Expand Your Nutrition Education and Create Your Future
Cindy Papp
Once you have a nutrition education, you need to think about how you will make your living. There are many ways to choose from, between getting a job and working for yourself, of course depending on what type of education you have.
The type of education you received will steer you toward one of two paths. If you have become a certified "Nutritional Consultant," your training is more holistic oriented. If you have received a degree you have perhaps become a registered "Nutritionist" or "Dietitian."
A Nutritionist or Dietitian may find a job with a larger corporation organizing or studying research, or even helping in the development of dietary supplements. Another area of work is with clinics or hospitals providing medical or clinical nutrition consults. All areas are rewarding careers, both financially and mentally.
Then there is the Nutritional Counselor, more holistically trained with focus being more on the entire body as opposed to the science of food. They are generally knowledgeable in food and food supplement therapies as well as other holistic modalities which may include massage or even colonic therapy.
No matter what path you choose, you can ensure that your future is solid, especially in today's economy. You will have many opportunities to add to your nutrition education, increasing your value. For example, as you gain experience, you may add to your resume by educating others. This could be done by writing books, seeing your own clients or even teaching seminars. The experience you gain will give you a unique perspective that is a valuable tool you can use to create your future or secondary income.
You can give yourself a better chance at guaranteeing your income by receiving education in both types of nutrition; holistic and clinical. Both sides are important aspects of health and can work together to benefit all clients, patients or even open the door in research.
Scientific or clinical knowledge is important as it is becoming widely know that food choices may lessen symptoms or may even heal in some clients. The food sciences also benefit those working with clients who put higher demands on their bodies, such as athletes.
On the other side of the coin is the holistic counselor. Holistic health nutrition is important as people are demanding alternatives to traditional Allopathic medicine. A type of "cleanse" may benefit all by taking excess digestive burden off the body. This is beneficial since we all know that digestion requires a very large amount of the body's energy, and excess burden may inhibit the healing process. In addition, it is becoming more accepted that certain holistic practices, such as food combining and elimination diets, are effective at relieving common gastrointestinal complaints.
By learning both, you become forward thinking and open up more possibilities for yourself. Clients and patients alike are looking for those who are open minded when they want to take Echinacea because their antibiotic didn't work - and they don't want a bigger pill.
Seek out extra classes and keep yourself informed. Read the vast information and testimonials of people healed by their food choices. And remember what Hippocrates said, "Let food be your medicine."
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