Comments on: 10 People You Can’t Trust For Diet Advice

By: Fabienne

Fabienne — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 13:44:33 +0000

not trying to be mean or anything, but the whole concept of this list is a paradox. if wse are not to trust previously trusted sources, who is there to say there is a source we can trust?

By: Fabienne

Fabienne — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 13:41:26 +0000

calcium DOES do a body good, it gives us bone health. fat IS bad, in excess, as obesity is the pathway to heart disease, diabetes, even some cancers. i may be only 11, and you may be a scientist, but honestly, even though the usda is for the farmers, of course they’re interested in our well being. and my mother? you really should give advice saying not to follow anyone else’s.

By: Amy

Amy — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 17:13:18 +0000

Of course, since I’m reading you, my kids should start listening to me, right? )

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 06:38:34 +0000

I trust my mom, but than a again my moms been a nurse for over 30 years and eats fairly healthy herself. Was never allowed to have pop as a child or many processed food and she shopped at whole foods long before it became cool and hip.

By: Darya Pino

Darya Pino — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 18:58:13 +0000

Of course, you should take everyone’s advice with a grain of salt. Although I do not really fall under personal testimony (my advice is based on data) or natural health guru (I have real scientific training). My advice is the same as yours though, to eat real food and figure out what works for yourself, not bank everything on what someone is telling you (particularly if they are trying to sell you something). Congrats to you and your success!

By: Carmela

Carmela — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 18:40:19 +0000

Hmmmm…So are we to assume that we should take YOUR advice with a grain of salt as well…I’m asking because just where does YOUR health advice fall (under #8–Personal testimony or #9–natural health guru?) And yes, I read YOUR background!!!

However, I have listened to all 10 of these people at one point in my life and I agree, I was not helped one way or the other…However for the past 2 years I have learned to do what we all must…EAT ACTUAL FOOD as close to the way It was grown…I started this journey on November 11, 2008 and today October 11, 2010 I am 306 pounds lighter with NO WEIGHT LOSS SURGERY of ANY KIND!!! Will you ever see me on TV!! Probably not, because most people will say It costs TOO much to eat healthy…but then I would tell them plain and simple…It costs TOOO much (health wise) NOT TO EAT HEALTHY!!! I still have a way to go to get to where I WANT to be…but I will get there one step at time.

By: Sue

Sue — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 08:21:33 +0000

I would never go to an RD for nutrition advice.

By: Drew @ How To Cook Like Your Grandmother

Drew @ How To Cook Like Your Grandmother — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 19:37:17 +0000

Colleen, why didn’t you laugh and say that to his face?

I’m not being critical, I’d have probably done the exact same thing. But seeing someone else say it makes it clear how conditioned we all are to respect authority.

I think a lot of doctors need to learn what it’s like to have to defend their advice, instead of having it blindly accepted.

By: Colleen

Colleen — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 21:41:14 +0000

Good point! My Cardiologist once pointed at my 19 yr old daughter who is 125 lbs and told me “eat what she eats” after we left my daughter and I starting laughing and talked about how if I ate what she eats I’d be 300 lbs.

By: Princess Anie

Princess Anie — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:18:10 +0000

This is the only weight loss system in South Africa I would trust:

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It has a multi disciplinary team working on the programme including Biokineticists, exercise physiologists, dieticians and psychologists.

It is rather expensive, and I currently can’t afford it, but many of my friends and peers have done it, and while the loss was slow, it was constant and long term.