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Dietician

LinsT

Hi all,

I have an adult daughter with autism and ADHD.

Due to various food issues, she has gained a lot of weight. She recently discussed this with her GP, who referred her to a dietician. She saw that dietician today, who has told her she's not qualified to help her and had no pointers as to where she should now go for help!

What she needs is a step by step diet plan - she's feeling overwhelmed and doesn't know where to start. I can help her to some extent, but she lives independently and I only see her once a week.

Does anyone have any pointers to where we might be able to find some helpful resources? I've looked into private dieticians, but they cost so much more money than we can spare at the moment Cry

  1. I would be grateful for any help at all Green heart
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  • I know both of these are older books but I know a lot of people have got on well with The South Beach diet, especially if they're type 2 diabetic or borderline type 2.

    I know lots of people scream about it, but Gillian McKeith's stuff was good, she advocated a very healthy, low fat and wholefood diet, at the time I was working in a wholefood shop and we had some new customers on the back of her programes, a couple of them were seriously over weight, said they felt sluggish and tired all the time with poor concentration, when they came back to restock after thier first visit a couple of weeks before they were both looking so much brighter, clearer eyed and skinned, they said they felt really good, had much more energy and concentration. Over time they must of about halved thier body weight and said they felt that this was a plan they could stick to for life, they never felt hungry unlike many diets they'd tried previously and just felt so much better. I started off a bit skeptical about her diet stuff, but having seen the results myself, I became a convert.

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  • I know both of these are older books but I know a lot of people have got on well with The South Beach diet, especially if they're type 2 diabetic or borderline type 2.

    I know lots of people scream about it, but Gillian McKeith's stuff was good, she advocated a very healthy, low fat and wholefood diet, at the time I was working in a wholefood shop and we had some new customers on the back of her programes, a couple of them were seriously over weight, said they felt sluggish and tired all the time with poor concentration, when they came back to restock after thier first visit a couple of weeks before they were both looking so much brighter, clearer eyed and skinned, they said they felt really good, had much more energy and concentration. Over time they must of about halved thier body weight and said they felt that this was a plan they could stick to for life, they never felt hungry unlike many diets they'd tried previously and just felt so much better. I started off a bit skeptical about her diet stuff, but having seen the results myself, I became a convert.

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