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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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  • How extraordinary that a gp referred her to a dietitian and then the dietitian says she’s not qualified to help her?! What the hell? Can she not ask her gp to refer her to someone who can? Because that sounds unacceptable really. I’m sorry - that must have been so disappointing for her.

    Michael Mosley’s books on healthy eating are pretty good. The truth is that losing weight is actually relatively straightforward - the foods that really add weight are breads, pasta and sugar. I had a health issue once and tried various changes to my diet - one of which was cutting out all bread and pasta - all wheat containing products. You soon lose weight doing that. And take out refined sugar and processed food too.

    Basically you can eat as many vegetables ( not potatoes though) , fruit (not juiced but whole fruit), fish and chicken as you like and you probably won’t get fat. Avoid all refined and processed foods. You can snack between meals if it’s things like apples and yoghurt. 

    Dieticians are good but losing weight isn’t rocket science - but it does take discipline so it’s not easy. But the information is all readily available online and in books and podcasts etc. 

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  • How extraordinary that a gp referred her to a dietitian and then the dietitian says she’s not qualified to help her?! What the hell? Can she not ask her gp to refer her to someone who can? Because that sounds unacceptable really. I’m sorry - that must have been so disappointing for her.

    Michael Mosley’s books on healthy eating are pretty good. The truth is that losing weight is actually relatively straightforward - the foods that really add weight are breads, pasta and sugar. I had a health issue once and tried various changes to my diet - one of which was cutting out all bread and pasta - all wheat containing products. You soon lose weight doing that. And take out refined sugar and processed food too.

    Basically you can eat as many vegetables ( not potatoes though) , fruit (not juiced but whole fruit), fish and chicken as you like and you probably won’t get fat. Avoid all refined and processed foods. You can snack between meals if it’s things like apples and yoghurt. 

    Dieticians are good but losing weight isn’t rocket science - but it does take discipline so it’s not easy. But the information is all readily available online and in books and podcasts etc. 

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