, Croatia

2013 - InPharma Antioxidants, Zagreb, Croatia

2013 - Conference on Health Claims. Zagreb Croatia

2012 - 19th ESPEN Clinical Nutrition Course, Dubrovnik, Croatia

2012 - 5th Croatian Congress on Obesity, Umag, Croatia

2012 - in Pharma Probiotics, Zagreb, Croatia

2010 - postgraduate course of continuing medical education of the 1st category "Clinical nutrition", Zagreb Croatia

2010 - 3rd Conference "Functional Food in Croatia", Zagreb, Croatia

2010 - 34th Conference: Health Ecology in Practice - Nutrition and Health Claims, Zagreb, Croatia

2009 - 3rd Croatian Congress of Clinical Nutrition, Starigrad Paklenica, Croatia

2009. „Standardized educational materials for people with diabetes who are not on therapy insulin "organized by the University Clinic Vuk Vrhovec, Zagreb (certified for implementation patient education according to the Accu-Chek education program)

Memberships

2015- now: Croatian Society of Nutritionists and Dietitians

2012-2017: Croatian Institute of Nutrition, Secretary

2014-2016: Croatian Medical Association

Translations

Translation of the book George Mateljan: The Healthiest Foods in the World (publisher: Planetopija i Profil, 2008)

Translation of the book Desmond Morris: Baby (publisher: Profil, 2009)