{"id":16123,"date":"2020-09-18T09:00:46","date_gmt":"2020-09-18T13:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/?p=16123"},"modified":"2020-09-03T12:48:39","modified_gmt":"2020-09-03T16:48:39","slug":"jacqueline-tangs-vrg-intern-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/2020\/09\/18\/jacqueline-tangs-vrg-intern-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacqueline Tang\u2019s VRG Intern Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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In the midst of COVID-19, I was searching the internet for volunteer opportunities. I happened to come across The Vegetarian Resource Group. I was immediately drawn to The VRG due to my interest in vegetarianism and veganism. I had just finished a class entitled Environment and Your Health. In this class we talked about the multitude of ways the environment directly and indirectly impacts your health and wellbeing. In one particular lecture, we discussed food and health. I remember a specific quote stating if everyone ate a vegetarian diet on Monday it would save the carbon dioxide equivalence of taking 5 million cars off the road. This figure immediately stood out to me and I kept on going back to this one fact months later. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

     I was always\ninterested in vegetarianism and veganism but was not sure if I could take the\njump. After taking this class and moving back home from college early due to\nthe pandemic, I began exploring veganism and vegetarianism. My time and\nresearch at The VRG allowed me to understand the importance of my individual\ndietary choices. Ethics and environmental concerns drove me towards veganism.\nHumans are all interconnected by our planet and eco-system. We cannot continue\ntrashing our planet with waste and toxic gases. I believe veganism is the\nfuture and one way to help alleviate climate change. I am grateful to have been\nable to explore veganism further at The VRG. As a public health major,\npre-medicine student, and a personal trainer\/group fitness instructor at Johns\nHopkins, I understand the importance of health. I hope to educate others about\nthe benefits of veganism for their individual health and the eco-system. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

     During my time at\nThe VRG, I was able to assist on a number of projects. I worked with Reed\nMangels, PhD, RD on an article about creatine use for vegetarians and vegans.\nThis article allowed me to further understand the dietary needs of vegans. I\nwas grateful to have been able to work on my writing skills during this\nproject. I also worked on the noodle project alongside fellow interns. We\nresearched whether the crispy noodles in Chinese restaurants are vegan.  This project allowed me to closely work with\nfellow interns. It made me feel connected to this virtual internship. I also\nwrote restaurant reviews for VRG\u2019s online guide: vrg.org\/restaurant\/index.php<\/a>.\nThese were so fun to write! I want to visit all these places in the future.\nFinally, with Jeanne Yacoubou, I worked on researching the risk of a viral\npandemic from factory farms vs. wet markets. This project was challenging, yet\ninformative. I was able to put my research skills learned at Hopkins to the\ntest. It was exciting to research something that has present-day impact. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I have enjoyed my time at The VRG and hope to apply what I have learned to future endeavors. Later on, I would like to further study the intersection of health, dietary choices, and well-being. I also hope to educate my future patients about the benefits of vegetarianism and veganism on their health. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information about VRG internships, visit vrg.org\/student\/index.php<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

To support VRG internships, donate at vrg.org\/donate<\/a>  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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