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North Carolina Threatens To Shut Down Nutrition Blogger
vvaduva writes "The North Carolina Board of Dietetics/Nutrition is threatening to send a blogger to jail for recounting publicly his battle against diabetes and encouraging others to follow his lifestyle... the state diatetics and nutrition board decided [Steve] Cooksey's blog — Diabetes-Warrior.net — violated state law. The nutritional advice Cooksey provides on the site amounts to 'practicing nutrition,' the board's director says, and in North Carolina that's something you need a license to do." If applied consistently, I think this would also clear out considerable space from the average bookstore's health section. (And it could be worse; he could have been offering manicures.)
I guess this means I should stop reading the ingredients in my food and trying to eat healthy and balanced. Don't want to be jailed for "practicing nutrition"
First in flight, 48th in education...
Am I the only one not surprised by this?
An enigma, wrapped in a riddle, shrouded in bacon and cheese
A nutrition blog
Is a horrible slog.
Go straight razor smooth,
Get some barbecued hog!
Burma Shave
Get thee glass eyes, and, like a scurvy politician, seem to see things thou dost not.--King Lear
You have no idea.
Co-worker: Didn't Obama pass some law getting rid of my payroll tax?
Me: Uh...Congress passes laws.
Co-worker: No they don't. The president passes laws. Congress just votes on which ones they suggest to the President.
Me: I think you're confusing veto powers. Those can be overridden, you know. Though, in the current climate, it really would never happen. However, Obama can't pass a law that Congress didn't vote through.
Co-worker: Yes he can!
Me: I'm sure the Supreme Court would beg to differ.
Co-worker: They just raise a big fuss when the President passes a law the Constitutional [sic] says he can't pass.
Me: And you have a degree?
Co-worker: Yeah, in Business!
I'd say something along the lines of "God help us all". However, I stopped believing in God a long time ago. This is mostly because of conversations like this.
The problem is he's merely providing diet advice, which is not medical advice.
Most religions provide diet advice. They virtually all ban pork, for instance. Does that make religion illegal in NC?
if someone dies from taking this unlicensed person's advice, who pays the health bills? That's right, the taxpayer!