History of Nutrition Jobs with scientific development

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History of Nutrition Jobs with scientific
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• The history of the study of food as medicine
  reveals centuries of discovery and development of
  nutrition careers and Nutrition Jobs.
• In 400 B.C. the Greek physician Hippocrates, the
  Father of Medicine said, Let thy food be thy
  medicine and thy medicine be thy food.
  Hippocrates realized that food impacts a persons
  health, body and mind to help prevent illness as
  well as maintain wellness.
• Greece, as well as across pre-modern Europe and
  Asia since ancient times, foods were used to
  affect health. For instance, the juice of liver
  was squeezed on the eye to treat eye diseases,
  connected to Vitamin A deficiency.
• Garlic was used to cure athletes foot, and
  eating ginger was thought to stimulate the
  metabolism and then it gives rise to Nutrition
  Jobs.

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• In 1747, a British Navy physician, Dr. James
  Lind, saw that sailors were developing scurvy, a
  deadly bleeding disorder, on long voyages. He
  observed that they ate only nonperishable foods
  such as bread and meat.
• Work in the area of the chemical nature of
  foodscarbohydrates, fats and proteinswas done
  by Justus Liebig of Germany, and led to research
  in the area of vitamins in the early 20th
  century. In 1912, a Polish doctor, Casimir Funk,
  coined the term vitamins as essential factors
  in the diet.
• The term vitaminfirst called vitaminecomes
  from vital and amine, because vitamins are
  required for life and they were originally
  thought to be aminescompounds derived from
  ammonia.
• Many other vitamins were discovered and isolated
  in the early 20th century, and the concept of
  supplementing health with vitamins was born.

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• The first vitamin pills were marketed in the
  1930s, and created a new industry around
  science-based health products. In October of
  1994, the Dietary and Supplement Health and
  Education Act were approved by Congress. It sets
  forth what can and cannot be said about
  nutritional supplements without prior Food and
  Drug Administration (FDA) review, showing the
  impact of this industry.
• As Nutrition Jobs programs started to become more
  prevalent, nutrition careers and dietitian
  jobs became more popular. Dietitians are
  registered with the American Dietetic
  Association and are only able to use the title
  dietitian when they have met strict, specific
  educational and experiential prerequisites and
  passed a national registration examination.
• The title nutritionist is protected and
  designated by many but not all states in the
  United States. Traditionally, dietitians work in
  hospitals, schools and prisons, and nutritionists
  more often work in private practice, in education
  and research, although there is some overlap
  between the two.

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• As we become increasingly aware and concerned
  about how Nutrition Jobs affects our health, the
  fields of nutrition and alternative medicine have
  seen unprecedented growth and expansion.
• This continuing demand has fueled increasing
  nutrition jobs growth and has provided more
  career opportunities than ever. College
  distance-learning and online nutrition programs
  are a great way to explore this unique field with
  a distinguished and ancient pedigree.