Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The only person qualified to give advice about the health benefits of food is a registered dietician so OP should still take some of the above definitions with a grain of salt. I am not one but every time I hear a trainer at the gym giving diet advice I want to smack him. The various training cert programs contain no diet/food component.

I don't disagree, but didn't the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND, formerly the American Dietetic Association) give its first seal of approval ever to a food product—get this— to Kraft Singles.

I am not sure that Registered Dieticians have even moved past the low fat craze.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is not my career. I do coach individually. I also do group classes.

there are a lot of pretty famous authors and speakers. Some are hired by doctors or dietitians to help support their patients. dietitians use guidance from the usda to limit calories, count macronutrients and micronutrients, etc. A health coach is different in that they help individuals and families who want to change their lifestyle. Of course, if there were a perfect diet there would be no disease or obesity. So health coaches use what they learned at integrative nutrition to help people in a variety of ways:
Low inflammation diets (heart disease etc)
Transitioning to a Plant based diet healthfully
Diabetes
Gluten free
Whole food diets
Autoimmune disease diets
Autism diets

Our scope of practice is not to diagnose or treat. We often provide meal plans, goal counseling, emotional support. Functional medicine, though, is a true MD, as is a pediatrician or cardiologist.

All of our training can be found on the Internet! Lol. But we heard lectures from the source. We learned about every possible diet out there. As a client, it's nice to ask a question to a coach who has experience vs. reading all the diet books, reading all the studies, joinubg support groups.

As you know one diet doesn't work for everyone, especially "my plate" by the usda. So we help people find the diet that works for them. This usually means going back to cooking at home and eating whole foods. This is challenging for most so we help people find the tools to get to the next level.

Just b/c someone is famous doesn't mean they're qualified.

Gluten free diets are for people with Celiac Disease, which is an autoimmune disease, btw.

Also, please show me one just one double blind, clinical trial done with autism and diet that improved anything for a person on the spectrum.

You are an abomination, b/c you don't know sh*t. Crawl back into your hole, turd.

Anonymous wrote:We are not and should not give health advice. I would caution anyone who claims they could. My school was a year long program with credits given by SUNY.

As for your sister, it's not going to hurt her. She's probably enthusiastic because she's meeting like minded people who like to help others. Some will use the info for their own health, some will try to make a career out of it. But, it's like becoming s yoga teacher. It's good. It helps. People claim it changes lives. It's healthy. She is getting inspired and will use this info for the rest of her life! No harm no foul.

Anonymous wrote:The only person qualified to give advice about the health benefits of food is a registered dietician so OP should still take some of the above definitions with a grain of salt. I am not one but every time I hear a trainer at the gym giving diet advice I want to smack him. The various training cert programs contain no diet/food component.

Anonymous wrote:This is not my career. I do coach individually. I also do group classes.

there are a lot of pretty famous authors and speakers. Some are hired by doctors or dietitians to help support their patients. dietitians use guidance from the usda to limit calories, count macronutrients and micronutrients, etc. A health coach is different in that they help individuals and families who want to change their lifestyle. Of course, if there were a perfect diet there would be no disease or obesity. So health coaches use what they learned at integrative nutrition to help people in a variety of ways:
Low inflammation diets (heart disease etc)
Transitioning to a Plant based diet healthfully
Diabetes
Gluten free
Whole food diets
Autoimmune disease diets
Autism diets

Our scope of practice is not to diagnose or treat. We often provide meal plans, goal counseling, emotional support. Functional medicine, though, is a true MD, as is a pediatrician or cardiologist.

All of our training can be found on the Internet! Lol. But we heard lectures from the source. We learned about every possible diet out there. As a client, it's nice to ask a question to a coach who has experience vs. reading all the diet books, reading all the studies, joinubg support groups.

As you know one diet doesn't work for everyone, especially "my plate" by the usda. So we help people find the diet that works for them. This usually means going back to cooking at home and eating whole foods. This is challenging for most so we help people find the tools to get to the next level.

Anonymous wrote:This is not my career. I do coach individually. I also do group classes.

there are a lot of pretty famous authors and speakers. Some are hired by doctors or dietitians to help support their patients. dietitians use guidance from the usda to limit calories, count macronutrients and micronutrients, etc. A health coach is different in that they help individuals and families who want to change their lifestyle. Of course, if there were a perfect diet there would be no disease or obesity. So health coaches use what they learned at integrative nutrition to help people in a variety of ways:
Low inflammation diets (heart disease etc)
Transitioning to a Plant based diet healthfully
Diabetes
Gluten free
Whole food diets
Autoimmune disease diets
Autism diets

Our scope of practice is not to diagnose or treat. We often provide meal plans, goal counseling, emotional support. Functional medicine, though, is a true MD, as is a pediatrician or cardiologist.

All of our training can be found on the Internet! Lol. But we heard lectures from the source. We learned about every possible diet out there. As a client, it's nice to ask a question to a coach who has experience vs. reading all the diet books, reading all the studies, joinubg support groups.

As you know one diet doesn't work for everyone, especially "my plate" by the usda. So we help people find the diet that works for them. This usually means going back to cooking at home and eating whole foods. This is challenging for most so we help people find the tools to get to the next level.