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"Licensed Nutritionist"

“Certified Nutritionist” sounds impressive, doesn’t it? In reality, that title means nothing.

Negative Calorie Foods

You may remember the video where I debunked the myth about negative calorie foods.

You don’t? First of all you should really watch my videos and second it 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.

Anyone who feels like it can call himself a “licensed nutritionist,” because the title is not protected. Send me an email, ask me nicely and I’ll print out a nice license stating that you know awfully awesome stuff about food.

Check And Recheck!

In nutrition, the only title with meaning is that of a “certified dietician.” That’s the only that is protected and requires going through some hefty exams. Those are the people who know some real stuff about healthy nutrition.

Don’t blindly believe in a title, crosscheck half a dozen times whatever you are supposed to believe!

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9 Comments

  1. Owen says:
    August 9, 2010 at 3:18 pm

    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”).

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    • evilcyber says:
      August 10, 2010 at 5:00 pm

      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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  2. lars says:
    August 9, 2010 at 3:49 pm

    aha 🙂

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  3. Combat says:
    August 9, 2010 at 5:57 pm

    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.

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    • evilcyber says:
      August 10, 2010 at 4:57 pm

      Yep, in that position you should keep abreast with research in the field.

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  4. Canadianguy says:
    August 10, 2010 at 2:01 am

    THe reason for the comment is the add Google decided to put

    Ads by Google
    Nutrition Certification
    Career Advancement w/ Professional Nutritionist Certification Online.
    http://www.Online-Education.net

    Nearly fell out of my chair laughinh

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    • evilcyber says:
      August 10, 2010 at 4:56 pm

      Oh the irony! You just can’t make this up! 🙂

      Reply
  5. Derek says:
    August 12, 2010 at 4:01 pm

    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.

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    • evilcyber says:
      August 13, 2010 at 8:11 pm

      Exactly. And it’s very, very hard to tell them apart. Even for us, who have an interest in the subject.

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