Ratna Sadal's Page

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My Book Website Informatioin and Blog about "The Satvic Chef: The Anti-Inflammatory Diet" : http://thevegansatvicchef.weebly.com/index.html

Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/TheSatvicChef

Other projects: "Veganize It" & "The Asafoetida God"

Passions:

• Public Health Advocacy for both Human and Zoonotic concerns as well as Animal Welfare!
  
• Asian American Mental Health and Development of Asian American Identity thru assimilation and integration.

Clinical Experience: worked as an Veterinary Assistant  LIC Animal Clinic, Queens, NYC, USA from 2010 till 2012. plus volunteer experience in various animal rescue organizations.

Portfolio:

Have a BSc degree in Public Health & writing my historical fiction "Chatti" and nutritional holistic book: "The Satvic Chef: The Anti-Flammatory Diet"

Diet: VEGAN/ sometimes lacto(-ovo) vegetarian!

Country of Origin: Suriname (Dutch speaking part of South-America).
Diaspora: fourth generation Hindustani Indian -- Great-grand parents immigrated to the Dutch colony in the late 1900 and early 20th century!
Living in NYC, USA since 1991.

Background:

• Reiki Master, Psychic Intuitive Healer, Ayurvedic Chef and Health Educator, Experienced Animal handler. 
• Graduated Bachelors of Science in the field of Urban Public Health in January 2009.

From 2005 till 2009

• Participated as a Nutritional Health Educator to patients -with Heart Disease, Hypertension, Bad Cholesterol and Cardio Vascular Disease- in Community Health Outreach programs for New York Methodist Hospital in Brooklyn.
• Also participated with the Health Education Team HIV Screening for a non-for profit organization called ‘Care for the Homeless’ in New York while composing a curriculum to teach homeless about balanced nutrition and food safety within a Food-Stamp budget.

From 1996 till 2000

• Learned in the Radha-Govinda temple of Brooklyn, New York about the Satvic method of Ayurvedic cooking with the use of basic Ayurvedic spices and its relationship to soul consciousness yogi life-style.

Went to Medical School in Suriname from 1985 till 1989 - finished first four years of Bachelor of Science -- without doing the final rotations

Hobbies: hiking, swimming, Bollywood dance, some "Kathak" dance experience, some musical experience with Sitar

Religion: Spiritually eclectic

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