1/31/25: Don't Be a JAQ-a**; ? of the Day: From Nutrition Support Group; 2nd Career RD; Hormonal Health & Balancing-Woo Phrases of 2025? What NOT to Say to Someone Who Has Cancer
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👎🏽Don’t be a JAQ (Just Asking Questions) ass🫏!
From Thinking is Power: “Just asking questions” (JAQ-ing) allows a questioner to make assertions while avoiding the burden of proof. There’s nothing wrong with asking questions…but you have to be willing to accept the answer.”
🙋🏽♀️Question of the Day
Build Up Dietitians NUTRITION SUPPORT Group
Brianna U. “If we’re being honest, it’s the push back from providers that comes from a non-evidenced based belief they pulled from somewhere.”
Susan G. “Inappropriate use of PN, either usage when not indicated or inappropriate orders.”
Brenda M. “It's never having a day when you can just coast, every day takes 100 percent concentration. Perversely, this is also what I like about it.”
Carol J. “Knowing when to start it and when to stop it.”
Kim H. “Dealing with providers and educating about appropriate use.”
Alanna W. “Choosing which organ to care about more, families begging for more to be done when we’ve exhausted all avenues, nurses deciding flushes aren’t really necessary.”
📝Substack: Cancer Culture
by Stacy Wentworth, M.D.
“…Cancer is complex. And complexity is hard. Which means the answers to treating it will not be as simple as Uncle Larry’s homemade celery juice.
So, what do you say when someone offers you their unsolicited advice? a too good to be true solution? Hope with an organic twist? I’ve developed a basic response that balances acknowledgement of the feelings behind the comments while also not forcing you to accept it:
“That’s really interesting. I’ll talk to my doctor about it. Thanks for caring about me.”’
💡Spotlight: 2nd Career RD
Meet Allie Hummel
Q #1: What did you do before you became a RD?
Answer: “I got my start as a psychology & design/technical theatre major and human development minor at University of Wisconsin…I fell out of love with psychology when I got into the upper-level classes; statistics is not my favorite thing… I thought about going back to school to be an RN. I then went to a community college in 2014 to get my CNA and worked in home health for a few years, then I had a 9-5 corporate office job for another few years.”
Q#2: Was there one event that made you interested in becoming a RD?
Answer: “I met my husband of almost 7 years, who has Type 1 diabetes, and I had to learn a LOT more about diabetes very quickly…I met his endocrinologist and dietitian… I had NO idea what a dietitian was, or what they did. We met with the RD specializing in diabetes education and I was absolutely fascinated and intrigued. I directly asked: “How do I do what you do?” I was told, in short, that I had to go back to school.”
Q#3: What do you do now as a dietitian?
Answer: “…acute care inpatient …as well as doing OP telehealth with Nourish which I also love. Obviously, I’d love to be making more money, but I really like my jobs, and I love the variety of patients I get to see.”
Q#4 What advice would you give someone who is interested in changing careers to become a dietitian and may have math or science anxiety?
Answer: “There's nothing you can't learn, it's just going to take tons of time, patience, and practice to get better at math & science….My favorite piece of advice is, ‘…remember why you got started and giving up is the worst thing you can do’.”
👩🏼💻Article: Woo Phrases of 2025?
Katie Suleta, DHSc, MPH “Make 2025 the Year of Hormonal Health | American Council on Science and Health”
The tried-and-true sales pitch of pseudoscience from scammers:
Drop a jargon-y phrase for a health problem that the vast majority of people do not have but can fear.
Science-wash it with plenty of generic health advice, wellness words, fantastical claims, and flimsy evidence.
Tout products for said health problem that you coincidentally sell.
Besides “hormonal health” and “hormone balancing”, what other words and terms have we seen co-opted by scammers and supplement pushers? How about: adrenal fatigue, leaky gut, inflammation? …what others can you think of?
A Classic-Comedian Jim Gaffigan