Archive for the ‘Food’ Category
Thursday, April 12th, 2012
guest post by Katie Caputo Serbinski MS, RD
For the past year and a half, my professional path as a registered dietitian (RD) took an unexpected turn when I started working in an area of dietetics practice that is not seen as the “norm” among health professionals. While most of my nutrition colleagues are admirably working in clinical and food service settings, I turned to agriculture. As a city-girl native to Metro Detroit, I’ll be the first to admit my experience with agriculture was lacking. I did live in an animal-friendly environment, as my father is a veterinarian. By no means did I have the first clue about large-scale food production, let alone the role agriculture plays in our society. Read More »
Tags: Agriculture, beef, Dietitian, farm, Food, foodie, Nutrition, registered dietitian
Posted in Dietitians, Food, Food & Nutrition, Nutrition | 6 Comments »
Thursday, March 15th, 2012
Perhaps it was my recent time speaking at Michigan State and walking the halls of my alma mater that brought on this rant. Or maybe it’s constant exposure at airports to news that relies or sensationalism and fear. Then again, it could have been this excellent blog post by a former L.A. Times journalist that points to sloppy science and sloppier reporting.
What the heck has happened to our country? Mainstream media, apparently in a quest to retain their business models of yesteryear, finds the worst possible angle of any story in an attempt to attract readers/viewers/listeners. It seemingly doesn’t matter if there’s only one source, if it’s blatant opinion piece by a reporter (once seen on the op ed page) or if the “study” behind a story is valid – as long as they have “news” to get people worked up. Read More »
Tags: journalism, registered dietitia, science
Posted in Consumer Trust, Dietitians, Food, Motivation, Nutrition | 7 Comments »
Monday, January 16th, 2012
~guest post by MRS
One morning HandyMan called me from work and asked me how my day was going. In the middle of changing a diaper, I propped the phone between my ear and shoulder and told him that so far that morning I was 3 for 3. Confused he asked me what I meant and I replied that I had changed 3 diapers so far that morning and all of them had been poopy, thus 3 for 3. Such is the glamorous life of a stay at home mom. Read More »
Tags: baby, baby food, baby food safety, food safety, mom, Parenting, SAHM, stay at home mom, Thomas and Friends, trains
Posted in Food, Food & Nutrition, Moms | No Comments »
Friday, December 30th, 2011
~guest post by MRS
As a rule, I don’t make resolutions, mostly because I’m terrible at keeping them. Like a lot of people, I think about things I need to change, activity levels, eating healthier, keeping our house cleaner, etc. Then I try really hard to accomplish these things for a few weeks, but before I know it I’ve missed a few days. Then a few weeks pass and I’ve slid back into the old habits. Our house is cluttered, I’m spending too much time on our couch and I’m thinking, “What diet?” Read More »
Tags: 2012, diet, Food, fruit, mom, New Year, Parenting, resolution, vegetable
Posted in Food, Food & Nutrition, Moms | 1 Comment »
Monday, November 28th, 2011
~guest post by MRS
As I was sitting down to eat Thanksgiving dinner with my family last week, I started thinking. Not about the amazing food I was about to eat (although the food was amazing), but about the 1 in 6 people in our country who regularly don’t get enough to eat.
It’s easy to stand on our soapboxes and talk about the ineffectiveness of entitlement programs, i.e. food stamps or how people just need to get a job to feed their family. It’s also easy to get caught up in the arguments about food and farming. We should all eat only local, organic foods or conventionally grown food is fine or that all GMO foods need to be labeled as such. And while I understand that these are things that people are passionate about, sometimes I wonder if we’re focusing on these “secondary” issues a little too much. Read More »
Tags: Agriculture, Farming, Food, GMO, hunger, hungry, mom, non-GMO, organic, Thanksgiving, volunteer
Posted in Agriculture, Food, Food & Nutrition, Moms | 1 Comment »
