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[tnuc]

>I comforted myself that I was at least a step above the nutritionist.

How is this person a "step above" a nutritionist?

[dsil → tnuc]

He was talking about the "cool factor", presumably as measured by the kids.

[henrik_w → dsil]

She

[tnuc → dsil]

Thanks, I wasn't sure so I asked.

Ambiguous sentence that could easily be taken out of context, as evidenced by the replies below.

[mcguire → dsil]

Or perhaps she was just making a joke.

[opminion → tnuc]

A bit long, but quite intensive critique:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/28/magazine/28nutritionism.t....

Also see Ben Goldacre's Bad Science book, UK edition, but that's probably specific to media nutritionists in the UK, whereas the original post is in the US.

[jiggy2011 → tnuc]

Nutritionists are not professionally regulated like Dietitians are. Therefor Nutritionists are often known for giving psuedoscientific advice in order to push some miracle product.