Guest guest Posted February 25, 2001 Report Share Posted February 25, 2001 I started classes on the 19th. It looks like a good professional course. I've only met one other vegetarian so far and of course no one else into raw foods.<br><br>In the class of 35 there is only 4 males. Which was an interesting suprise.<br><br>I found it a bit disillusioning that my nutrition lecturer is rather overweight. She is a nutritionist and a dietician, I find I take people less seriously who don't practice what they preach.<br><br>Anyway the nutrition course is a three year degree and based on how I feel at the moment I plan to follow this up with a two year dietetics degree. This will give me the ground work to achieve what I want to with the world of health!!!!!!<br><br>I'm only 18 and have plenty of time to learn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 25, 2001 Report Share Posted February 25, 2001 You said:<br><br> " I found it a bit disillusioning that my nutrition lecturer is rather overweight. She is a nutritionist and a dietician, I find I take people less seriously who don't practice what they preach. " <br><br>I say:<br><br>Perhaps they DO practice what they preach! Now there's a scary thought.<br><br>-OrionsDad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 26, 2001 Report Share Posted February 26, 2001 Her, and other mainstream nutritionists, idea of how much fat, fiber, carbohydrates, fruits and vegetables and animal products are very different to mine.<br><br>The mainstream approach is far to conservative! It's like a healthier version of the normal diet. It's far to conservative to have a huge effect on disease let alone reverse it. Even the average vegetarian diet is pathetic, full of refined foods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 27, 2001 Report Share Posted February 27, 2001 This is really great! Just keep your head down, pretend to go along with them, and become a nutritionist. You could change the WORLD!!! Institions can not be changed from the outside. They can only be changed from the INSIDE. I feel like sending you money for books or tuition or something.<br><br>Doug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 28, 2001 Report Share Posted February 28, 2001 Galapugust,<br><br>You have been blessed, for you have discovered something that I did not realize until I was in my early 30's. I hope you realize the significance of what you just said.<br><br>You mentioned that you were a little disillusioned that your nutrition lecturer was overweight. Aaah! That is the power of modeling. There are books, upon books, upon books about diet and " nutrition " with all kinds of theories about the right mix of fat, carbs, protein, etc. The conventional wisdom is constantly changing, and this causes less determined people to give up on understanding good diet. But the key question, is who is really right, and why do many " experts " look like sh*#?<br><br>I like raw food because I've yet to find a fat person who is a raw foodist. I know a number of vegetarians who are fat, so it is not just an issue of meat.<br><br>Trust your instinct. And realize in the future that when you want to learn something real fast and not waste time on charlatons, the best way is to find people who are successful at what you want to learn and study them. I used to read lots of nutrition books and in retrospect realize that raw food is really the only theory that consistently makes sense.<br><br>P.S. I'd go ahead and get the " nutrition " diploma or degree anyway, so people will take you serious. Once you've done that, if you begin espousing views that are contrary to mainstream, you'll have a better basis for arguing your points since you've studied on both sides of the fence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 1, 2001 Report Share Posted March 1, 2001 & gt; & gt; & gt;But the key question, is who is really right, and why do many " experts " look like sh*#?<br><br><br>Today I was reading through the American Dietetic Association Journal in the library and many of the people pictured in there who where either doctors of nutrition or had masters in nutrition looked unhealthy and overwieght them selves. I imagine very few of these people exercise. These people are supposed to be health experts!<br><br>I will finish my course and strive to get as high grades as high can and take it as fas as I can hounors, masters etc so I will be taken seriously. I had my first assessment today ok I'm just bragging but I got 92% for my chem test. YAY!! Plenty of raw foods and a lack of refined foods do give you increased mental clarity. I like what jeff aka chefjeff said about me having an advantage over most nutritionists as they don't really know anything. They get out of uni and sure their good at chem, anatomy, biochem other sciences etc but they don't know how to traslate that to anything but government food pyramid dietary recomendations which they think is the most healthful diet!!! They haven't learnt to question things such as " milk does everybody good! " . I prefer " milk has something for everyone! " .<br><br>It certainly does be it heart diease, arthritis etc!!!!!!!<br><br>Blake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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