Is Nutrition a Chore? Don’t Forget the Joy!
Dr. Matthew Landry is a nutrition expert who understands that keeping up with ever-changing nutrition advice can be a challenge. It doesn’t have to be, he said.
“Whenever we overcomplicate nutrition guidance, and we take the joy out of eating, I think we’ve gone astray,” said Landry, an assistant professor of population health and disease prevention at the University of California, Irvine.
As a native of southern Louisiana, which Landry calls “the soul food capital of the U.S.,” he knows all about the joy of eating. But his upbringing also taught him that some choices can lead to problems. That connection sparked his interest in research that he sums up as an effort to ensure “that folks have access to nutritious foods to support their health – and hopefully prevent heart attacks.”
Excerpted from the American Heart Association
