"Licensed Nutritionist"
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You may remember the video where I debunked the myth about negative calorie foods.
Negative Calorie Foods
You don’t? First of all you should really watch my videos and second it basically is like this: The idea is that certain foods use more energy in digestion than they contain and you most often hear this about foods that have a high amount of fiber. Negative calorie food advocates claim that because of all the fiber the mere process of chewing and digesting these foods requires more energy than they come with.
Do they really? Nope. When calorie contents of foods are calculated, the amount of fiber in them is already taken into account – the fans of negative calorie foods simply try to substract the fiber twice.
“Licensed Nutritionist”
A while ago I wrote a comment explaining this in response to this YouTube video, that according to its description is presented by a “registered dietitian and licensed nutritionist”. My comment never got published, even when others still got accepted.
Which makes me wonder where and from whom this nutritionist and dietitian got her title, because there is no respectable university in the world that teaches the existence of negative calorie foods, nor is there a single crumb of scientific evidence for it – which probably explains why no one teaches it.
The lesson to be learned is: Don’t blindly believe in a title, crosscheck half a dozen times whatever you are supposed to believe.
Tags: diet, dietitian, food, nutrition, nutritionist, obesity
9 Comments
Interesting point, because from what I understand ”nutritionist” is not actually a protected term, so you(or even me) could call yourself a ”nutritionist”. ”Dietitian” however is a protected term, which does raise the question, where did she get the title from?
I think Scooby touched on this before on the forum, where he mentioned that if you pay a fee($500+), and complete a test, you can get a ”degree” of sorts from these colleges/universities(there are loopholes in many countries where you can register you apartment as a ”college”).
Indeed! Always look at where the credentials are coming from and even if they are valid doesn’t mean their holder is always correct.
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Reminds me of my sports medicine teacher. Not that she is stupid, but she holds on to old-fashioned beliefs that she got taught in university over 20 years ago.
Yep, in that position you should keep abreast with research in the field.
THe reason for the comment is the add Google decided to put
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Nearly fell out of my chair laughinh
Oh the irony! You just can’t make this up!
I see classes all the time to become a certified nutritionist & gym trainer in a 2 day workshop
So to me the term ‘Certified’ has lost all credibility, back when people more honest they could be trusted but now you have to do a lot of research on ONE person to find out how legitimate they are.
There are probably a very few people who know their stuff and do these short classes and do good with it, it’s the clowns that get it certified in >48hrs and spend $100 on advertising and Youtube channels trying to get business and know nothing solid about nutrition.
Exactly. And it’s very, very hard to tell them apart. Even for us, who have an interest in the subject.