No Nutrition curriculum would be complete without a lab to add deeper understanding, and it wouldn’t be actionable knowledge without action. Taking action to change existing institutions and organizations that undermine your efforts to apply your new knowledge often demonstrates how difficult change can be. It also shows how you are not solely responsible for the metabolic syndrome, obesity, and metabolic disease crisis.

Retail store checkout lanes are full of unhealthy snacks, which is especially egregious because you have no choice but to go through the checkout lane with your purchases. Now, with the new nutrition science indicating that no snacking is healthy, it’s time for a change. If it has taste or calories, it should only be eaten as part of a full meal.