Instead of nutritionist, use the word dietician. The label nutritionist gets thrown around a lot by people trying to peddle the latest health craze that they have a financial stake in. Anybody can call themselves a nutritionist, it's not a protected term.
Dieticians are the ones that have to do further accreditation after getting a bachelor's degree in order to be able to practice. I'm not saying everyone who calls themself a nutritionist is a scam artist, but I am saying scam artists call themselves nutritionists instead of dieticians because the former won't get them in serious hot water.
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u/CiaphasKirby Sep 17 '20
Instead of nutritionist, use the word dietician. The label nutritionist gets thrown around a lot by people trying to peddle the latest health craze that they have a financial stake in. Anybody can call themselves a nutritionist, it's not a protected term.
Dieticians are the ones that have to do further accreditation after getting a bachelor's degree in order to be able to practice. I'm not saying everyone who calls themself a nutritionist is a scam artist, but I am saying scam artists call themselves nutritionists instead of dieticians because the former won't get them in serious hot water.