I had my conference with Dr. Ballenger, and in my last post I said that I wanted to revise my essay because I felt that I had not stuck with my thesis as well as I wanted. But it was really interesting to talk with Dr. Ballenger because we both had the same thought on how I could revise my essay and improve it. My paper discussed pretty heavily the diseases and disorders that are associated with gluten, but I had originally wanted to explore why gluten has become the "new fad" and the actual nutritional benefits of it. Also in my conference we discussed some good places to look for this information. I had mainly looked at scientific databases but Dr. Ballenger mentioned that psychology or sociology databases might be better to see why people "jump on board" with fad diets so quickly and why they have such a large impact.
I am excited to start looking for this type of research because honestly I was getting a little bored reading about gluten diseases and disorders, by the end of my paper. I found it incredibly interesting but after a certain point, I had read so many sources on the information that I was ready to read about something else. So looking into the social aspect of gluten is something that I am very interested in doing. I just hope that I am able to find the information I am looking for because since it was hard to find while I wrote my first draft, I did not write about it as much as I had hoped.
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