Before I started studying nutrition science I was
really into all stuff nutrition related. I read blogs, newspapers and books
about nutrition and swallowed everything I read. I didn’t always think so much about
who had written what I read, or on what they based their statements. At this
time I wasn’t much of a critical reader at all, although I probably should have
been.
I think it’s true for a lot of people that they don’t
always for example look into where fitness bloggers take their information. If
they read something they often assume it to be true, which for example I often
did before. It would be nice if it was that way though, wouldn’t it? It gets
even harder to think critical when someone you really like or admire writes
something nutrition related. Nutrition is also such a personal topic and the amount of information about it is huge, which makes it even harder to sort out the good from the bad.
So I started studying nutrition science several years
ago. In the beginning of my studies I was really confused when a lot of what I
had read didn’t seem to be true. That’s because I wasn’t reading critically
before and I didn’t check for sources. I also didn’t look up if what I read was
based on actual science or if it was just taken from some not so reliable
website. It is first now that I’ve noticed how much more of a critical reader I’ve
become. I’m always suspicious when I’m reading something new, or something that
goes against what I thought I knew from the beginning.
What I’m trying to get to is that it’s important to
read critical when reading about nutrition related stuff online. Check for sources whenever possible, don’t
assume that everything you read is true and look up the person behind the article or blog post, what is their background. Knowledge is power, and helps you
navigate the nutrition jungle on the web.
Image sources:
1. http://santefood.ro/category/articole/page/5/
2. http://hornercoaching.com/gaining-knowledge/
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