Nutrition (also called nourishment or aliment) is the provision, to cells and organisms, of the materials necessary (in the form of food) to support life. Many common health problems can be prevented or alleviated with a healthy diet.
The diet of an organism is what it eats, which is largely determined by the perceived palatability of foods. Dietitians are health professionals who specialize in human nutrition, meal planning, economics, and preparation. They are trained to provide safe, evidence-based dietary advice and management to individuals (in health and disease), as well as to institutions. Clinical nutritionists are health professionals who focus more specifically on the role of nutrition in chronic disease, including possible prevention or remediation by addressing nutritional deficiencies before resorting to drugs. While government regulation of the use of this professional title is less universal than for "dietician", the field is supported by many high-level academic programs, up to and including the Doctoral level, and has its own voluntary certification board, professional associations, and peer-reviewed journals, e.g. the American Society for Nutrition and the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
William Sanford "Bill" Nye (born November 27, 1955), popularly known as Bill Nye the Science Guy, is an American science educator, comedian, television host, actor, mechanical engineer, and scientist. He is best known as the host of the Disney/PBS children's science show Bill Nye the Science Guy (1993–1998) and for his many subsequent appearances in popular media as a science educator.
William Sanford Nye was born in Washington, D.C., the son of Jacqueline (née Jenkins; c. 1920–2000), a codebreaker during World War II, and Edwin Darby "Ned" Nye (died 1997), also a World War II veteran whose experience in a Japanese prisoner of war camp led him to become a sundial enthusiast. Nye is a fourth-generation Washington, D.C. resident on his father's side of the family. After attending Lafayette Elementary and Alice Deal Junior High in the city, he was accepted to the private Sidwell Friends School on a partial scholarship, graduating in 1973. He studied mechanical engineering at Cornell University, where one of his professors was Carl Sagan, and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in 1977. He was awarded an honorary doctorate by The Johns Hopkins University in May 2008. In May 2011, Nye was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Science degree from Willamette University where he was the keynote speaker for that year's commencement exercises.
Joel Fuhrman, MD (born December 2, 1953), is an American board-certified family physician who specializes in nutrition-based treatments for obesity and chronic disease. He is a member of the board of directors of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine, and serves as Research Director of the Nutritional Research Project. He is on the medical staff of Hunterdon Medical Center.
Dr. Fuhrman coined the word "nutritarian" to label people who adopt a micronutrient-rich diet style. He created the Health Equation: Health = Nutrients/Calories (abbreviated as H = N/C). This equation signals that future health can be predicted by the micronutrient per calorie density of the diet.
Dr. Fuhrman is the author of five books, and a number of journal articles. The Second Edition of Eat to Live reached the New York Times Best Seller list in June, 2011, and has been there ever since. He has appeared on several radio and television shows.
In 2011, Dr. Fuhrman launched 3 Steps to Incredible Health!, a sixty-minute PBS pledge program that addresses the crisis of obesity and chronic disease plaguing America.
Russell L. Blaylock is a retired neurosurgeon and author. He is a former clinical assistant professor of neurosurgery at the University of Mississippi Medical Center and is currently a visiting professor in the biology department at Belhaven College. He is the author of a number of books and papers, including Excitotoxins: The Taste That Kills (1994), Health and Nutrition Secrets That Can Save Your Life (2002), and Natural Strategies for Cancer Patients (2003), and writes a monthly newsletter, the Blaylock Wellness Report.
Blaylock has endorsed views inconsistent with the scientific consensus, including that food additives such as aspartame and monosodium glutamate (MSG) are excitotoxic in normal doses and that the H1N1 influenza (swine flu) vaccine carries more risk than swine flu itself.
According to his website, Blaylock completed his general surgical internship and neurosurgical residency at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, SC. He was licensed to practice Neurological Surgery in North Carolina between May 6, 1977 and December 15, 2006. Along with Ludwig G. Kempe, Blaylock published a novel transcallosal approach to excising intraventricular meningiomas of the trigone. He is retired as a clinical assistant professor of neurosurgery from the University of Mississippi Medical Center, and is currently a visiting professor in the biology department at Belhaven University, a Christian university in Mississippi. He is associated with the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons and was on the editorial board of their journal.[when?]
Now my life is easy
My life ain't hard
I'm gonna spend all day
In my fuckin' backyard
I ain't got no money
Hell, I don't care
My parents let me use their credit card
I've got nowhere to go
Just hang out on the street
My folks say I've got no ambition
At least I give a shit
About the stuff I eat
Yeah! I care about nutrition
Tried to get a job
At the retail store
But I could not stand the competition
Now I spend all my time
Hangin' out at the shore
Givin' myself a skin condition
I've got nowhere to go
Just movin' on my feet
People say I've got no ambition
At least I give a shit
About the stuff I eat
Yeah! I care about nutrition
Sometimes I get upset
When I see on the TV
All them people in this world
That is starvin'
But there's nothin' in this world
That could possibly bother me
When I smell the turkey Dad is carvin'
Boy I'm starving
Christ I'm starving!
My folks said
I gotta get myself a job
'Cause they ain't gonna support me
Well, if all I am to them
Is just some lazy slob
Why didn't they abort me?
I guess I'll just hang out
On Broad and South
Livin' by my intuition
At least I give a shit
What I put into my mouth
Yeah! I care about nutrition
Nutrition
It's good for me
Nutrition
I've got vitamin C
I care (x3)
I give a healthy shit
And Mom and Dad say if I eat all of my food
I can go to the hard core show and see F.O.D.
My life is easy
My life ain't hard
I spend all day in my fucking back yard
I ain't go not money and I don't care
My parents let me use their credit cards
I Ain't got nowhere to go so I'm movin on the street
see people say I got no ambition
But at least i give a shit about the stuff i eat
yeah I care about nutrition!
Tried to get a job at the retail store, but I could not stand the competetion
so I spend all my time at hanging out at the shore, giving myself a skin conditon
I Ain't got nowhere to go so im movin' on my feet
People say I got no ambition
Well at least i give a shit about the stuff I eat
Yeah I care about nutrition!
Yeah I guess I get upset when I see on the tv all the people in this world that are starving
Well there is nothing in this world that can come and bother me when i smell the turkey that is carving
I am starving!! Moses I'm starving!
My folks say I gotta get myself a job and they ain't gonna support me
All I am to them is just a lazy slob why is it that they did not abort me? whoo!
I guess I must hang out on broad and south
living by my intuition
well at least I give a shit what i put into my mouth
yea i care about nutrition!
Now my life is easy, my life ain't hard
I'm gonna spend all day in my fuckin' backyard
I ain't got no money, hell, I don't care
My parents let me use their credit card
I've got nowhere to go, just hang out on the street
My folks say I've got no ambition
At least I give a shit about the stuff I eat
Yeah, I care about nutrition
Tried to get a job at the retail store
But I could not stand the competition
Now I spend all my time hangin' out at the shore
Givin' myself a skin condition
I've got nowhere to go, just movin' on my feet
People say I've got no ambition
At least I give a shit about the stuff I eat
Yeah, I care about nutrition
Sometimes I get upset when I see on the TV
All them people in this world that is starvin'
But there's nothin' in this world that could possibly bother me
When I smell the turkey Dad is carvin'
Boy, I'm starvin', Christ, I'm starvin'
My folks said I gotta get myself a job
'Cause they ain't gonna support me
Well, if all I am to them is just some lazy slob
Why didn't they abort me?
I guess I'll just hang out on Broad and South
Livin' by my intuition
At least I give a shit what I put into my mouth
Yeah, I care about nutrition
Nutrition, It's good for me
Nutrition, I've got vitamin C
I care, I care, I care, I give a healthy shit
And Mom and Dad say if I eat all of my food