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Originally Posted by jessdamess
The worst part is that the author is a NUTRITIONIST. If the nutrition experts are this clueless, what hope do people have? Sad, really.
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Oh, you'd be surprised!
I know I've told this story before, but when I had a high FBG, my doctor sent me to a nutritionist.
The nutritionist, who was very, very thin but was possibly the unhealthiest-looking person I've seen still able to stand up - pale, shaking (but maybe she had some issue such as Parkinson's? So I can't and won't judge that), trembly voice, patches of hair loss - presented me with a photocopied, yes, photocopied, sideways - not printed, copy of a "healthy 1200 calorie a day diet."
First she stated that the 1200 might be too much for me. Yes, really. But that the basics should be good.
Then when I told her I was gluten-free, she looked at me blankly for a minute, then said, "Well, that's going to be hard, because we're a wheat-based society."
She had no ideas at all on any alterations to the "diet." None. Zero. I asked her questions and she stood and blinked at me and told me she just didn't have any other options for me.
Yes, this woman gets paid to do this. To hand people photocopies (this was only a few years ago, for heaven's sake! It wasn't the 70s) of a diet that includes "healthy" wheat bread, "healthy" crackers and so on with EVERY, and I mean every single meal PLUS snack per day.
I'm sure there must be some good nutritionists out there. But I mean really.