tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2907647712019182784.post3494913266337004702..comments2023-02-01T05:14:58.320-08:00Comments on Dr. David Brownstein - Holistic Family Medicine: The ADA Wants Nutrition PrisonsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2907647712019182784.post-14719614319084957402012-04-08T23:23:18.314-07:002012-04-08T23:23:18.314-07:00You failed to comment that we already have the sam...You failed to comment that we already have the same laws in the monopolies of medicine, dentistry, and law.<br />I can go to jail for getting into the turf of any of those 3 protected monopolies and for that matter many others.<br />What is scary is that the readers have supported this slide into tyranny.InalienableWrightshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02108700971976990644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2907647712019182784.post-37620569173701472562012-04-08T14:57:30.424-07:002012-04-08T14:57:30.424-07:00JIm, as a chiropractor, I practice science-based h...JIm, as a chiropractor, I practice science-based healthcare. Not medicine, since medicine involves pharmacy and surgery. My nutritional advice comes as does my patient care, comes from journals worldwide. My training involved over 240 hours of class hours.<br />You might want to restrict the strokes your brush paints everyone with.Les Peterson, D.C.http://www.petersonfamilychiro.net/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2907647712019182784.post-26019223255001260552012-04-08T07:02:53.884-07:002012-04-08T07:02:53.884-07:00I am a registered Dietitian……I certainly did not c...I am a registered Dietitian……I certainly did not consider myself a Nutrition expert upon graduation…..I have had years of experience and continued education so that I can provide the best nutrition related advice to my clients. I did not care to work in a hospital or other institution that controlled the advice I gave…the information was generic and not effective. I found that out very quickly. That is why I went into private practice. I have learned more about nutrition through the years through my own experiences, continued education and by consulting with other experts such as Chiropractors, Homeopaths etc…I have also met a lot of “quacks” along the way whose only interest was to make a living off selling bottles and bottles of supplements. I do think that this can get out of hand big time…I have seen it happen over and over again. I am not against supplements and do use them but there are many out there who are only interested in the money and not the health and well being of their clients. Instead of limiting who can or cannot provide nutrition information, it is more important that the practitioner be required to provide their credentials and educational background (whatever they may be) and it is up to the individual/client/patient to decide what is best for them. Unfortunately, there will always be some who are not as educated and too trusting of anyone who claims to be an expert and they can be hurt by this. I don’t know the entire solution to this, but I don’t think that limiting nutrition education to one group of providers is the answer. The government or any other organization should not have the right. PamPamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2907647712019182784.post-8551220119110165052012-04-07T21:13:40.055-07:002012-04-07T21:13:40.055-07:00I disagree with Jim. I am a dietitian and I am not...I disagree with Jim. I am a dietitian and I am not allowed to give out science based nutrition advice without using a disclaimer. Dietitians are only allowed to give advice that is approved by the FDA, USDA and the NIH and that advice is usually bought and paid for, it's not science based. If it was science based, we wouldn't have an obesity epidemic or increasing rates of heart disease, cancer, and diabetes, nor would our children be developing diabetes.<br /><br />When I was a member of the ADA, I would get food (if you can call it that) in the mail such as Equal, Splenda, candy, Kashi bars and granola bars. These would come with a note from the company dietitian telling me how I could help my clients incorporate these unhealthy foods into their daily diet. I'm sorry, but the advice to incorporate these foods into the diet is not science based, it is industry sponsored for the sole purpose of making a buck. It would indeed be a sad state of affairs if dietitians were the only ones allowed to dispense nutrition advice.Annettenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2907647712019182784.post-22411404896714622872012-04-07T07:26:32.624-07:002012-04-07T07:26:32.624-07:00Jim,
You should be able to choose who you want to ...Jim,<br />You should be able to choose who you want to receive nutritonal advice from. We cannot allow nutritoinal advice to be restricted to RD's. I disagree with you on one point; many of those different practioners do practice science-based medicine.Dr. David Brownsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06017281984892565367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2907647712019182784.post-70400109048824026122012-04-07T07:16:43.847-07:002012-04-07T07:16:43.847-07:00Restricting counseling on nutrition is ridiculous ...Restricting counseling on nutrition is ridiculous but I would just as soon not receive counseling from chiropractors, personal trainers, yoga instructors, acupuncturists, naturopaths, and homeopaths, since they do not practice science-based medicine.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14793203701273183431noreply@blogger.com