“ Be enthusiastic , and share your ideas with your colleagues .”
Today , she travels the world as a 70-year-old-speaker .
“ I have given talks on nutrition entrepreneurship and sound nutrition in over half of the States in the U . S ., most of the provinces in Canada , all the provinces in South Africa , and in England and Australia . Recently my talks have been in Kiev , Stockholm , Johannesburg , Shanghai , with many more ahead ,” says Maye . In her talks , she shares “ the best anti-aging tips : eat well . People are scared of eating and turn to fad diets . I give them science and common sense ,” notes Maye . But , she says , dietitians still “ have a lot of work still to do in communicating nutrition messages .”
Maye has reached the peak in dietetics in three countries .
She was the first Representative of the Consulting Dietitians of Southern Africa ; President of the Consulting Dietitians of Canada ; Chair of the Nutrition Entrepreneurs and won the Outstanding Nutrition Entrepreneur Award in the USA .
Maye has also started a private practice in eight cities , in three countries ! This put her in the challenging position of having to write the dietitian registration exams three times : “ Once in another language , Afrikaans ; once in Toronto at 42 , ( however , studying in English was great ); and once in the United States at 48 , where I had to go backwards in time to learn imperial measurements . At least , when I speak at international meetings , I can use metric values , so nothing was lost there !” says Maye .
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