From: Jack@minerva.com

Subject: Re: Health care is a team concept!

owner-ismnt mailing list <ismnt@Mailer.Uni-Marburg.DE> wrote :

>Jerry Vonderharr writes:

>

>> I can understand why dietitians might be threatened by something

>> like "The Zone" diet. Empowering people to take control of their

>> own health puts the entire field of dietary counceling in jepardy. > It's

>akin to the Silver Amalgam controversy in Dentistry;

>> it's hard to admit that what you've been doing (placing toxic

>> amalgams or prescribing low fat/high carbo diets) has been wrong.

>

>Jerry, your comments are unprofessional and out of line. Dietitians

>are not threatened by good information and we are not wrong about the

>low fat high carb diet. As a profession, we educate people on how to

>take control of their health by establishing adequate dietary habits.

>Because you say we are threatened, I get the impression you feel

>dietitians like to keep people dependent on them so that

>patients/clients keep coming back. This obviously makes for a good

>source of income. Dietitians do not practice this way.

> As

>dietitians, we will never know everything about nutrition just like no

>chiropractor will ever know everything about his/her profession.

>Dietitians have a solid nutrition background and we should be the

>first source of nutrition information. We are the ones who have

>appropriate degrees, have passed a national registry exam, and are

>licensed in the states requiring licensure to provide nutritionl

>counseling. As a group, we work hard to stay current and are open

>minded about advances in nutrition. It sounds like you are

>sterotyping dietitians based on a bad experience or ancient history.

>Kevin Kelly, Licensed Registered Dietitian

>

>

>

How quaint. My observation is that the more people rant about their

qualifications the less qualified they are .....and to me nothing demostrates

a lack of ability less that glibly talking about things like a low fat

/ hi carbo diet or maybe the converse. All these broad brush strokes are

fun and easy to talk about. However, what makes health is all the vital

nutrients: Minerals / Vitamins / things like Folic acid. For anyone to give

advice as to diet without considering how all the vital nutrients will be

ingested in sufficient amounts from the foods that make up what exotic

combination of fat / carbohydrate / protein is being sold this period is

simply malfeasance. Further, a diet that is rich in protein WITHOUT enough

Calcium to excrete the Phosphorous is again simple malfeasance .....and yet

I constantly see pictures of meals with slices of meat absolutely free of

fat AND ALSO CALCIUM in menus prepared by dieticians with all these wondrous

qualifications and licenses

Jack

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