It is by no means easy; you have to study physiology, anatomy, chemistry, nutrition, take lots of case histories and learn to see the connections.

We are also taught to give different diets to different circumstances after a through analysis of their case which can take up to an hour and is extremely effective.

In contrast, a visit to a state registered dietician takes about five minutes and results in a standardised diet sheet which is pretty useless, as I have found out to my cost and a lot of pain over many years.

I have looked at all my notes over 2 years and nowhere have I found 6 pints of water to be recommended to a client.

Nobody knows the actual details of what went on between Barbara Nash and Dawn Page. How people can criticise and condemn others without having all the facts is very mystifying to say the least!

Personally, I am extremely happy with what I have learnt and have not been healthier. As a result of the knowledge gained, I have finally said bye bye to all my arthritic pains and am enjoying dingy sailing in my twilight years on a trapeze! Other people have said goodbye to their steroid creams and skin afflictions… The story goes on and on…

I feel privileged and very happy to be doing this course and would recommend it to any one.

The sad truth is, people are going to alternative therapies because they are not getting any results from their doctors or state registered dieticians or specialists.

I and others like me who have overcome their afflictions through natural means of are greatful to the College of Natural Nutriton and its teachings and can not praise enough its teachers.

The truth, fortunately, will always prevail…

It is already difficult to track why some wording in particular media contravenes ASA regulations when written on a leaflet, but not when on a website; why it is possible to make claims for supplements in an email for which you signed up as long as you promote the link to the website to purchase that supplement in a separate email in which you water down those claims.

It is unbelievably confusing, and the next post will quote Robert Cialdini in some response to this.

natnut(s) indeed.

She is listed in Yell where she has a BANT membership. She lists a DNN here; in the link posted by TW (above) she refers to naturopathic practitioners – “Please do not try these techniques unless on a proper programme set out by a qualified naturopathic nutritional therapist”; she refers to naturopathic nutrition therapy; and finally, from a bio:

Barbara Nash is a naturopathic Nutritional therapist and Life and Performance Coach. She gained her Nutritional therapy diploma from the College of Natural Nutrition, London and her life coaching diploma and performance coaching diploma from Newcastle college.

You can read all about the correspondence course qualification and other offerings at the College of Natural Nutrition.

The BANT is puzzling. According to the College of Natural Nutrition, their DNN (now?) only entitles people to membership of:
The Federation of Independent Therapists (F.I.T.)
The Institute of Complementary Medicine (I.C.M.)
The Complementary Medical Association (C.M.A.)

Has anyone else got any suggestions? It seems extremely unjust that she will not face any investigation.

The website does not provide any details about her training or qualifications, though it does say she was consulted by Central Television.

A surprising number of PCT staff find the work of Patrick Holford and his ilk plausible (presumably because they have never checked the references the way that you people do). They use the terms dietitian and nutritionist as if they are equivalent and a surprising number of them don’t know that the designation dietitian is protected and that RDs are registered with an appropriate body.

So, with the distinction blurred,and more and more publicity given to the ‘need to detox’, and the need to treat rampant food ‘allergies’ people end up consulting a nutritionist and think that they are receiving the same advice as they would get from a dietitian.

I hope that some RDs find their way to the blogs that are covering this and comment.

It would appear so:

http://www.barbaranash.co.uk/index.html

My dietary programme is very flexible and versatile to suit what you like. We do of course avoid harmful ingredients e.g. salt…

Naturopathy is optional to your treatment, if you are presenting quite a toxic picture I am likely to recommend that you try some of them, depending on which suits you…

Hydrotherapy is a natural and powerful way to help eliminate toxins from your body e.g. hot and cold showers/tubbing water treatment, coffee and camomile enemas (not obligatory, but they are powerful at helping to rid toxins out of your body and they are more comfortable than you imagine). Castor oil packing helps generate healing to specific areas of the body e.g. placed on your liver will create heat and movement, melting down bad fats so that toxins can move out of your liver through bile. Castor oil attracts all the colours of the spectrum so also helps to attract light & colour healing as well. (Please do not try these techniques unless on a proper programme set out by a qualified naturopathic nutritional therapist)…

I will help you select foods that are healthier, avoiding salty foods which cause a lot of health problems. [My emphasis.]

One has to wonder if hyponatraemia played any part in the catastrophe that Mrs Page experienced yet this nutritional therapist is still demonising salt.

I don’t even want to think about what is going on with that castor oil packing. How can these people believe that it melts “bad fats” through heat? I didn’t even know that naturopaths believed in light and colour healing.

Why am I not comforted by her advice that I should consult a “qualified naturopathic nutritional therapist” or is that an oxymoron?