Ep 58. My experience in nutrition education

Macabolic Podcast

“Hey, Mac, what do you think about (insert nutrition certification thing here), what should I do”. It is a question I get very often.

I’ve now done a bunch of courses and certifications, and I get asked for advice on a regular basis. This episode is basically me running through my experience-based opinion, what I wish I did differently and what advice I have for anyone who's potentially interested in getting into the nutrition space.

If I knew I’d be a full-time nutrition professional 3 years ago, who is now seeking the highest nutrition qualification I would have just gone straight to uni. But at the time I wasn’t sure, I’d only just finished an unrelated degree and I had (and still have) no interest in clinical nutrition. I just wanted to help people lose weight and develop healthy habits which meant 40k+ and 4 years+ doing dietetics seemed like a pointless idea.

For me, my nutrition education was a slow build-up and accumulation of things finishing with a graduate diploma in sports nutrition. Finally, now have I decided to bite the bullet, fork out the $$ and apply for dietetics.

While I wish I went to uni in the first place, in hindsight I feel like the accumulation of everything I’ve done has given me a unique perspective in the real world that's bolstered by doing this job, working ‘in the trenches’ this entire time.

So yeh, this is my experience-based opinion and a chance for me to reflect on my decisions and what I would change if I could go back in time.