Hi Dori -- How wonderful!  Congratulations.  I always enjoy your posts
enormously, whether they're short or long, so will miss you if you are too
busy for the list with your new job.
--Sharrhan

>From: Dori Zook <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: Paleolithic Eating Support List <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: [P-F] And now for something completely different...
>Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2000 14:54:01 MST
>
>Cyber Greetings, All!
>
>As you may have noticed, this message is going many places at once.  This
>isn't quite my style, but I have a lot to do and only so much time before I
>begin my latest adventure so I thought I'd save some time and tell you all
>at once.
>
>Most of you are aware of my decision to go into health care, but for those
>who find this something straight out of left field, here's the scoop.
>
>On January 1, 1998, I gave low-carb dieting a try.  To say it worked is
>quite an understatement.  I went from blimpdon to pleasingly plump and
>pretty darn healthy, thank you very much.  After who-knows-how-many hours
>of
>talking, reading and writing about health and nutrition it finallly dawned
>on me; why not get paid for it?  So I decided to become a nutritionist.
>
>Here's where the story gets quite interesting.  About a year ago I saw a
>story on one Dr. Loren Cordain of CSU, an expert on Paleolithic nutrition.
>I thought, hey, great story idea for a diet newsletter for which I write.
>So I call CSU and arrange an interview.  Cordain returned me call and was
>gracious enough to invite me to hear him speak in Boulder.  So I go and,
>after his presentation, take the liberty of shaking his hand.  Cordain then
>introduced me to Robert Crayhon, a nutritionist and president of Designs
>for
>Health Institute.  In, oh, 90 seconds, (he acutally talks faster than me!)
>Crayhon tells me about his books and suggests I interview him for an
>article
>sometime.  Nifty, I say, and tuck the info in the back of my brain for
>later.  Later than I care to admit, I decide to ask Crayhon for some career
>advice; dietitian or nutritionist, how do I get there, yadda yadda yadda.
>I
>thought for sure Crayhon would've forgotten me by this point, but I call
>him
>anyway.  Not only does he remember me, but he also gives me wonderful
>advice
>and asks for my resume.  The rest, as they say, is history.  He receives my
>resume and tells me he'd like to talk to me in the near future about
>working
>for him.  The near future was yesterday.  We meet, we talk, he offers, I
>take.  Bing badda bing!
>
>To the point.  I will soon be the Office Manager at Designs for Health
>Institute.  In short, Crayhon's organization brings nutritionists and other
>health care professionals up to speed with the latest information on diet
>and nutrition.  Check out http://www.dfhi.com/ to learn more, if you like.
>Better yet, go to http://www.lifeservices.com/cordain.htm where Crayhon
>interviews Cordain.  For those unfamiliar with Paleolithic nutrtion, this
>is
>the concept in a nutshell.  If you think eating like a caveman is weird,
>this article is will put that misconception to rest.
>
>As usual, this message is longer than originally intended.  But allow one
>more tidbit.  Most of you know my career has been stuck in a rut for a
>while.  Journalism was fun to start with, but I couldn't afford it any
>more.
>  That, and it went from important information (politics, law, etc) to pure
>fluff.  So I went from one dead-end job to another, always looking for the
>Dream Job.  I even lost a job or two along the way.  But I've learned a
>lot.
>  For one thing, I know what I want to be when I grow up; some people don't
>figure this out until it's too late.  But more importantly, there's more to
>life than getting ahead.  If anything, it's about what you can give, not
>what you can get.  A career in nutrition will allow me to give people the
>information they need to change thier lives for the better.  This
>opportunity at Designs for Health is a wonderful step in the right
>direction.  Not only will I be working in my chosen field sooner than
>expected, I'll also be working with Crayhon and other important
>researchers,
>including my hero, Dr. Cordain.  It's like a wanna-be priest landing a job
>in the Vatican and, oh yeah, you'll be rubbing elbows with the Pope.
>
>Welp, that's about it.  A heartfelt thank you to all of those who've wished
>me luck along the way.  Ain't life grand?  I have a lot of books to read
>before I begin my new job, and I hear the red rocks of Moab calling me so I
>may not be on line as often as usual over the next few weeks.  Here's to a
>wonderful future for all of us!
>
>Dori Zook
>85 Elati St.
>Denver, CO 80223
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