The ADA Wants Nutrition Prisons

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Saturday, April 7, 2012

The ADA Wants Nutrition Prisons

http://drdavidbrownstein.blogspot.com/2012/04/ada-wants-nutrition-prisons.html

You've got to believe me; I am not trying to pick on registered dieticians

(RD's). Unfortunately, they make it too easy for me. I know some very smart

RD's who are very knowledgeable about nutrition. However, as compared to

most of the members of the American Dietetic Association (ADA), the RD's who

are knowledgeable about nutrition are, unfortunately, few and far between.

Presently, we have two-thirds of the U.S. population overweight and

one-third obese. Part of the reason we have so much obesity in the U.S. is

due to the nonsensical dietary advice the ADA and its members have been

promoting. I can assure you, the last thing we need in the U.S. is to have

the RD's control who can and cannot speak about nutrition.

This blog post was prompted by an article in Forbes magazine (4.5.12)

titled, " Is the American Dietetic Association Attempting to Limit Market

Competition in Nutrition Counseling. " The article can be found here:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelellsberg/2012/04/05/american-dietetic-associa\

tion/

This article is well written and goes into more details about the nefarious

activities of the ADA. This article discusses the ADA's push to pass a

terrible law in each state that will only allow RD's the legal right to talk

to patients about nutrition. All others will be subject to fines and jail

time.

Let me review what is happening. I posted two blogs about this topic-the

first on September 22, 2010 and the second on October 6, 2011. You can

access these articles from the archives on my blog page.

The ADA is trying to ensure that only registered dieticians will be licensed

to talk with patients about nutrition. If a health professional is not

properly licensed to speak to a client about nutrition, he/she would be

subject to fine of $10,000 per day of violation and possibly six months of

jail. Can you imagine these penalties for counseling someone about

nutrition? Think about it, you go into a health food store and the clerk

tells you that you should eat less refined carbohydrates. The next thing you

know, an ADA enforcer may be there to fine the clerk $10,000 and put them in

jail for six months. Does that sound reasonable to you? It is not only

health food store clerks who have to worry, it is chiropractors, certified

nutritionists, personal trainers, yoga instructors, acupuncturists,

naturopaths, homeopaths, nurses and pharmacists who may be barred from

speaking to anyone about nutrition.

Maybe we will need nutrition prisons to house all the new inmates. I can

hear the prison conversation. " What are you in for? I told someone to eat

less carbs and they busted me. " As punishment, perhaps these new prisoners

should have to eat food from all the ADA corporate sponsors. Who are these

corporate sponsors? Pepsico, Coca-Cola, Mars, Soyjoy, Hershey's and General

Mills are such examples. I think that punishment would be too severe for the

nutrition prisoners. But, I digress. Let's get back to business.

The state of Michigan passed the ADA's idiotic bill in 2006 and it was

signed by the governor of Michigan. Fortunately, this law has not been

implemented due to public and professional criticism. My October 6, 2011

blog post contains a letter I sent to the Michigan Office of Regulatory

Regulation detailing my complaints about this dumb law.

For those of you that reside in other states, I have two words for you:

Watch Out! The ADA is busy trying to pass this dangerous and unnecessary law

in all 50 states. They are quiet about it because they do not want anyone to

be aware of what they are doing. You have to organize and get the word out.

In Michigan, we have formed a group to fight back. More information about

this group can be found here: http://michigannutritionassociation.org.

As I said before, we do NOT need the ADA deciding who can and cannot speak

about nutrition. This law needs to go away and the ADA should refocus its

efforts to properly educate its members about nutrition.

Whether it is from an RD, nurse, or even a health food store clerk, you

should have the right to decide who you would like to receive nutritional

advice from.

posted by Dr. Brownstein @ 5:39 AM