<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> My mother is a dietician so I was a little upset by Paul's experience and called her immediately after reading Paul's message. Her comments were: 1. was the dietician a Registered Dietician (RD)? 2. did Paul have a letter/perscription/referral from his GI doctor to the dietician telling her the celiac diagnosis? 3. a dietician is NOT to diagnose or prescribe. A dietician is suppose to be working with the medical team on the nutritianal aspect of the treatment of a medical problem, nothing else. By telling Paul that he has "Food Anxiety" is diagnosing and telling him to use antacids,etc is prescribing. >she came up with a new diagnosis that I should have realized all >along! I have "FOOD ANXIETY" >She said I should go ahead and eat and treat any symptoms with >anti-diarrheals, antacids,antihistamines or whatever medicine will help >whatever symptom. 3. Paul PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE if you live in the US contact the ADA (Canada-CDA and I know other countries have their own organizations) and your state licensing Board (if your state has one for dieticians) to report the unprofessional behavior of this dietician. Please do this so she does not do this to someone else, (my personal opinion is that this could be even deadly for some patients that would go along with her and then later develope other problems such as lymphoma, heart trouble, etc) Betsey Carus Baltimore, MD USA Paul Gilbert <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >Hello all, I just had an unpleasant visit with a dietician...