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About
My name is Elaine and I am a Registered Dietitian exploring how information technology can support health care professionals' practice, networking and information-sharing. I've been working as a dietitian for 20 years, specializing in acute care neurosciences. As much as I enjoy my challenging and interesting "9 to 5" job, I'm also deeply interested in food, nutrition and environmental sustainability issues that extend beyond the workplace and would like to learn more by building and exchanging knowledge on these topics. Hence, this ever-evolving web site.
The Dietitian's Journal has posts about food, health, research, practice tools and personal observation and experience. I write with a potential audience of dietitians, nutritionists, dietetic interns and dietetics students in mind -- but any and all who are interested in healthy eating are welcome here.
To help and do no harm: this is the intent behind all health-and-wellness information on Greens & Berries. However, this site is not a substitute for professional medical advice. Please consult a qualified, licensed healthcare professional for diagnosis and treatment of any and all medical conditions.
I keep a separate journal about my urban gardening experiences and you can read more about it here.
The Greens (garden pages) & The Berries (food & nutrition pages) overlap just as the personal and professional sides of myself overlap. I try to apply a wholistic perspective* about food and health to my life outside of work as well as allow my gardening and environmental passions to inform and enrich the work I do as a nutrition professional.
If you'd like to contact me but would rather not leave a comment, you can email me at:
eaeppler [at] gmail [dot] com
(*as opposed to a narrow reductionist-nutritionist approach)
