get er done

Ages ago I went back to school to study nursing. I loved it until things got smelly. I have a heightened sense of smell which when I have a migraine basically becomes a bionic smeller, add to this my fabulous gag reflex and the fact that I CAN NOT tolerate the smell of poop at all, and you have  a recipe for disaster. I received a ton of advise, you'll get used to it, use Vicks, essential oils etc under your nose etc. But it didn't and I know myself, quite well actually, and I am not going to be getting past this. Oncology nursing is filled with glamorous odours so I have had to reevaluate my decisions.

I'm back in the saddle and hell bent on getting the job done as fast as possible. I'm hitting the books full time now and won't stop until I graduate. It's hard but I want it behind me. I'm studying integrative health and nutrition and when all is said and done I will have a BA in nutrition. I have always had issues with the American diet, always had issues with the FDA, especially the FDA. The food allowed over here and the additives in it make people ill and it is all backed by a government agency. And worse, in my opinion, all the people promoting health are subsidizing big sugar, corn, dairy and the meat industries...so rest assured they aren't biased. Snort.

So I delve and learn, and I educate. I've always been a bit of weirdo by US standards with what I will and won't allow the kids to eat. Rosie has NEVER had a McDonalds and I am treated like a freak for this. Lily had 2 and both times suffered projectile vomiting. We don't and won't eat fast food. They get plenty of crap but now that too is changing.

My brother has walked this walk for years, and now I proudly follow.

There is so much more to nutrition than the old adage, you are what you eat.