I wish I became a nutritionist now... I think I done goofed.

[Womble619]

So I left school not knowing what I wanted to do for a career, I now have a great career in avionics which I am happy with. However I have found that I actually have a pationate interest in nutrition, I read for hours at a time on different articles and papers about various topics surrounding nutrition. I am really interested in how the body works in regards to nutrition as well as how we humans phsycologically approach food, how we develop ED's and wish I had persued this as a life career.

If I could go back, I would go to university and study nutrition, but now I am 21 and university fees in the UK have gone from 3,000 a year to 9,000 a year, I feel I have left it too late .

Is there anything I can do to get into this field of work? Any way of doing it without going to university or is this compulsory? What kind of work could I get into that would give me a great opportunity to further my learning?

[WonderPug]

You could simply write a diet book -- no education (or even knowledge) necessary. Or even easier, start a Youtube channel.

[rand18m]

You could simply write a diet book -- no education (or even knowledge) necessary. Or even easier, start a Youtube channel.

HAHA^^ is that ever the case! I guess I should go ahead with my "TheFoods You Hate" diet!

Works great!!

At least for a few weeks until your taste buds change!!

[softpounder]

YouTube is tough business.

Where to find viewers if your new?

[WonderPug]

Where to find viewers if your new?

Right here. Evidence how well it worked for IceCreamFitness.

[softpounder]

Right here. Evidence how well it worked for IceCreamFitness.

Well, I don't qualify to show my biceps every video... and my knowledge is limited.

Being skinny fat and part of a minority isn't gonna help.

[InItForFitness]

Well, I don't qualify to show my biceps every video... and my knowledge is limited.

Being skinny fat and part of a minority isn't gonna help.

Confidence is key.
It's been shown time and time again that, as long as your confident in what you're saying, you can spew any amount of meaningless bull**** and you're going to find followers who will take your word on it.

[WonderPug]

Well, I don't qualify to show my biceps every video... and my knowledge is limited.

That didn't stop Jason.

[InItForFitness]

That didn't stop Jason.

It's quiet a shame he went full potato in his Layne video a week ago.
Before that I could at least enjoy some of his work...now all I can picture is him and his ****ing Spartan chicken preparing for battle.

[WonderPug]

It's quiet a shame he went full potato in his Layne video a week ago.
Before that I could at least enjoy some of his work...now all I can picture is him and his ****ing Spartan chicken preparing for battle.

Yup, he really lost it. Sad. Very sad.

[Robernaut]

So I left school not knowing what I wanted to do for a career, I now have a great career in avionics which I am happy with. However I have found that I actually have a pationate interest in nutrition, I read for hours at a time on different articles and papers about various topics surrounding nutrition. I am really interested in how the body works in regards to nutrition as well as how we humans phsycologically approach food, how we develop ED's and wish I had persued this as a life career.

If I could go back, I would go to university and study nutrition, but now I am 21 and university fees in the UK have gone from 3,000 a year to 9,000 a year, I feel I have left it too late .

Is there anything I can do to get into this field of work? Any way of doing it without going to university or is this compulsory? What kind of work could I get into that would give me a great opportunity to further my learning?

If you want to do it seriously then yes you ought to study it academically in my opinion. I did a couple of courses with the Open University, which were relatively inexpensive (I only did these courses for fun / out of interest). One of them was cellular function and nutrition. It would be worthwhile IMO checking out the OU prospectus and picking a level one or two course to see whether you actually enjoy it when you study it more formally. The OU is not quite Oxford, but it is very well respected and you can get an insight into it before you decide to change your career. And you can do that without interfering with your current employment.

In terms of being too old, you're only 21. I have several undergraduate and postgraduate courses I still wish to do and I am 37.

[Robernaut]

Well, I don't qualify to show my biceps every video... and my knowledge is limited.

Not being qualified to give nutritional advice qualifies you to give nutritional advice, relationship advice, life advice, and do puppet shows with soft toys.

[respawn]

Confidence is key.
It's been shown time and time again that, as long as your confident in what you're saying, you can spew any amount of meaningless bull**** and you're going to find followers who will take your word on it.

this lol. also if you add belittling comments and make them funny so people join in

[WonderPug]

Not being qualified to give nutritional advice qualifies you to give nutritional advice, relationship advice, life advice, and do puppet shows with soft toys.

I believe they're properly called plush toys.

[Robernaut]

I believe they're properly called plush toys.

And it's important to point these things out because we know that being improperly qualified to give nutritional advice may qualify you to give nutritional advice but it does not qualify you to dress like a spartan warrior.

[Manc33]

Did you know the "Food and Drug Administration" in the US has that name because they are administering drugs to people using food? It's in the name of it when you understand it. Don't forget, drugs don't have to "get you high" to be a drug. They could do anything, like take a few IQ points off... without you feeling anything or knowing you were drugged at all.

Same with the "Criminal Justice System". It is a system of justice that is criminal, tells you in the name just like the FDA. None of it is hidden if you understand it.

[PAU1]

Well, I don't qualify to show my biceps every video... and my knowledge is limited.

Being skinny fat and part of a minority isn't gonna help.

That didn't stop Jason.

To bolster the correlation, the disabled are part of a minority group.

[MikeK46]

21? I went back to school for my Nutrition degree & RD cert. at 27 after graduating with an IT degree and working in software for 6 years. I'll be done by 30 and I'm very happy about that. Or, I might do another year or two and get my Masters if I decide to become a Nutrition professor. Right now my tuition is $17,000/semester and no, I don't have that kind of money either. Loans, scholarships, etc. There's usually a way.

At 21 you're still extremely young and have more than enough time to do anything you want.

[plateau_max]

21? I went back to school for my Nutrition degree & RD cert. at 27 after graduating with an IT degree and working in software for 6 years. I'll be done by 30 and I'm very happy about that. Or, I might do another year or two and get my Masters if I decide to become a Nutrition professor. Right now my tuition is $17,000/semester and no, I don't have that kind of money either. Loans, scholarships, etc. There's usually a way.

At 21 you're still extremely young and have more than enough time to do anything you want.

Exactly this. I was 23 when I started and now I'm in a PhD program for integrative physiology. The GI Bill paid for 90% of my undergrad but after that, I just had to suck it up and pay like everyone else. Student loans are nigh unavoidable anymore, and age should not be a factor for you. I have a friend whom finished his B.S. in biology and got into med school at age 32 and he's incredibly happy he went back to school to do that.

Nothing worthwhile is easy.

[MikeK46]

Yep. At 21 most people still don't have a clue what they really want to do with their lives. If this really is what your passion is, then you've found it an an earlier age than most. Most people simply settle with whatever they start with and never get any real satisfaction or happiness out of their careers.

[cumminslifter]

It's quiet a shame he went full potato in his Layne video a week ago.
Before that I could at least enjoy some of his work...now all I can picture is him and his ****ing Spartan chicken preparing for battle.

link?