Now my favorite speaker on the subject of cancer and diet as an adjuvant treatment, is banned from giving nutritional advice! Australia takes a similar step as South Africa with Dr Tim Noakes, and bans an outspoken critic of the government's dietary guidelines.

http://foodmed.net/2016/08/13/gary-...hf-ahpra-hpcsa/



The No Fructose FB page, now with his wife's name: https://www.facebook.com/thegarysci...=nf&pnref=story


Sugar Makes You Hungry, Carbohydrates Make You Fat, and Polyunsaturated Oils Make You Inflamed and Sick.

http://www.nofructose.com

Dr. Gary Fettke Nutrition and Cancer, Time to Rethink. https://youtu.be/FPLZ0gbxBBQ : Sept 2015 talk, 37 minutes, or the shorter 23 minute version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qa5Bcm8T9nU.

Speaking truth to power remains a dangerous enterprise.

Jean

Jean, I read JEY's post and just couldn't think of what to say to the injustice of it all. You captured that perfectly.

Love that guy:

Registered, accredited, certified, do these sound like genuine degrees that were obtained after years of study and practice? I can register my car with not a second of formal education, get accredited for driving with a 30 minute exam, and obtain a certificate of insurance through the mail. I guess that makes me a car scientist and only I can drive, make, and sell cars.

One normally expects that a registered, accredited, certified professional of any kind can repair or fix something or more generally provide solutions to problems.

So for example, if my car is malfunctioning severely and I take it to a registered, certified mechanic I do so because I have a reasonable expectation that the registered, certified, mechanic will be able to fix it.

Now, if my body is malfunctioning severely due to obesity and/or T2 diabetes and I take it to a registered, accredited, certified nutritionist will they be able to fix it?

There's so little fact presented in the article. I guess it's because it was a secret investigation so that's a nice excuse for scarcity of fact.

Here's an idea. Those recent cases of vegan diet child abuse, who told these parents to feed their kids like that? I bet it's a nutritionist. The idea is to establish professional responsibility for harm done. Has Fettke done harm by advising low-carb? The other idea is to establish treatment efficacy. Is low-carb inherently risky, compared to vegan for example?

My main problem in this isn't his right to give advice--not that I don't think he has the right. It's in my right to take advice.

Quote:
Unlike in Noakes’ case, the AHPRA has conducted its “investigation” behind closed doors. Fettke doesn’t know who complained to the AHPRA about him.
I suspect the 2 billion dollar Australian sugar industry (i.e. Wilmar Sugar, formerly Colonial Sugar Refining Company) is behind this because they probably don't like Gary Fettke's, Nofructose.com website.

Otherwise, why are they being selective? If they don't like the kind of advice that Gary Fettke has been giving then they should also ban Peter Brukner from giving dietary advice. Peter Brukner is the doctor for the Australian cricket team and is an advocate of low carb just like Noakes and Fettke.

That's an excellent point. In fact I think it should be the primary purpose here. I mean, I've been complaining about docs being idjits for a while, essentially those docs are shackled by the system, they can't give me proper advice, so I can't get proper advice from them, yet as you say it's my right to get that.

Dr Fettke, along with Pete Evans (celebrity chef with no nutritional or medical background) have been doing a "Save Australia" diet challenge on the TV show, Sunday Night. https://au.news.yahoo.com/sunday-ni...check-up/#page1 The final episode is scheduled for August 28th and NOW they ban him from giving advice?! We hope that Sunday Night will do an exposé on this action against Dr Fettke. With even deeper pockets than the sugar industry, big pharma can't be thrilled Dr Fettke's patient is coming off diabetes meds. To me, doing this now will blow up in their faces, especially if the TV show makes something of it. Since he is banned from giving nutritional advice on any social media platform, assuming he can't be on that final episode? But Pete Evans can and he is way more outspoken than Gary. The timing of this makes zero sense.

Dr Fettke has in his talks explained the dramatic increase in diabetic amputations and joint replacements he has seen in his career. He said that now he does not do joint replacement on anyone over a certain BMI, instead he gives that patient an LCHF diet to help them lose down to a weight and size that will likely make the joint replacement more successful with fewer complications. His interest in cancer is as a survivor trying to find the best diet to avoid recurrence (or in his case, control). When explaining the use of a Ketogenic diet as adjuvant therapy, his talks are good and understandable for the average person. What does this mean for all his video and website information I now share with others? Even if it remains accessible, if a government notice pops up in search about banning him from giving diet advice, that hurts his credibility...even though he has years of medical training and clinical experience! How can they ban a licensed medical doctor from giving diet advice?

From Belinda's FB page:

It's all so absurd. We are through the looking glass. We are down the rabbit hole. This action has nothing to do with the supposed goals of medicine to help people preserve or restore their health but to allow the people in power, those with money and influence, to continue to hold onto that power no matter who gets hurt in the process.

Jean

http://ketogains.com/2016/08/dear-m...t/#comment-3759

The medical authorities can do that because we, the guvmint, said they can. When we voted to have treatment regulated.
120 years ago, everyone including snake oil salesman, were allowed to make their pitch. Then we consumers have the right, as we still do, to buy it or not.

Since then, in the interests of having "the guvmint" weed out ridiculous treatments, we have encouraged the medical governing bodies to control who defines treatments. But now the governing bodies make faux science about it.

Teaser has it right. We are the ones who purchase treatment. And we are the ones buying insurance too.

I honestly wonder what would happen if everyone who was able to, switched over to el cheapo catastrophic insurance, paid the docs per incident if something happened, and spent the other $6000 a year on gyms, good food, and sleep.

The "free" democratic society in which some of us allegedly live has abdicated its responsibilities and decision making by turning them over to the government. Guess it's easier than thinking nowadays. When we hear candidates support more government programs that are heavily influenced by industry, "for the good of the people," we are starting to realize our destiny. Governments will assert power to keep power. Are there those with the guts to take it back? That's the real question . . . Any decision on Fettke must be met with a public backlash significant enough to get the attention of the authorities, who will challenge based on their best interests regardless of facts.

Today, if you're not a skeptic in most matters, you're in danger. If you're not willing to speak out, you've lost.

Some press:

Dr. Fettke, http://www.examiner.com.au/story/40...tke-speaks-out/

http://www.themercury.com.au/lifest...2540da0073986af