When I first started this blog I was a bright-eyed (yet lowly) dietetic intern. Working for peanuts (maybe we ought to start working for walnuts) to get my license.
I have my license now.
Way oh-way-back a' then I was interested in pursuing human nutrition from an alternative angle. Mostly because I was bored silly. Everything I learned in school was too cut-and-dry. So I started questioning the very statements which my own licensing association held holy. I believe it is the nature of my curiosity which keeps me involved in dietetics today.
Being a RD isn't all that easy. Because at some point you have to stop regurgitating recommendations from textbooks and start thinking all on your own. Mostly and more importantly, what's better for your patients?
Flux. The field of medicine and nutrition is in constant flux. Albumin is old news. Pre-albumin + c-reactive protein is better news. If you find yourself taking Warfarin, you don't need to run like a bat out of hell from a spinach salad. We're improving our calcium intake but now vitamin D steals the spotlight. What's next?
It's old stuff. Replaced today by superior knowledge. Research which surely will be challenged tomorrow. And that's exactly why I love science. It's all in the method. Science geek? Check.
Stay tuned. I have lots to say.
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