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Every Tuesday, Britain's leading nutritionist explains how to eat your way to health. This week Jane explains that not all nutritionists have been properly trained... Turn on the TV, open a magazine or even walk into your local health food store, and there'll be some 'nutritionist' offering advice. While it's good news that more of us are paying closer attention to what we eat, we have made nutritionists something of a boom industry and the problem is they're largely unregulated, with potentially disastrous results. A prime example of the risks is the out-of-court settlement award of £800,000 to Dawn Page, who suffered brain damage as a result of following an Amazing Hydration Diet prescribed by nutritionist Barbara Nash, who did not admit liability. Unqualified? Anyone can say they are a nutritionist but this doesn't mean... [read full story]
