Nutritional Science coming in handy!!!

So you may or may not know that my major in college was Nutritional Science. I really loved studying this, and I miss talking about it and using it, because it was really interesting to me

well, during spring break, we had an opportunity to go to the salvation army's "freedom center" in downtown chicago, that can house 198 men who are trying to recover from drugs and alcohol and be rehabilitated back in to society.

While we were there we served food, made meals for homeless people, helped plan an event for them to social more and learn about team work, and also did an activity to help them learn about an employer's perspective.

anyway, while we were there, finishing up one activity, one of our girls looked really tired and then sort of fell on the floor. she didn't pass out, but she just sort of crumpled. I thought at first it might have been just because the room was really warm, but as we moved into another area, she didn't seem much better. She said she had low blood sugar, and so that was why she collapsed. Immediately I thought "she needs some juice!!!!" but when I suggested it, she said juice wasn't good. so I got her some water, and as she was munching on some snacks, she still didn't look good, so I got her some juice, and within 5 minutes she looked 100% better!

A few days later, I overheard some girls say she collapsed again! so I went to check on her, and one girl was holding her head up by her hair. they said she was fine, eating snacks and whatnot, but she didn't look fine, she was very very pale, and I was worried she was going to pass out. again she refused juice. but when I came by 10 min later, and she didn't look any better, I insisted, and within 10 min of her drinking the juice she could hold her head up herself.

I had called a friend who is a nurse just to make sure juice was the right thing. I was worried because she kept refusing juice, but it helped her so much the first time, and I feel like it was drilled into my head that that was the right thing to do.

anyway, when I got home, I looked it up, and sure enough it said juice was the best remedy (less than 4 oz, just to get the system running) Later as I was processing why I knew juice would help, I remembered a situation I came across when I was studying spanish. Some friends would ask me to help them to make sure their grammer was correct, and I would help them out, and they would ask why they needed to change something and I would respond "it just sounds right" It was the same with this situation, it just sounded right. I think when something gets drilled in your head so many times, we don't know where were learned it, we just know it's right, like 2+2=4 we just know it, we don't have to think about.

so I was very pleased that I was able to help in this situation, because no one else had any clue what to do!!! I'm so thankful that God had equipped me for this situation. It's funny how almost every other week, I come across someone with some health issue or nutrition question, like a fellow staff member recently found out he has really high cholesterol, and I am so eager to help others to know more about how they can address these issues, but I feel like no one really pays much attention. I think most people forget I studied nutrition. oh well, at least I can help in some situations!