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Originally Posted by ark
I had a conversation w/ a reg. dietician about protien needs. She said I was eating way too much protein. This was her response to me about my resource (NROL):
It is very difficult to distinguish between a credible source and a non credible source b/c people work very hard to make their info. sound right. So if your're not an expert you'd never know. One way to tell if you have no background in nutritional sciences is that if they sell something then they are usually quacks almost 100% of the time. I really am trying to help because I am a nutrition professional (with real credentials and yearssss of schooling) and it frustrates me to see people who just make stuff up and make money off it (not you- the sites, books, etc.). If I gave misinfo. i'd lose my license- they have no license or professional credibility so they're free to say whatever they want.
How would you respond to that???
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The first thing I would say is that with all due respect, someone who is the fitness editor at a very popular magazine and an author of popular books is much higher on the "has something to lose" ladder than some random registered dietitian.
Also I think she is acting as a disgrace to her profession by defaming the authors of NROL, ostensibly without having even read the book. In my profession if I gave professional advice (in this case that Lou is a quack and his book is incredible so you are advised to dismiss it) without understanding what I was giving advice about, I would be subject to discipline.
Frankly it sounds like someone is jealous and is ironically using a professional affiliation that she is acting like she doesn't value much to justify insulting someone based on a fairly exhaustive use of logical fallacies.