Hello,I am Brian Walker. I am a undergraduate student at the University of Alberta. I am studying nutrition and food science. I am very interested in nutrition because I feel that a balanced diet, coupled with exercise of course, will provide a cure for most of the health crisis our modern world is faced with today. It might be more of a prevention than a cure but the point is if we can get people eating right and exercising I believe many diseases would disappear. I want to study how different foods/diets effect the onset of different diseases.
I think one of the biggest advanteges of social media in my field will be educating the public. Blogs could provide easy to access and understand material to everyone. The comment section in blogs also allows for the readers to ask questions and get direct feedback. Twitter could be used as a great research tool. Not only could I read about what other professionals are doing, I would have a direct way to contact them to ask questions, share ideas, and promote new promising research.
Hey! Its nice to see another guy in nutrition since all I usually see is a bunch of girls. Not that thats bad or anything haha. I feel the same way about studying nutrition. I love learning about food whether it be positive or negative and i truly do believe that most of today's health problems start with what we eat! If we could educate as many people as possible about healthy eating i feel we could totally prevent more illness.
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