Many of my clients don’t eat properly. I would like to be able to offer more nutritional advice for weight loss
Nutrition is a sticky subject in our industry. While the potential revenue could be attractive, we don’t really have much wiggle room in our scope of practice for nutrition consultation. I don’t think there are issues with us explaining the current available guidelines and giving examples. But creating menus and giving specific food recommendations is still out of our scope. And the only legitimate source of such services are Registered Dieticians. I help clients understand the nutritional information on food packaging. I help them with meal timing and counting calories. I give them examples of foods with specific nutrient content and on understanding the “food groups”. But I never tell clients “eat spinach” or any similar direct food choice instructions.