For One Health Coach, Her Advice Cost Her Freedom of Speech
“The reality is that licensed dietitians are mostly trying to protect their own turf: If no one but licensed dietitians are allowed to tell you how to eat healthier, then that means more money for those who are already licensed. This dynamic plays out across various industries all the time — occupational licensing laws are frequently used by incumbent professionals to block new competitors from entering a certain field,” wrote C. Jarrett Dieterle and Shoshana Weissmann in the Orlando Sentinel.
The reality is that licensed dietitians are mostly trying to protect their own turf: If no one but licensed dietitians are allowed to tell you how to eat healthier, then that means more money for those who are already licensed.
