Is Your Nutritionist Too Fat To Fish?
This morning, like every morning, I tried to avoid reading my email first thing, because if I get hooked on a good story, I can easily lose track of time and I don't end up getting enough done. But I couldn't resist this morning, and I read an email from someone I know who was just diagnosed with Type II Diabetes
John loves to eat and loves to drink beer. He is in his mid-fifties and weighs about 20-25 pounds more than he should, so he's not exactly fat, but he's certainly not thin either. With this new diagnosis of Type II Diabetes, he is going to have to make some lifestyle changes, if he knows what's good for him.
He sent me a note about being sent to a nutritionist by his family practioner, after she diagnosed him with diabetes. John is about 6'1" and weighs about 225-230. I don't think it would take but about 90 days to have him in really good shape.
He took the appointment with the nutritionist, and showed up for his appointment at the prescribed time. He checked in with the receptionist, who weighed in about 250, and couldn't have been a hair over 5'5". What we used to call "as wide as they were tall," behind closed doors.
John thought it was a little odd that a nutrition clinic would have a lardass at the front door, but with all the crazy laws on hiring, he thought that maybe they didn't have a choice.
He waited for about twenty minutes, before his name was called and he was ushered into a big office. Then the nutrionist arrived, and John was stunned. She was about 5'10", but she weighed 300 pounds and not an ounce less, according to his story.
She started to talk to John about what might help him with his diabetes, but John really had a hard time focusing. This thought kept going through his mind: "Why is this nutritionist and the woman who works for her so grossly overweight?"
The nutritionist got to the part where she was displaying plastic food to show John about correct portion sizes, but John could not keep silent. Finally he blurted out, "If you know so much about nutrition and the rules of dieting, why are you so overweight?"
This question stopped her dead in her tracks and stunned her into silence. She finally pulled herself together and acted as though she had not heard John's question. "Excuse me, what did you say?"
John played along and repeated his question. "How can you be so overweight, when you know all these rules about dieting and nutrition?"
At this point the nutritionist flew off the handle, and started screaming at him, telling him to get out of her office immediately. He obliged, but didn't think his question was out of line. The receptionist asked him if there was a problem, on his way out, and he said that someone apparently couldn't handle her own advice.
John went back to see his family practitioner and told her what had happened. His doctor turned red and tried to hold back, but after a moment she just burst out laughing.
After that, John was told of some rules that he really had to pay attention to.
I recommend, as John's doctor does, supplementation with pharmaceutical grade fish oil, especially for patients with Type II diabetes. Diabetes really ups the risk for cardiac issues, and although John does not have heart problems right now, his risk level is high. The pharmaceutical-grade fish oil is useful in the treatment of diabetes because it can help control lipid levels, particularly triglyceride levels. These levels are often elevated in patients with diabetes.
Not only that, but pharmaceutical grade fish oil has been linked to wide range of other health benefits, including reduced risk of cardiovascular disease and certain cancers, improved joint health, and improved behavior and mood.
It's really important for people with Type II diabetes to do what they can to elevate their mood, because many of them suffer from depression that is brought on by the disease.
My friend John was right to question the nutritionist. It would be the same situation as getting advice from a pulmonologist who smoked.
Nutritionists need to listen to themselves and follow through on what they are talking about, not just hand out diet advice with one hand and eat junk food with the other.
John had mentioned to me that the nutritionist had cases of Diet Coke in her office. Did you know that more fat people drink Diet Coke than any other form of beverage?
Don't hesitate to get another opinion, especially in a situation like this, where you have reason to doubt the validity of what your practitioner is telling you, based on his or her own habits. - 17269
John loves to eat and loves to drink beer. He is in his mid-fifties and weighs about 20-25 pounds more than he should, so he's not exactly fat, but he's certainly not thin either. With this new diagnosis of Type II Diabetes, he is going to have to make some lifestyle changes, if he knows what's good for him.
He sent me a note about being sent to a nutritionist by his family practioner, after she diagnosed him with diabetes. John is about 6'1" and weighs about 225-230. I don't think it would take but about 90 days to have him in really good shape.
He took the appointment with the nutritionist, and showed up for his appointment at the prescribed time. He checked in with the receptionist, who weighed in about 250, and couldn't have been a hair over 5'5". What we used to call "as wide as they were tall," behind closed doors.
John thought it was a little odd that a nutrition clinic would have a lardass at the front door, but with all the crazy laws on hiring, he thought that maybe they didn't have a choice.
He waited for about twenty minutes, before his name was called and he was ushered into a big office. Then the nutrionist arrived, and John was stunned. She was about 5'10", but she weighed 300 pounds and not an ounce less, according to his story.
She started to talk to John about what might help him with his diabetes, but John really had a hard time focusing. This thought kept going through his mind: "Why is this nutritionist and the woman who works for her so grossly overweight?"
The nutritionist got to the part where she was displaying plastic food to show John about correct portion sizes, but John could not keep silent. Finally he blurted out, "If you know so much about nutrition and the rules of dieting, why are you so overweight?"
This question stopped her dead in her tracks and stunned her into silence. She finally pulled herself together and acted as though she had not heard John's question. "Excuse me, what did you say?"
John played along and repeated his question. "How can you be so overweight, when you know all these rules about dieting and nutrition?"
At this point the nutritionist flew off the handle, and started screaming at him, telling him to get out of her office immediately. He obliged, but didn't think his question was out of line. The receptionist asked him if there was a problem, on his way out, and he said that someone apparently couldn't handle her own advice.
John went back to see his family practitioner and told her what had happened. His doctor turned red and tried to hold back, but after a moment she just burst out laughing.
After that, John was told of some rules that he really had to pay attention to.
I recommend, as John's doctor does, supplementation with pharmaceutical grade fish oil, especially for patients with Type II diabetes. Diabetes really ups the risk for cardiac issues, and although John does not have heart problems right now, his risk level is high. The pharmaceutical-grade fish oil is useful in the treatment of diabetes because it can help control lipid levels, particularly triglyceride levels. These levels are often elevated in patients with diabetes.
Not only that, but pharmaceutical grade fish oil has been linked to wide range of other health benefits, including reduced risk of cardiovascular disease and certain cancers, improved joint health, and improved behavior and mood.
It's really important for people with Type II diabetes to do what they can to elevate their mood, because many of them suffer from depression that is brought on by the disease.
My friend John was right to question the nutritionist. It would be the same situation as getting advice from a pulmonologist who smoked.
Nutritionists need to listen to themselves and follow through on what they are talking about, not just hand out diet advice with one hand and eat junk food with the other.
John had mentioned to me that the nutritionist had cases of Diet Coke in her office. Did you know that more fat people drink Diet Coke than any other form of beverage?
Don't hesitate to get another opinion, especially in a situation like this, where you have reason to doubt the validity of what your practitioner is telling you, based on his or her own habits. - 17269
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