[Applause]
I’ve always been passionate about
healthy living growing up I was a
competitive figure skater a soccer
player cross-country runner a lover of
all things fruit and pasta and excited
to grow up so that one day I could
become a fifth adult whatever that means
and so upon reaching college I struggled
to figure out where to take my future
career I dabbled in this major and that
major until I finally landed in the
field of nutrition being able to take a
passion that I already possessed and a
lifestyle that I already lived and turn
it into a career that aim to seek and
encourage and empower others has been
one of the most gratifying experiences
however the deeper that I delve into
nutrition the more I realized that it’s
about so much more than healthy eating
it’s about so much more than a list of
do’s and dont’s goods and Bad’s rather
food is the basis of all communities
it’s the symbol for cultures and it is
the epicenter of all of human existence
so if that being said I bring a really
simple idea to you today that food is
and can be so much more than what’s on
the plate so to illustrate my idea today
I’ve brought with me the wheat kernel
and I see a lot of excited faces so this
is a good start but I propose that this
kernel has much to teach us not only
about how to reach our greatest goals
but about how to become better human
beings but in order to show this to you
it’s important we have a fundamental
understanding of the basic components of
a wheat kernel so on the outside part we
have the brand and what that is it’s a
fibrous protective coarse outer coating
that protects the inner components of
this kernel moving inward that fleshy
middle Center that you see is the
starchy as part of the kernel it’s
called the endosperm and like I said
that’s where the starch comes from and
lastly we have the heart of it all the
germ and that’s what would enable this
kernel to reproduce going forward but it
also provides us with the vitamins and
minerals that this kernel has to offer
now we most of us don’t encounter the
kernel on an everyday basis but we do
encounter it’s very tasty relative bread
yes so
ten people in this room which is
healthier right red or wheat-bread nine
out of ten people would probably tell me
wheat bread and the one person who said
white bread is just in denial and but
what is wheat bread healthier a and B
why does it matter for me well to start
with why is it healthier it all comes
down to how the bread is made so in
white bread over here we ship every
course part of the kernel away and the
only thing that remains is that fleshy
smooth endosperm all right so it’s
ground into flour and then baked into
bread we all know the process but then
with the wheat bread the entire kernel
course parts and all are all contained
ground in the flour and then baked into
bread
so no shocker that the bread that
retains all of its nutrients is
healthier for us and now you’re all
probably looking at me like why is this
crazy lady talking about bread like I
don’t understand and what does this have
to do with me reaching my goals well you
see the fact that the truth of the
matter is that all of us here are
tempted to be white bread we look at who
we are look at where we are we look at
where we want to go and we think that
the only reasonable way that we can get
there is by stripping away all the
course parts of our life I should bring
away all of the brand all of the germ
that we contain and by slowly presenting
the unblemished white red version of
ourselves to the world however just as
that son being bred on your plate is
gonna leave you empty stomach in a
matter of hours so too will approaching
your future in this manner only leave
you empty-handed
therefore we see that the healthiest
bread and the healthiest us go hand in
hand for instance our bodies ravenna fit
when we eat bread that is wholly present
authentic genuine as it is course starts
smooth parts at all in the same way
we’re ebenefits and we go far when we
present ourselves to the world in this
manner our past failures our current
successes all of it into one pushing
forward into our future horizons
and so as a nutrition student I’m really
just learning that not just history and
not just literature can teach us how to
become better humans but that the very
things that we encounter in everyday
life such as food can do the exact same
thing my simple idea of really is simple
it’s just that we begin to take the
mundane things in life such as food and
use it as a reminder to keep us genuine
on our pursuits and keep us and a cattle
and use it as a catalyst to push us
harder and faster in the direction that
we want to go so that being said the
next time that you’re enjoying a piece
of toast before work or your grocery
shopping amidst the hundreds of
different options just use that moment
as a decree not to strip yourself of who
you are to present yourself fully
authentically in the whole wheat way as
you push further into your future
because I promise that then and only
then will you overcome your greatest
challenges and then and only then will
you rise to your greatest horizons and
of course all the while using bread as
your guide thank you [Applause]
I’ve always been passionate about
healthy living growing up I was a
competitive figure skater a soccer
player cross-country runner a lover of
all things fruit and pasta and excited
to grow up so that one day I could
become a fifth adult whatever that means
and so upon reaching college I struggled
to figure out where to take my future
career I dabbled in this major and that
major until I finally landed in the
field of nutrition being able to take a
passion that I already possessed and a
lifestyle that I already lived and turn
it into a career that aim to seek and
encourage and empower others has been
one of the most gratifying experiences
however the deeper that I delve into
nutrition the more I realized that it’s
about so much more than healthy eating
it’s about so much more than a list of
do’s and dont’s goods and Bad’s rather
food is the basis of all communities
it’s the symbol for cultures and it is
the epicenter of all of human existence
so if that being said I bring a really
simple idea to you today that food is
and can be so much more than what’s on
the plate so to illustrate my idea today
I’ve brought with me the wheat kernel
and I see a lot of excited faces so this
is a good start but I propose that this
kernel has much to teach us not only
about how to reach our greatest goals
but about how to become better human
beings but in order to show this to you
it’s important we have a fundamental
understanding of the basic components of
a wheat kernel so on the outside part we
have the brand and what that is it’s a
fibrous protective coarse outer coating
that protects the inner components of
this kernel moving inward that fleshy
middle Center that you see is the
starchy as part of the kernel it’s
called the endosperm and like I said
that’s where the starch comes from and
lastly we have the heart of it all the
germ and that’s what would enable this
kernel to reproduce going forward but it
also provides us with the vitamins and
minerals that this kernel has to offer
now we most of us don’t encounter the
kernel on an everyday basis but we do
encounter it’s very tasty relative bread
yes so
ten people in this room which is
healthier right red or wheat-bread nine
out of ten people would probably tell me
wheat bread and the one person who said
white bread is just in denial and but
what is wheat bread healthier a and B
why does it matter for me well to start
with why is it healthier it all comes
down to how the bread is made so in
white bread over here we ship every
course part of the kernel away and the
only thing that remains is that fleshy
smooth endosperm all right so it’s
ground into flour and then baked into
bread we all know the process but then
with the wheat bread the entire kernel
course parts and all are all contained
ground in the flour and then baked into
bread
so no shocker that the bread that
retains all of its nutrients is
healthier for us and now you’re all
probably looking at me like why is this
crazy lady talking about bread like I
don’t understand and what does this have
to do with me reaching my goals well you
see the fact that the truth of the
matter is that all of us here are
tempted to be white bread we look at who
we are look at where we are we look at
where we want to go and we think that
the only reasonable way that we can get
there is by stripping away all the
course parts of our life I should bring
away all of the brand all of the germ
that we contain and by slowly presenting
the unblemished white red version of
ourselves to the world however just as
that son being bred on your plate is
gonna leave you empty stomach in a
matter of hours so too will approaching
your future in this manner only leave
you empty-handed
therefore we see that the healthiest
bread and the healthiest us go hand in
hand for instance our bodies ravenna fit
when we eat bread that is wholly present
authentic genuine as it is course starts
smooth parts at all in the same way
we’re ebenefits and we go far when we
present ourselves to the world in this
manner our past failures our current
successes all of it into one pushing
forward into our future horizons
and so as a nutrition student I’m really
just learning that not just history and
not just literature can teach us how to
become better humans but that the very
things that we encounter in everyday
life such as food can do the exact same
thing my simple idea of really is simple
it’s just that we begin to take the
mundane things in life such as food and
use it as a reminder to keep us genuine
on our pursuits and keep us and a cattle
and use it as a catalyst to push us
harder and faster in the direction that
we want to go so that being said the
next time that you’re enjoying a piece
of toast before work or your grocery
shopping amidst the hundreds of
different options just use that moment
as a decree not to strip yourself of who
you are to present yourself fully
authentically in the whole wheat way as
you push further into your future
because I promise that then and only
then will you overcome your greatest
challenges and then and only then will
you rise to your greatest horizons and
of course all the while using bread as
your guide thank you [Applause]
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