I teach nutrition at a local university. I’m also pretty keen on food science. What’s the difference? Food science is what happens to food from the growing, packaging and production til it hits your mouth, and nutrition is everything that happens (digesting, absorbing, using food…) from the time you swallow and what’s left reaches the other end…. and the lasting health effects that result. So here’s a place for me to further unleash some information about food. Think of all the cash you’re saving by not actually having to attend school!
Mostly I’m writing this so you will learn stuff and live healthier and longer, and if you do it will secretly warm my heart. But let’s not waste time getting all sentimental. If you have a question you’d like answered, please leave a comment here. Please do remember, however, that I am not a doctor (though I do look fabulous in a lab coat).
Ilene Sutter
I am underweight and a very picky eater I don’t like meats or baked vegetables. Kids at school comment about me being so skinny. I can’t help it. Another problem I have is Low Muscle Tone basically because I am 12 years old and I am starting to grow quickly my knees swell twice their usual size when I run even though there isn’t any problem with them. Please help me.
I will write an answer to this on the blog right now…
Is that you Ilene? I wish I’d known about this blog when you started it!
Yes, it’s me. I don’t blog enough on this, but I should…
To check informations given to the wide population.
I’m a nursing student in Switzerland, 2nd bachelor year. I’ve been interested in nutrition since I’ve wanted to lose weight (and did too, 20lbs.)
All the sports specific websites I’ve consulted for my weight loss, agree with the fact that cholesterol shouldn’t be the major problem for those wanting to lose weight and/or with cardiovascular diseases. But the information given to the public is all about “good” and “bad” cholesterol, plus medication that pharmaceutical laboratories want us to take (sell us).
So, I’ve searched for this study :
International Journal of Clinical Practice, oct 2009, 63 : supplément 163
That gave me the main information reference for my Bachelor Thesis :
“Are we killing our health in the egg? What’s wrong in the general public information given about cholesterol being linked to coronary diseases; why change it, and how to transmit it?”
It’s all about health promotion practices, therapeutic education and nursing theories.
So, that’s why I’m here…