Dietary advice for health problems

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

Just been on her site.

[narrows eyes]

Her article on diet to deal with Rheumatoid Arthritis starts with an image of an elderly person with osteoarthritis. She then goes on to talk about writing on Gransnet before talking about avoiding acidic foods, avoiding red meat and 'patients' finding their symptoms disappear when cutting out sugar. But to keep eating fruit (presumably the glucose/sucrose and fructose in fruit is magically different from the glucose/sucrose/fructose in other foods, such as the many cake recipes she has on the site.)


She can go take a running leap if she can't even get the difference between autoimmune disease and wear and tear correct, whether she has genuine qualifications or not, as far as I'm concerned.

Unless, of course somebody has had cancer - then they can bang out two and half grand plus flights for a week of massage and yoga and psychotherapy sessions with her sister in a posh villa in Portgual.

:mad:

teddysmum

Jojo_the_Tightfisted wrote: »

Just been on her site.

[narrows eyes]

Her article on diet to deal with Rheumatoid Arthritis starts with an image of an elderly person with osteoarthritis. She then goes on to talk about writing on Gransnet

The first person with RA that I met was a girl, aged 12, who already had sight so poor that she could barely read the blackboard from the front row of class and would soon need walking aids.

Mojisola

Jojo_the_Tightfisted wrote: »

Her article on diet to deal with Rheumatoid Arthritis starts with an image of an elderly person with osteoarthritis. She then goes on to talk about writing on Gransnet before talking about avoiding acidic foods, avoiding red meat and 'patients' finding their symptoms disappear when cutting out sugar. But to keep eating fruit (presumably the glucose/sucrose and fructose in fruit is magically different from the glucose/sucrose/fructose in other foods, such as the many cake recipes she has on the site.)

She can go take a running leap if she can't even get the difference between autoimmune disease and wear and tear correct, whether she has genuine qualifications or not, as far as I'm concerned.

She does say "Anyone living with rheumatoid arthritis, the more common osteoarthritis, or gout (another form of arthritis), knows the tremendous pain and discomfort of inflamed joints." so, although the blog is prompted by Rheumatoid Arthritis Week, she does open it up to all kinds of arthritis.

I don't find this to be poor advice - "Rather than avoid sugar entirely, I suggest eating naturally sweet foods, such as fresh, baked or stewed fruits, rather than those with added sugar."

She's obviously got an eye on the mainstream market in order to make a living and is a fan of the Eat Well Plate and promotes the bad fats/cholesterol myth, both of which would stop me following her.

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

teddysmum wrote: »

The first person with RA that I met was a girl, aged 12, who already had sight so poor that she could barely read the blackboard from the front row of class and would soon need walking aids.

Had it myself since I was five and have been wearing assorted bandages, braces and taking medications ever since. There was a girl two years above me who was so unwell by the time she was 10, she had to sit on a chair beside the teachers when we were all sat on the floor for assemblies. One of my friends was diagnosed at 7 and had her first intraarticular joint aspirations and injections at 9.

Where I work, there was a 14 year old when I started there who was already using a motorised wheelchair, on a reduced timetable and was brought to school by taxi. The reason she was there rather than schools nearer her home was because the premises had better accessibility than any of the new academies (most of the site is ground level and those few bits that aren't have lifts). They'd obviously sorted all that out for the secondary application when she was 10/nearly 11.


The whole point of creating awareness about RA is to differentiate between that and the conditions that are more associated with old age - ask anybody with RA/PsA what the most frustrating comment is that they've heard and it will usually be the old faithful 'You aren't old enough for that'. They're completely different diseases with utterly different aetiologies.

She's actually harming RA awareness by such a fluff piece. And promoting woo woo in the acidity nonsense and in suggesting that dried fruit is a better form of sugar than sugar. They both provide extra calories, they both cause tooth decay - saying dried fruit contains some fibre would be valid, but cutting out something that turns to glucose in the body in favour of something that turns into glucose in the body is utter [aaaannnnd the swear filter kicks in], especially when making oblique references to anecdotal evidence not supported by any particular peer reviewed studies.

Actually useful things she could have written about would have included recipes that didn't need prolonged preparation, chopping, standing over a stove or bending down to retrieve from the oven. But they might not have looked quite so Instagram friendly. She could chucked some edible flowers on top, though, so I don't see her problem there.



Mind you, ten places on that 'wellness holiday'. Making up to twenty five grand in a week isn't bad going for a lowly dietician. Especially as it would do nothing for the physical health of the people concerned - bet she has a warm glow inside as she goes to [strike]the bank[/strike] sleep at night, though.

teddysmum

There's is similar ignorance over type 1 and type 2 diabetes and within cases of type 2. I have type 2 (no medication needed) and am not or ever have been obese (just a little extra round the middle as would be expected in ones late 60s) and my husband's friend , who is on insulin, is thin as a rake and always has been. We aren't all lazy greedy guzzlers.