Posts Tagged ‘ nutritionist ’

Who the hell has got it in for Dax Moy?

January 5, 2007

Happy new year to you all. I’ve been off for my Christmas break and I am now attending to my post bag and I thought I would share a few gems with the world. First, I am always up for a challenge and so when writer Geoff Freed starts off his email “You pure miserable person”, I know I am in for a treat! When Geoff adds “I bet you would not have the guts to print this” I really have no alternative! Subject: Geoff Freed You pure miserable person. It seems you get off by putting others down. It seems you are afraid of new ideas. New ideas threaten the established and then often become the accepted. I know Geoff well we were at Uni together and have...

easyQuack

December 20, 2006

By Andy Lewis

Le Canard Noir has a hectic international life, flitting around the world in luxury, from hotel to beach, from fine restaurants to top spas. And all I have to do is occasionally blog from wherever I can get WiFi access. Such are the benefits of being a Big Pharma shill. (Keep the cheques coming in – my stocks of champagne are getting low for Christmas). However, yesterday was a little more mundane with a 4am foggy dash to Luton for the first easyJet flight to Edinburgh. A quick meeting there, and then back in the afternoon. So, in my caffeine starved, befuddled and yawning state, I had found myself flicking through the easyJet in-flight magazine. Something I usually avoid, but I was late and had to run past the...

Quack Word #16: ‘Nutritionist’

November 21, 2006

By Andy Lewis

A regular comment to me is to ask “why have I got it in for Nutritionists?” Surely, these are dedicated health professionals who do wonders for peoples’ health by improving their diets and making sure people take the right supplements, if required. Well maybe. The problem is that so many nutritionists are not doing this and often resort to pseudoscience and quackery. This week’s Quack Word blog entry will argue that the Quackometer is quite right (most of the time) in scoring highly a web page with the word ‘nutritionist’ in it. So, a quick definition of ‘nutritionist’. Whilst one should always take wikipedea articles with a sceptical eye, their definition of nutritionist is a good starting point: A nutritionist is a person who advises people on dietary matters...

Dr Wendy Denning: Diat Doktor [sic]

September 12, 2006

By Andy Lewis

UPDATE 8th February 2007 Well, six months after first posting this entry, the complementary IT team at Dr Wendy’s support organisation have made a few spelling corrections. I thought this might happen soon, as this entry became the most widely read entry on the site. I guess it was being passed round a bit – thousands of times. So, it looks like, after much speculation, Wendy’s services are not complimentary, or free, but indeed complementary. Looks like the team also believes the word ‘complementary’ deserves capitalising, whereas ‘medicine’ does not. Read into that what you may. Anyway, for posterity, the wayback machine has preserved the original site here. And you can compare it with now. ****************************************************************** I’ve just had a comment pointing out that Dr Wendy Denning only scores...

Quack Word #3: ‘Doctor’

September 5, 2006

By Andy Lewis

UPDATE 12/2/07 Congratulations to Ben Goldacre and the crew at Bad Science for getting Dr Gillian McKeith banned from using the title ‘Dr’. In today’s Guardian she is fully exposed as a Menace to Science. The Advertising Standards Authority have agreed that her use of that cheaply acquired title is thoroughly misleading. One down…************************************************************ Yes, I know. This is surprising quack word, but let me explain. I’m not really writing about the word ‘Doctor’ but about titles and qualifications in general. More specifically, it is about using titles and qualifications, however acquired, to provide a sense of authority to healing claims when sound evidence is lacking. ‘Trust me, I’m a Doctor.’ Quacks lack evidence for the effectiveness of their treatments or theories and so rely on a number of...

The Mineral-Depleted Food Scandal

April 20, 2006

By Andy Lewis

The news (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) has been full of reports about how our food in Britain is becoming less nutritious and that it is becoming increasingly difficult to obtain a full set of minerals and vitamins through the food we buy in supermarkets. I have been told by several people that this is the reason why it is so important to take supplements. Can this be true? If so then it is truly shocking! We can no longer feed ourselves! What is going on here? I’ve always thought that the best way to get your minerals and vitamins was to eat a varied and balanced diet, rather than take dietary supplements. I further believe that the major source of information about the need to take supplements comes...

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Who the hell has got it in for Dax Moy?

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Quack Word #16: ‘Nutritionist’

Dr Wendy Denning: Diat Doktor [sic]

Quack Word #3: ‘Doctor’

The Mineral-Depleted Food Scandal

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