A doctor can’t give nutrition advice to his patients? The absurd case of Dr. Gary Fettke
Can a doctor advise his patients to avoid sugar to improve their health and prevent disease, when the advice is supported by science?
AHPRA (Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency) has ‘silenced’ Dr. Gary Fettke by forbidding him to do so for life (!), stating that his medical training as a medical doctor and orthopedic surgeon does not make him an expert in nutrition.
No Fructose: Help Be a Voice for LCHF After Gary Is Silenced
It’s simply absurd that a doctor can be forever forbidden from giving nutrition-related lifestyle advice to his patients.
Clearly this has very little to do with what a medical doctor specialized in orthopedic surgery knows. It has everything to do with Dr. Fettke’s views on low-carb nutrition for metabolic problems. Apparently some powerful people feel uncomfortable with them, even though they are well supported by dozens of new studies.
If you think that this is unfair, you can support the not-for-profit Nutrition for Life Community that Dr. Fettke (among others) has helped set up. You can read more about the organization here.
Earlier about Dr. Fettke
“You Can’t Handle the Truth” – Dr. Gary Fettke Censored for Recommending Low Carb
Shooting the Messenger – More on the Censorship of Dr. Gary Fettke
Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., The Crisis of the Old Order
"Approaching one trillion dollars in worldwide costs, type 2 diabetes is largely a man-made condition."
http://www.wheatbellyblog.com/2016/11/diabetes-inc/
Are doctors somehow better than the rest of us?
I know more about nutrition by self education from the internet than my GP!
Australian Veterinary Surgeons Board issued a lifetime for this pet owner for questioning the care her pet received: http://truthaboutpetfood.com/one-pet-owners-fight-in-australia/
From the linked article:
"The Veterinary Specialist Services (VSS) issued a LIFE-TIME-BAN on treating any future pets of Maria’s since learning about her Complaint Letter addressed to the Queensland – Veterinary Surgeons Board (VSB).
Veterinary Specialist Services – you just showed the world who is more important to you; your relationship with Big Pet Food is more important to you than your sworn oath to pet health. You are little more than a bought and paid for marketing tool for Big Pet Food. Sad."