AGGIE MCCABE

GPs And Your Nutritional Therapist

Next time your a question of competency is raised by your GPs about your nutritional therapist, ask them how many hours of thyroid/ Hashimoto’s specific training they received recently, and how many of their patients got better just from taking levothyroxine.

Sharing time! I want to talk to you today about the one thing that makes me so, so mad, every single time.

Every other week or so, one of my clients reports that they have been to their GP and were told to stop listening to Nutritionists, because they are widely unqualified and that a holistic approach doesn’t work anyway.

Let’s pause here and reflect on what this really is for a moment.

Doctors advising patients against:
Trying to get heather and a live healthier lives.
Taking responsibility for their health, without relying on drugs/ big pharma.

It just blows my mind and makes me SO angry at the same time.

And whilst yes, it is true that you can call yourself an nutritionist after a two-week online course; if you follow and listen to people with solid credentials (look for accrediting bodies like BANT), who spent years studying this subject, have a solid track record of experience in the field, keep up up date with newest research, you know you’re getting the real deal.

(Although I would argue that a two week nutritionist probably received more training on impact of diet/lifestyle than most doctors)

DISCLAIMER: I should add here there are definitely some good eggs out there, and this doesn’t apply to all doctors. Also, most had limited training on the subject and little time available. But giving advice like this is just damaging and cannot be excused.

The reason I am sharing this is two-fold:

1) It drives me mad and makes me laugh in equal measures, and I need to vent to people who get this.

2) If this happens to you, please know there’s countless, I repeat, countless RESEARCH and EVIDENCE (as in double blind controlled studies and real life case studies) showing that diet and lifestyle changes work and if your doctor tells you otherwise they need to EDUCATE THEMSELVES and you should ignore them.

Thanks for listening to my ted talk.

PS. this vent about GPs and your nutritional therapist was inspired by a recent email I received from one of Thyroid Reboot clients Anna, see below!