About

I’m Lorraine, welcome to my corner of the internet! This is a place where food and nutrition are the most important things. This is a place where food becomes art, friendships are forged, and the body is healed.

The doctor of the future will no longer treat the human frame with drugs, but rather will cure and prevent disease with nutrition. -Thomas Edison

This has long been one of my favorite quotes, and I find it striking how true it is. I've often thought about another quote in relation to this: “The dose makes the poison” (Paracelsus). Everyone eats approximately 3 times a day (some more, some less). When we compare the amount of food that we consume to the amount of medicine that a doctor would prescribe, it is easy to see how the choices we make concerning food add up rather quickly.

The top 7 causes of death in the US in 2010 were: (source: CDC)

1. Heart disease: 596,577
2. Cancer: 576,691
3. Chronic lower respiratory diseases: 142,943
4. Stroke (cerebrovascular diseases): 128,932
5. Accidents (unintentional injuries): 126,438
6. Alzheimer's disease: 84,974
7. Diabetes: 73,831

Out of those, food has been linked as a cause for heart disease, cancer, stroke, Alzheimer disease, and diabetes. It could easily be said that food was the number 1 killer in the United States in 2010.

My Past {Food}.

Food has always played a major role in my life. Whether it was from my mother or my grandmothers, I was constantly learning in the kitchen. Ten years of 4-H and dozens of foods projects taken to the county and state fairs, helped me perfect my baking skills. I even started my own business in middle school selling freshly baked goods each week. "Baking by Lorraine" continued to expand throughout high school, until I was selling hundreds of dollars of baked goods each week. In college, I continued my business by selling baked goods over the holidays. My record is over $900 in sales on one day.

My Past {Nutrition}. 

Growing up, I always knew that I wanted to be involved in the healthcare field somehow. The only problem was that I had no interest in becoming a nurse, and being a doctor was out of the question. During my sophomore year of high school, I went to a community meeting about healthy eating and met a dietitian for the first time. Before that point, I had never even heard of dietetics. I'm not sure how exactly it happened, but before our conversation ended we were discussing dietetics as a career. I set up a meeting with her, and a couple weeks later I interviewed her about her job. All the pieces fell together perfectly and by the end of the interview, I had decided that I would become a dietitian. I've never looked back since.

My Present. 

I have a B.S. in Dietetics and Nutrition, Fitness, and Health from Purdue University. I am currently completing my dietetic internship through Saint Louis University. This program has a combined M.S. degree in Pediatric Nutrition. The goal is to graduate by next August and sit for the RD exam shortly after that! Then I will be able to sign RD after my name! :)

My Dream. 

I have a dream … of a world where there is no pain, no hurt. I have a dream of a world where people help each other and care about each other. Although I know I won’t realize this dream in this lifetime, I want to do all I can to make the world more like that. My dream is to start a nonprofit organization that provides nutrition to third world nations. Physically, emotionally, spiritually. Until I reach this goal, join me in the journey.

Cook with me. Learn with me. Laugh with me. Celebrate food, and health, and life with me. 

Thanks for stopping by! Enjoy your stay (: