A New Series: Food Know-It-All

I might have mentioned it before but I didn't originally go to college to work in nutrition. I was a Nursing major. I wanted to be a School Nurse. I've never told the whole story on why I changed my major. Yes, This is an Exclusive. When I changed it, I was upset & confused with so many people, I decided to shut my mouth and finish my degree. Yes, I said upset. My Great Aunt, L, a retired county nurse is still not truly happy.

One Christmas break, I was at an exhausted crossroad. Nursing School was frying my brain. I was passing but that was just it, Passing. This was my 3rd semester and the exhaustion and grades, I felt, were not equal. So, I decided to casually look at changing my major. First, I looked over my graded nursing papers & tests. My strengths were Education & Nutrition. That was good because all my hard work would not go to waste. I looked at Health Education. That was not going to work for me because that meant I would end up teaching a limited curriculum based on government standards. Then I looked at Nutrition. Then my clinical case study I did my 1st semester of Nursing school started screaming at me. A 5 year old little boy who was admitted to the hospital for gastroenteritis (stomach flu) was my patient. What? In the hospital for stomach flu? Well, the child was anorexic. And when a child doesn't eat, it happens. The little boy didn't eat, not even in the hospital. I remember almost weeping during the clinical because it reminded me of a extremely picky eater in my own family. That person eventually overcame his issues but could that little boy do so? I never found out. Well, my mind wandered about why we feel & think about the things we eat. I thought about all kinds of stereotypes & mindsets. I thought about regulations & rules. I was so overwhelmed with wanting to learn about these thoughts. So, I decided to change my major to Nutrition, right then. But good things did came from Nursing school. All those hours manifested an associate's degree in Health Care Science, the very day I changed degrees. In the world of the many. many faces of Nutrition, that associate's helps employers & clients see my nutritional focus.

Nutrition then opened up a vast world for me. Me being a willing to be constantly educated and a slight Know-It-All, I kinda dove straight in. I've come out why some interesting topics, info, & questions over the years. And that is what this series will be about. How did some food related stereotypes come about? What's the history about some the food industry norms? Is the America responsible for it's own bad food issues? Some of the topics will be:

Kid's Menus

Chicken & Watermelon Stereotypes

Turkey & Thanksgiving

Chinese Food & Animals Stereotypes

Food Deserts

Food Stamp Opinions

So, be prepared to to take more peaks in the food mind of OUTSPOKEN_DIVA. I promise not get you lost in the maze. Hopefully, I will cause some dialogues & teach along the way. And you know you opinions will be welcomed.

As Always, Talking to You in Adult Terms