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Seeing more and more non-credentialed folks providing nutrition advice under the guise that “they’re not providing medical nutrition therapy”.
Here’s why that is not a thing.
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Here’s why that is not a thing.
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Yes, you can avoid giving advice around medically-related nutrition rec’s (altering diet/insulin for diabetics, diet rec’s to treat GI, renal, liver or cardiac conditions, supp/meds for deficiencies/diseases)
But that’s not enough. And it doesn’t protect you from risk/liability.
But that’s not enough. And it doesn’t protect you from risk/liability.
Your 4 wk course (or extensive Google searching) OF COURSE HASN’T educated you on treatment of disease, but it has also NOT educated you on inner workings of macro/micro metabolism, the interactions between supps and meds, or any symptoms that might present if https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👆🏼" title="Rückhand Zeigefinger nach oben (mittelheller Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Rückhand Zeigefinger nach oben (mittelheller Hautton)">was going on.
It has also NOT taught you how to subjectively and objectively assess patients/clients, how to effectively counsel them and when there may be resistance to change or disordered eating, and it sure as hell hasn’t taught you how to consider ALL OF THE ABOVE simultaneously.
So, your “innocent” dietary recommendations around going paleo, vegan, or carnivorous...changing macro recommendations...trying a new vitamin or protein powder...trying the latest cleanse or detox...cutting out some food or group of foods...
Are no longer innocent when...there’s an underlying renal or hepatic condition that wasn’t considered when changing their protein intake...there’s an adverse reaction to a supplement ingredient...when an influx in a nutrient that interacts with their life-preserving medication...
They are no longer innocent when...you ruin your clients relationship with food, or give your client an eating disorder that they will likely struggle with for the rest of the life, will affect their family, and that could in fact kill them.
Because in the world of c•r•e•d•e•n•t•i•a•l•e•d nutrition practitioners, medical nutrition therapy is not something you can “just avoid”. It is inherently layered into every assessment we do and every recommendation we make.
So when you get (rightfully) sued for providing advice that you did not have the credential, education or experience to provide...remember that your argument of “it wasn’t MNT” won’t hold up so well in court, or in the eyes of the patient you negatively (permanently?) impacted.
End rant. Work with credentialed folks. That’s all.
