The ADA: The Gift That Keeps On Giving
Parts of this article came from an article in Forbes written by Michael Ellsberg. You can access this article here: http://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelellsberg/2012/07/10/american_dietetic_association_2/
For a blogger who likes to write about
holistic medicine and the problems with conventional medicine, the American
Dietetic Association (ADA) who is now known as the Academy of Nutrition and
Dietetics is, to me, ‘the gift that
keeps on giving’. What do I mean by ‘the
gift that keeps on giving?’ I have
written previous blog posts about how the ADA is trying to position their
members—resident dieticians or RD’s—as the only people eligible to be licensed
in order to discuss nutrition and diet with patients. Here is a link to one of my posts: http://drdavidbrownstein.blogspot.com/2012/04/ada-wants-nutrition-prisons.html. Under the ADA’s rules, anyone else providing
advice about diet and nutrition would be subject to severe penalties including
jail and fines.
You may think I am making a mountain
out of a molehill, but I disagree. Just
ask Steve Cooksey. He is a blogger who
writes about his success with changing his diet. On his blog page (http://peak-fitness-now.blogspot.com/)
he describes his journey from being vastly overweight and unhealthy--taking
insulin shots and drugs for cholesterol and hypertension--to being off all
prescription medicines and losing weight by changing his diet and
exercising. He is clearly writing this
blog to offer hope for others suffering from similar problems. His blog posts focus on diet and exercise
recommendations only. Although I did not
read every single word on his blog page, I found his information useful. His story is compelling.
However, the powers-that-be, the ADA,
did not find his information useful. In
fact, the North Carolina Board of Dietetics/Nutrition sent Mr. Cooksey a
19-page markup letter objecting to his posts.
According to the Board, he faced prison time if he did not acquiesce to
the Board’s complaints. For a good
laugh, take a look at the handwritten comments by the Board--http://www.diabetes-warrior.net/2012/01/28/this-site-free-speech-are-being-investigated/. It can
be found under the heading, “Official Investigation Review.”
Recall the ADA is trying to pass laws
in all 50 states which would limit free speech.
These laws would make it a crime for anyone who is not licensed to give
nutritional and dietary advice. Of
course, the only ones licensed under this law would be RD’s. And, keep in mind, RD’s have little or no
training in nutrition. I have discussed
this topic in previous blog posts such as this one-- http://drdavidbrownstein.blogspot.com/2010_09_01_archive.html.
In the Forbes’ article, Mr. Ellsberg
received a ‘smoking gun document’ that provides direct evidence that the ADA
“openly strategizes on how to gain control of state legislatures, for the
express purpose of limiting competition.”
This document was given to Mr. Ellsberg by ADA members who are unhappy
with the organizations behavior.
Folks, the last group
that I would
want to be the only licensed group that is able to speak about nutrition
and
diet are the RD’s. My experience with
most (NOTE—I SAID MOST, NOT ALL) RD’s is that they have little or no
knowledge
about nutrition and health. They are too
busy recommending the disastrous American Diabetes Association diets.
They
parrot the party line about eating too many carbohydrates including
refined soy
products as well as limiting fat. The
ADA is an organization that is proud to be sponsored by such corporate
food
sponsors such as Coca-Cola, Mars, Hershey’s, General Mills, and others.
Just look at their website. Perhaps, if the ADA wants to be taken
seriously, they should refuse corporate sponsorship. And, finally, a
good start for the ADA is to
actually teach their students about nutrition and health.
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