The American Dietetic Association is Trying to Regulate Nutrition for Themselves

by: DrTirpak posted: July 23, 2012

Several Articles have been written in the past few months about leaked documents from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, formerly the American Dietetic Association, about their proposed political strategies for limiting market competition for its Registered Dietitian members. These articles also call into question their motives professionally and the sponsorships they receive from large food corporations (Pepsi, general Mills, Coca Cola and Kellogg).

An excerpt from the American Dieteric Assoication HOD Backgrounder House of Delegates February 2011 Market Place Relevance Regulatory and Competitive Environment of Dietetic Services 

C. Other Competitors Sampled

4. Chiropractors

One of chiropractors’ most recent nutrition-related victories was in January 2010, when the New Jersey legislature radically changed chiropractors’ scope of practice from specifically denying them the authority to recommend nutritional supplements and conduct nutritional counseling to specifically permitting those tasks. In fact, chiropractic groups have long sought to solidify their professional reputation in the field of nutrition, in large part to protect the “almost 90 percent of practicing U.S. doctors of chiropractic [who] offer ‘nutritional counseling, therapy or supplementation’ to their patients.” In June 2009, the American Chiropractic Association (ACA) formally created the Chiropractic Board of Clinical Nutrition to “advance clinical nutrition while at the same time enhancing the health of chiropractic patients.”

Registered Dietitians and DTRs would be well-served to be wary of chiropractic involvement in aspects of nutrition care services, particularly the development of relationships between chiropractors and non-CDR credentialed nutrition professional organizations such as NANP. Lastly, RDs should be vigilant in noting whether a dual-credentialed chiropractor/CCN violates either a state dietetic practice act or state or federal regulations for practicing dietetics without a license and/or without the 900 hours of required supervised dietetics practice.

Any doubt that Chiropractors are on their targeted list might be persuaded by the American Dietetic Association Journal article on the Sources of Nutrition Information Among Practicing Chiropractors in the United States

Below are a few informative articles on the subject:

Dr. Mercola – American Dietetic Association Is Intentionally Using State Legislatures to Block Alternative Nutrition Providers and Restrict Free Speech 

Michael Ellsberg For Forbes  Is The ADA Intentionally Using State Legislatures To Block Alternative Nutrition Providers?

Is the American Dietetic Association Attempting to Limit Market Competition in Nutrition Counseling?

Allied for Natural Health The American Dietetic Association’s Monopoly Continues to Grow—But You Can Stop It Cold!

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