De-registered from her Profession

Late in 2014 a new client, laid a complaint with the Dietitians Association of Australia, and that authority charged Jennifer Elliott with using a “non-evidenced based” dietary approaches.

In May, 2016 the Dietitians Association of Australia canceled her registration.

Elliott's employer the Southern New South Wales Local Health District, dismissed her, and issued a warning to all dietitians it employed that nobody was permitted to recommend a low carbohydrate diet to any client.

We wonder why the Dietary Goals have remained almost entirely unchanged for 40 years. This is why.

To challenge the guidelines can be a career destroying move.

Jennifer Elliott - Dietitian

Jennifer Elliott is an Australian trained dietitian. 35 years in practice.

Once, she believed that the low fat high carbohydrate was best for most people. She convinced her own parents to eat that way.

She had 3 children, but one daughter got fat on the same diet everyone else ate. When the daughter was 12 there was a crisis, she gained weight rapidly. Her GP diagnosed her a insulin resistant.

Jennifer knew almost nothing about insulin resistance. Symptoms were mouth breathing, snoring, reflux, mood swings, lack of energy and always being hungry.

Jennifer found a solution. A special breakfast with no carbohydrate.

Lunch was similar, only protein and salad. Then a normal meal for dinner.

Jennifer began to use this approach with more and more of her clients, especially with people who had metabolic syndrome.