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Nutrition Conspiracy - What you don't know can be deadly!

There seems to be a lot of debate/controversy amongst Nutrition experts regarding proper nutritional guidelines, government subsidized food guides such as the Canadian Food Guide and the American Food Pyramid.

Some experts have gone so far as to say these Nutritional Guidelines are corrupt, misleading and smell of conspiracy. Given this controversy, many Fitness professionals are often confused as to what to say or do when their clients or gym members ask them for nutrition advice. Do you have any suggestions to help then resolve this dilemma?

What is your strategy for helping health and fitness professionals know the truth?

 

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written by Barry Duncan, May 20, 2010
As fitness professionals you need to stick to your knowledge base and most in cases this is in fitness and exercises, the rest you should form referral companies that can handle the nutritional or other needs that are outside the scope of your knowledge. There are some fantastic nutritionists and dietitians that will be happy to meet with you and sit down to discuss how your companies can work together. This is as important as giving the information, you need to set the ground work for the practitioners that you work with so they can have an expectation of how to handle the client. For people who want to be able to talk about these topics then your best method for being prepared is education and verification of any information that is given to you; be diligent and look up the source of information and who was doing/sponsoring the study.
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written by NelsonBETHANY33, May 21, 2010
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What I tell people.
written by Lea Bianchin, June 06, 2010
Basic advice that I give for fat-loss:

1 gram of lean protein/lb of lean mass.
0.5 grams of healthy fats/lb of lean mass.
fill the rest of your cals w/ healthy carbs.
constant omega 3's throughout the day, too.

i'm a HUGE follower of alan aragon & anti broscience. i need to see unbiased research to believe it.

- Lea
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written by Parsons22Clara, September 08, 2010
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