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Originally Posted by Devils'Advocate
So I was sent to a dietician yesterday by my psychiatrist (I don't want to complicate things too much by explaining why a psychiatrist is sending me to a dietician). The dietician basically ripped the meal plan apart. Basically "The reality is that you need carbohydrates in your diet. They provide energy, vitamins, minerals and fibre. Adults should be getting 65% of their daily caloric intake from carbohydrates." She went to town on the paleo diet ("cavemen did survive hundreds of thousands of years on that diet... 30 years at a time"; "Yes, there are doctors touting this diet, but doctors have to take 1 course on nutrition in their whole education. On the other hand registered dieticians spend years studying nutrition"). The dietician outright said that her meal plan was based primarily on the Canadian Food Guide. She wanted me to have 12 servings of starchy carbs in one day where a serving would be things like a slice of bread, six crackers, an Eggo-sized pancake or 1 cup of Special K.
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The dietician sounds like a quack. They need five years of education just to follow the Canadian Food Guide? Sounds like a bunch of slow learners to me.
And do a slice of bread, six crackers, an Eggo-sized pancake or 1 cup of Special K really sound like nutritious foods or better sources of vitamins, minerals and fibre than vegetables or even fruit?
That's not withstanding the 30 year life span for cavemen was due to the low infant mortality rate that brought the average down considerably.