Intro
My graduate education, teaching and research career have been and continue to be in the field of nutrition science. I am originally from a Kansas suburb of Kansas City, Missouri and I now live in Southern California with my husband and two cats. We recently moved from Ohio and I am thrilled with the change!
Dignan and Simon (about 7 months old) in California taking full advantage of what little furniture we had during the week before our moving truck arrived.
I am passionate about human nutrition and have decided to start a blog about the science of nutrition and related news topics. I define news by the actual news and my social media news. I am in a transitional point in my career so this seems like a great time to begin this blog. Okay, I will be a bit more upfront; I am looking for work, have a great deal of time on my hands, and I really miss talking about nutrition and science! |
A self-portrait taken not long after arriving in the nearly always sunny Southern California.
A little bit more about me, my credentials and qualifications…
My name is Mardi Parelman and I am a nutrition scientist.
I spent my junior high, high school, and undergraduate
career avoiding science and math like the Ebola virus. I earned a dual B.S. in English Literature
and Communication and Performance Studies from Northern Michigan University (Northern Michigan University). Throughout college and after graduation, I
worked in radio, taught preschool, and as a temp. One temp job changed my life when I was
assigned to a children’s hospital. I ended up staying there for several years.
I was exposed to science in a practical way for the first time. I was exposed to nutrition as a science for
the first time. I was intrigued. I soon realized I wanted to go back to school
to become a nutritional immunologist. I wanted to learn about how things we
eat, drink, and swallow (like supplements) impact the way our bodies function
at the cellular level. So,
I went back to school and took all the science classes I had been avoiding to
get ready to apply to graduate school. I
earned my M.S. in Human Nutrition at Kansas State University (Kansas State University) and continued on
to get my Ph.D. in Nutritional Biology with a minor in Immunology at the
University of California, Davis (UC Davis).
I am an educator (college level), Reiki practitioner (though
this does not come up much these days), a writer (in-progress), and
scientist. I talk about science and try
to unravel often confusing or conflicting nutrition information. Please, always go talk to your doctor or
healthcare practitioner with questions and concerns. I do not counsel, diagnose
or treat disease.
This blog is updated on Tuesdays. Thanks for stopping
by!
Mardi
