The pandemic—remember that? Had me buying Netflix and watching cooking and baking shows. Was I a home chef or baker? No. As a convert from vegetarian to vegan I needed inspiration and also needed to stop eating out. I took a cooking workshop on Kripalu and took Forks over Knives basic cooking course through Rouxbe.com and life, from the culinary sense changed. And in a good way. Mom taught me basic items to make from an early age: chili in the pressure cooker in Maryland winter, cole slaw and potato salad on steamy summer days. The standards such as grilled cheese, hot dogs sliced open to lay flat in the cast iron skillet. We ate out or got carry out surprisingly often for a low middle class family in a working class, tiny rowhome in Dundalk Maryland.
Agreed! A great place to start nutrition education is in medical school. America's physicians, even today, receive a dearth of instruction on nutrition and its connection to health. Interviews with doctors reveal they received less than one brief discussion on nutrition during med school. American doctors are trained to treat already-developed disease rather than employ prevention, and then treatment is almost strictly with pharmaceuticals rather than also adjusting dietary intake. I've been an RN for 27 years and I know many doctors don't want to try dietary interventions because 1) they weren't taught nutrition and 2) they feel it's a waste of time because patients won't do it. As with most things, that is true of a percentage of patients, but noncompliance exists in taking pharmaceuticals also. Consistently high intake of protein is hard on the kidneys. Much of what the general public believes about food requirements is coming from a corresponding industry: meat, dairy, and pharmaceuticals.
Agreeing on this as well, Jann. I'm not sure much of America can only associate "protein" with animal-products? Must've been a widespread education thing?
Agreed! A great place to start nutrition education is in medical school. America's physicians, even today, receive a dearth of instruction on nutrition and its connection to health. Interviews with doctors reveal they received less than one brief discussion on nutrition during med school. American doctors are trained to treat already-developed disease rather than employ prevention, and then treatment is almost strictly with pharmaceuticals rather than also adjusting dietary intake. I've been an RN for 27 years and I know many doctors don't want to try dietary interventions because 1) they weren't taught nutrition and 2) they feel it's a waste of time because patients won't do it. As with most things, that is true of a percentage of patients, but noncompliance exists in taking pharmaceuticals also. Consistently high intake of protein is hard on the kidneys. Much of what the general public believes about food requirements is coming from a corresponding industry: meat, dairy, and pharmaceuticals.
So true and it sadly reflects in the poor health of our nation. Nutrition, good nutrition is key. Thanks for reading and commenting.
So true. Hippocrates would be disappointed at the current state of our disease management system. Thank you for reading and commeniting.
Our desire for beef is causing climate change problems that are worse than cars. We need to eat more plants, I agree!
Agreeing on this as well, Jann. I'm not sure much of America can only associate "protein" with animal-products? Must've been a widespread education thing?