{"id":11569,"date":"2009-09-03T09:37:53","date_gmt":"2009-09-03T14:37:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=11569"},"modified":"2009-09-03T09:39:02","modified_gmt":"2009-09-03T14:39:02","slug":"can-you-trust-the-nutrition-advice-youre-getting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/09\/can-you-trust-the-nutrition-advice-youre-getting\/","title":{"rendered":"Can You Trust the Nutrition Advice You\u2019re Getting?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>These days, the old adage \u201ca penny for your thoughts\u201d would have some people asking for a refund, especially when it comes to nutrition. I bet everyone reading this can come up with at least one example of \u201cbad\u201d nutrition advice they received at one time or another. (I\u2019d love to get your examples in the comments section.)<a title=\"apple prescription\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/09\/can-you-trust-the-nutrition-advice-youre-getting\/\" target=\"_self\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-11718\" title=\"apple prescription\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/apple-prescription.jpg\" alt=\"apple prescription\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mistakes happen and every once in awhile you are bound to get some bad information. But when your personal health and wellness is on the line there\u2019s no room for confusion. We\u2019re all busy and have limited time to read and educate ourselves. Who doesn\u2019t want a straightforward answer to their nutrition questions?<\/p>\n<p>So, here are a few tips for finding credible information:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Use      the Internet with caution.<\/strong> When it      comes to nutrition, you have to remember that anyone can post anything on      the Internet and make it look appealing without any evidence of proof.      Beware of the snake oil salesman lurking on the Internet, making promises      about products, supplements, potions, and pills.<!--more--> They like to hide behind      a few solid scientific facts and then try to relate what they are selling      to it. For any new website you find, look for the \u201cabout\u201d section and      check credentials of the organization and people behind it (see <a title=\"diet\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/about\/\" target=\"_self\">DietsInReview.com<\/a>&#8216;s about page). Government,      university, and hospital-based websites are the most trustworthy. The      portal <a title=\"nutrition.gov\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nutrition.gov\" target=\"_blank\">www.nutrition.gov<\/a> is a      window into all the government nutrition resources. Dozens of nutrition      experts with Ph.Ds, RDs, and MDs are involved in producing these free      consumer resources.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a title=\"g free diet\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diets\/the-g-free-diet\/\" target=\"_self\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-11720\" title=\"g free diet\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/g-free-diet.jpg\" alt=\"g free diet\" width=\"202\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Book      buyers beware.<\/strong> Don\u2019t let celebrities      or sexy marketing trick you into buying a book you don\u2019t need. A good      example is Elisabeth Hasselbeck\u2019s <a title=\"g free diet\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diets\/the-g-free-diet\/\" target=\"_self\">G-Free Diet<\/a> book. She is a beautiful,      sexy celebrity who happens to have Celiac\u2019s disease, in which eating foods      with gluten make her very ill. For other people with Celiac\u2019s this may be      a useful book. But many people without Celiac\u2019s disease are trying the      \u201cG-free diet\u201d to lose weight and that is unnecessary. Why waste energy      avoiding gluten if you don\u2019t have to? That\u2019s like avoiding almonds when      you don\u2019t have a nut allergy. If you like celebs, no problem, just look      for a book where the celebrity is partnered with a nutrition expert like      The <a title=\"all pro diet\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1605299510?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=dir_blog-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=1605299510\" target=\"_blank\">All-Pro Diet by Tony Gonzaleze<\/a> and Mitzi Dulan, RD, CSSD, a sports      dietitian and nutritionist for the Kansas City Chiefs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Be      Mindful of the Media.<\/strong> Understand      something about the media. It is a competitive business just like the      airline or fast food industries, for example. The media compete for      ratings, sales, subscriptions, etc. They need to find ways to stand out and      that means running projects short on staff or racing to be the first to      break a story. The time crunch and competition can sometimes cause the      media to report on \u201cbreaking research\u201d in a very short space, like a      30-second spot or quarter-page article. The bottom line is that there is rarely enough room to give      you the full story. <a title=\"healthy research studies\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/tag\/research-studies\/\" target=\"_self\">Research studies<\/a> come out all the time and their intention      is to contribute to a body of knowledge. Yes, it is interesting when      something new comes out, but experts who understand the research process      know that studies contain flaws and bias so the new knowledge must be      considered within the context of the big picture. Consider the media as a      \u201cstarting point\u201d for nutrition advice. If it sounds too good to be true,      it probably is. Don\u2019t go making quick changes after one study. Do some      homework, ask an expert, search credible Internet sources.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These days, the old adage \u201ca penny for your thoughts\u201d would have some people asking for a refund, especially when it comes to nutrition. I bet everyone reading this can come up with at least one example of \u201cbad\u201d nutrition &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/09\/can-you-trust-the-nutrition-advice-youre-getting\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3695],"tags":[26,7287,67,15,1,2186,29,383],"class_list":["post-11569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diet-and-nutrition","tag-celebrities","tag-celiac-disease","tag-diet","tag-diet-books","tag-diets-in-review","tag-media","tag-nutrition","tag-research-studies"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11569"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11569\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11717,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11569\/revisions\/11717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}