HELP! Dietician's recommendation

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  • slaite1
    slaite1 Posts: 1,307 Member
    That's a ridiculous plan. Was she young, a student perhaps? I took a bunch of nutrition and chemistry/anatomy courses a while back when I thought I wanted to be a dietitian. That plan sounds like day one homework! There are, of course, basic guidelines. And, if she works at a hospital she is going to follow them exactly. However, she should have given you options.

    I will say that they recommend a lot of bread, and the guidelines for protein are only as high as 0.8 per kg of body weight (and that's the highest for very active people). Regardless, that is a lazy, unimaginative meal plan. Did she even ask you what you like?

    If you want some solid nutrition advice for active people look up Leslie Bonci. She is my hero. She is the sports dietitian for the Pittsburgh Steelers (among many others). She also helped CREATE the sub-field of sports nutrition. You can google and find all sorts of guidelines and fact sheets for active people that she has created. She also wrote a couple of books and used to have a column at runners world. She is solid.
  • jgnatca
    jgnatca Posts: 14,464 Member
    My dietitians always offered small changes to my eating habits, like halving the calories in my snacks. None of them dared write up an entire food plan for me.

    I went in with my diary.
  • kickassbarbie
    kickassbarbie Posts: 286 Member
    This is the problem with dietitians, nutritional advisors, personal trainers etc. Drives me f-ing insane! have hired and fired people like this myself including one who told me to eat 1000 calories and do 45mins of cardio a day a few years back. (I did lose weight but felt so ill.)

    Just because someone's certified/insured does not mean they know what they are talking about! Really needs better regulation and checks to avoid advice like this being given out!
    (I did a few courses and found out I could be insured and practise... but do I? No! Because I don't feel I know enough yet to advise people on their diets when I could cause more harm than good.)

    That is a ridiculous meal plan anyway, you sound like you know an awful lot more than your dietitian!!!! Good on you!
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