Be honest. How much do you really know about nutrition?

Discussion in 'Vegetarian' started by drumminmama, Feb 5, 2013.

  1. drumminmama

    drumminmama Super Moderator Super Moderator

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    Where do you get your information?
    Why do you trust it?

    How do you judge credibility?

    I know that the more I learn, the more there is to learn in nutrition.
    I'm taking a fundamental nutrition course and while I find my ethic contrasting with the instructor's sources, I do think as a basic class I'm getting what I need.

    She is using egg as perfect protein, the same assumption Frances Moore Lappe' used in the first editions of Diet for a Small Planet.
    Moore Lappe changed.
    It hasn't been said directly, but I suspect the instructor is using bio availability as we know it as her basis.

    I read several sources. When conclusions start to appear in multiples, I look at that more.
    Credibility to me has some peer review, demonstrated results, and no sales!:daisy:

    I also trust my gut sometimes, but I'm a trained (on sabbatical) journalist. Finding the lie was my job for many, many years.

    I use some of the less credible sites as early warnings. I'll look into what they are talking about and see where it intersects with established knowledge. Which includes modern medicine but also traditional food ways and health ways.
    ( I try to use TCM with building meals, or Aryuveda, for example)

    What about you? We get so many questions, how do we find and formulate answers?


    TL;DR:
    What sources do you use for nutritional info and why do you trust it?
     
    drumminmama, Feb 5, 2013
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  3. drumminmama

    drumminmama Super Moderator Super Moderator

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    Additionally, do you use supplements in a planned way, or (like me) are they insurance?
     
    drumminmama, Mar 7, 2013
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  5. homeschoolmama

    homeschoolmama Senior Member

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    Having had severe allergies & sensitivities all my life, I feel as if I know more about nutrition than "the average Joe." When you're allergic to "everything" you NEED to know what's going into your body, and how to keep things balanced when an entire food group needs to be limited or avoided.

    My sources come from internet/book research, friends, the occasional doctor... pretty much anywhere & everywhere. Credibility is assumed after personal verification by finding the same information in at least three independent places. Is that good enough? No, but it's about the best I've been able to come up with. And yes, I've gotten awfully sick when these assumptions have proven not to be enough. But it's life, and I plod along.

    I had some minor training in nutrition while working with the Jenny Craig program 14 years ago. Shortly after that, I ended up working VERY closely with a nutritionist while pregnant with borderline gestational-diabetes. Since then I have kept closer tabs on my own diet, various nutrients, and learned TONS more myself.

    Supplements. I have a love/hate relationship with them. I would love for my food alone to be enough... but with my food issues, often it's not. So I take supplements and am grouchy about it. I take a multivitamin as a just in-case, and calcium because I'm predisposed towards osteoporosis. From September through May I also take Vitamin D because there's not enough sunlight where I live. I chart various nutrients at random intervals to make sure I'm getting "enough" of everything, and other than these issues I seem to be okay.

    love,
    mom
     
    homeschoolmama, Mar 18, 2013
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  7. pipgirl

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    I've started to get really interested in nutrition about half a year ago, and (even though many people would disagree), I've come to the conclusion that a raw vegan diet is the healthiest. And I've researched a lot.

    I feel that we are just being fooled around by the meat and dairy industry.
    Also, it just makes perfect sense to me, I feel that this is the way that we were intended to eat, you know?
    And you can't argue with results :D. All long term raw vegans are crazy healthy and they've all experienced the same benefits, like cleared skin, increased energy and mental clarity etc.

    As for the sources, I've read some studies (written by doctors), and also listened to long term raw vegans (again, can't argue with the results). :)

    I do accept the possibility that I could be wrong until I can prove it myself with my own results though.
     
    pipgirl, Mar 18, 2013
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  9. PEACEFUL LIBRA

    PEACEFUL LIBRA DAMN RIGHT I'M A WEIRDO

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    Not a damn thing
     
    PEACEFUL LIBRA, Mar 18, 2013
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  11. wiccan_witch

    wiccan_witch Senior Member

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    DM - any particular websites you would reccommend for having really credible advice?
     
    wiccan_witch, Jul 16, 2013
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  13. yahoohippegm

    yahoohippegm Member

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    I hardly know anything, let alone nutrition.

    :2thumbsup:
     
    yahoohippegm, Jul 18, 2013
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  15. Maelstrom

    Maelstrom Banned

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    I know all I need to know: if it tastes good, it's nutritious.
     
    Maelstrom, Jul 18, 2013
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