Josh Dickman in Why Schools Need Mandatory nutrition courses

Taste good but not good for you

Fast foods are fried in low-quality cooking oils. The frying process that makes these foods appeal to your taste buds and the pleasure centers in your brain also renders them high in trans fat. Trans fat is one of the most dangerous and health-damaging constituents of fast…

Josh Dickman in Why Schools Need Mandatory nutrition courses

May 16, 2017

About Me

My name is Josh Dickman I am a current student at Heartland Community College. I recently took a nutrition class and learned several things I did not know before, things that are very important in order to stay healthy. I believe everyone should take a nutrition class in high school. Students need to be taught nutrition at an early age because it is a life skill.

Josh Dickman in Why Schools Need Mandatory nutrition courses

May 16, 2017

The start of something new

At Galtier Magnet Elementary School, in St. Paul, Minnesota, menus include whole-grain bread and pasta, along with unsweetened applesauce for dessert. There’s also a salad bar stocked with greens, carrots, peas, and grape tomatoes. A sauce station offers seasonings — low-fat ranch…

Josh Dickman in Why Schools Need Mandatory nutrition courses

May 16, 2017

School and Nutrition

For many students a school lunch is the only meal a child will eat throughout an eight hour school day. A lot of students pick out pop tarts and bags of chips full of saturated fat instead of a crisp apple or a banana. Part of the reason a student will do that is because they do not…