Re: finding a nutritionist

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Dr Walford goes into detail on choosing/finding a doctor on pp224-225 of “Beyond the 120 Year Diet”.

The book (available in the public library) is a “must read” for this group.

From: " , Hope " <Hope_henderson@...>

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Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 16:48:38 -0400

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Hi all,

I'm ready to really get serious about CRON. I've reduced from eating about 2300 calories a day to eating about 1900. Before I go much lower, I want to get the various sorts of biomarker tests done... Anyone know any CRON-friendly nutritionists in the Pennsylvania, Massachusetts or Rhode Island area? Or have any advice on how to find a dr or nutritionist who can help?

Thanks much!

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Hi Hope:

To add my two cents: we are all biased by our experiences. My

experiences bias me (based on those I have encountered) to avoiding

nutritionists altogether. Although there is one who posts here who

makes an enormous amount of sense to me (and there have been quite a

few others who made no sense at all).

So, here is what I suggest:

A) Check the credentials of any nutritionist you encounter (is their

qualification from a *serious* institution or are they working for a

serious institution?).

Verify whatever their advice is by entering your food intake data

into CRON-o-Meter to see if you are satisfying the various nutrient

RDAs, and fix any deficiencies.

C) Drop your caloric intake by only 100 calories a day, and drop

another 100/day only after two to three months at the previous intake

level.

D) Compare your body metrics with those in the files here. Ratio of

waist-to-height might be a good one to pay special attention to - for

people the same gender you are.

E) Don't go completely overboard on CR. The science still doesn't

really show how low an intake is optimal for health. On VERY RARE

occasions people who start out on CRON with too much enthusiasm end up

with anorexia.

But the health benefits are, of course, ENORMOUS.

Welcome.

Rodney.

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> Hi all,

> I'm ready to really get serious about CRON. I've reduced from eating

about 2300 calories a day to eating about 1900. Before I go much

lower, I want to get the various sorts of biomarker tests done...

Anyone know any CRON-friendly nutritionists in the Pennsylvania,

Massachusetts or Rhode Island area? Or have any advice on how to find

a dr or nutritionist who can help?

> Thanks much!

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