My gf is really struggling with food and it’s not helping her health.

We have agreed to get some help building a diet to follow that makes sure she is getting the nutrients that only includes the things that don’t react with her.

In an ideal World, this would come from the NHS but for some reason I don’t fully understand, we can’t get that service.

So, I’m looking for someone in Norfolk that isn’t a Alternative Therapy Quack that we can approach directly.

Question is; what qualifications/recommendations should I be looking for?

Rachel

This explains the qualifications and associations: http://www.bda.uk.com/publications/dietitian-nutritionist.pdf

I’d start here I think

http://www.associationfornutrition.org/

Look for a dietitian, as per the bda link posted above.

So, I’m looking for someone in Norfolk that isn’t a Alternative Therapy Quack that we can approach directly.

Question is; what qualifications/recommendations should I be looking for?

there are no meaningful ‘qualifications’ for nutritionists – someone with qualifications is called a ‘dietician’

I can call myself a nutritionist if I want,

“You’re probably intolerant to wheat” – there you go, I am one now

I can also hand out ‘qualifications’ to nutritionists if I want and I’ve as much authority to do so as anyone else has. Nutritionism is alternative therapy, its just much more heavily commercialised its marketed differently.

ah! Thanks for the pointer on Dietician – that’s what I’m looking for!! 🙂

Registered Nutritionist (RNutrs)

Ha ha ha! Sorry, just ignore me.

ah! Thanks for the pointer on Dietician – that’s what I’m looking for!!

Its an easy mistake to make – mainstream media can’t tell the difference between a nutritionist and a medical practitioner so they often call upon nutritionists for voxpops and expert opinion when diet and health are in the news, when they should really be asking a doctor. You’d think a nutritionist would correct them on this, and decline to comment, but they can’t really tell the difference either.

“You’re probably intolerant to wheat” – there you go, I am one now

should have added that’ll be £30 and we’ll make an appointment to see you again in a month, then again in another month, etc 🙂

That doesn’t mean there aren’t university courses teaching people to be ‘nutritionists’ but as above – if you want to be sure of avoiding quackery you need a dietician.

DISCLAIMER. I’m not an expert, this is the internet.

Read In Defence of Food. Might help on many levels.

In what way does she struggle?

“Struggling with food” – fussy eater, food intolerance, indigestion, gastric pain, nausea??
The food involvement could be either cause or effect and before you see either a dietician or a ‘non-quack’ nutritonist you need to consult a GP to determine if there is any underlying medical condition not relating to the diet.