Dr. Diego Bohórquez
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But that was the context.
And it was then where I learned about two things.
One is where this idea of getting a PhD, because I noticed that most of the leaders will have a PhD, most of the leaders in the university.
And I realized in the United States is one of the training grounds, main training grounds for PhDs.
And the other one was nutrition.
I was a little bit more keen on perhaps going into veterinary school.
And then I had an experience in a dairy farm in California where I learned the value of nutrition.
There was more prophylactic rather than a palliative or like treating the cow, right?
And that kind of convinced me to look for a training in nutrition.
And then a friend of mine, the late Abel Garnath, he was able to connect me with some friends and my mentor at North Carolina State University.
And that's where I ended up doing my PhD in nutrition.
And that's where the career became.
And then maybe another detail in there is that I was so excited about taking... That's where I took my first physiology class.
And all of a sudden, I realized that in a way, the body was like a machine, right?
Like, obviously, it's a limited way of thinking, but the body was like a machine.
And one of the professors was a neuroscientist.
And I took two physiologists, two human physiologists with him.