What is the Dietitian’s Dilemma?

What would you do if your health was restored by doing the opposite of everything you were taught?

If you’re like most of the patients I met during my 11 years working in health care, you’ve tried every diet under the sun. Most men and women I saw in the acute care setting told me stories about meticulously counting calories, eating whole grains and vegetables religiously, exercising daily, and yet they were still finding they couldn’t lose weight or make any improvements to their chronic conditions.

Our health care system has a narrative that individuals who find themselves diabetic, obese, struggling with depression, or diseases of inflammation simply need to follow the nutrition guidelines, eat less, and move more.

I found that many of individuals I saw who were diagnosed with chronic conditions were doing just that, attempting to eat healthy and move as they were able. Unfortunately, they continued to be sick, obese, suffer with debilitating depression, develop wide spread, systemic infections, or end up with organ failure such as kidney failure or heart disease.

What’s worse, is there is so much conflicting information. A quick google search of a “healthy diet” will likely lead you down a rabbit hole on various theories of what humans should eat to thrive. Unfortunately, many of these ideals are motivated by corporate (profit based) interests and have very little to do with restoring and maintaining health.

If you or someone you love has lost and gained hundreds of pounds on various diets, is overweight, diabetic, suffers low energy, poor sleep, feels hungry all the time, has frequent bouts of anxiety or depression, deals with gastrointestinal disorders such as IBS, ulcerative colitis, or frequent gas and bloating, has been diagnosed with hypertension, has chronic inflammation or an autoimmune disorder, or is in the depths or an eating disorder, I am here to offer a message and a different narrative than you’ve likely heard before.

This isn’t your fault. You don’t lack willpower and you’re not a moral failure. The fact that your mother, father, or entire lineage was diagnosed with a particular disease, such as diabetes, does not mean you have to succumb to the same fate.

Instead of blaming ourselves, I believe we need to look at our current nutrition guidelines and entire health care system. Is it possible that we’ve been given incorrect, erroneous information on what humans need to eat to have vibrant physical and mental health?

Make no mistake, humans can survive eating all kinds of things. There are articles on individuals losing weight eating only chicken nuggets or twinkies. Most individuals don’t just want to lose weight, they want food freedom. They want to eat in a way where they feel nourished, satiated, and will no longer need to worry about gaining weight or suffering from a debilitating illness. They would also like to experience feelings of calm and joy, while having the energy to pursue endeavors they feel passionate about.

If health could be restored quickly with minimal to zero side effects, could I continue to practice in a system that refused to let me teach this potentially lifesaving information?

I had a dilemma and a choice to make. I choose to speak out. In the following pages you’ll learn about my story, we will walk through various chronic diseases, and we will unpack how the nutrition guidelines were developed. I’ll ask tough questions and I’ll empower you with my clinical experience, testimonies, and clinical trials. It’s my sincerest hope that you find this information useful, inspiring, and that you make the choice to take your health back. It’s within your reach, let me show you how.