On this, I’m not so sure…

At first glance, it’s another case of Pointy-Head Over-reach.  Bureaucrats cracking down on a blogger when he has the temerity to recommend the Paleo (Cave Man) diet even though he’s not a professional nutritionist.

What he seemed to be doing was recommending the diet to his readers based on his happy experience with what it had done to cure him of diabetes.  We recommend the diet, too.  But to others, we’re too weak and addicted to coffee, sugar and wine.  (Not a complete list)

But a careful reading of the story from North Carolina indicates the authorities are making a good point.  That you can go too far in passing yourself off as an expert.

http://www.carolinajournal.com/exclusives/display_exclusive.html?id=8992

On the other hand, I also have quite a problem with so many experts who pass themselves off as experts, too.  I was stunned, not long ago, visiting a friend in the hospital who had just barely survived a heart attack.  The nutritionist there had him watching a video which insisted on the long-discredited Food Pyramid.  It also specifically warned against eating any fats…at all!

My own conclusion is:  as with money, nobody cares about your health as you do.  Gather as much information as you can…try what makes sense….and listen to your body.  Mine tells me to stay aware from grains—increases the aches in this 77-year old body—but stay close to grass fed beef and red wine.