New Jersey: A Case Study
continues to sanction dieticians and other practitioners for
talking about nutrition in a way that does not comply with
For example, in New Jersey, I enjoy the freedom to combine
the ADA line.
my modern clinical and orthomolecular nutritional training
with traditional practices used by healers for thousands of
Maintaining Freedom to Choose
years, including herbology, homeopathy, aromatherapy and
energy medicine. ADA position papers on dietetics and nutri-
Many practitioners, including myself, have chosen not to join
tion do not allow for the integration of these traditions.
the ranks of what the ADA refers to dieticians as: medical nu-
But, if enforced the way they are presently written, pro-
tritionists. My clients choose me as an alternative voice to the
posed New Jersey bills that designate dieticians as nutrition-
modern medical view of nutrition. I see the ADA’s argument
ists could criminalize any person whose credentials, words
that a dietetics board overseeing nutritionists would “protect
or practice are not approved by the board.
the public” as one that in reality, would eliminate competi-
The proposed legislation in New Jersey
tion and establish a medical monopoly over
seeks to establish a dietetics board to govern
Legislation could curtail
all nutritional information.
dieticians and all nutritionists by licensing
Residents of each state need to watch for
registered dietitians’
dieticians in dietetics and nutrition (access
dietitian bills that would infringe upon their
at njleg.state.nj.us/bills/BillsByNumber.asp, individual freedoms and
right to choose and natural practitioners’ right
then search S1941 or A2933). Health free-
to speak. Citizens of New Jersey must take a
dom advocates have proposed an amend-
activities, while also
stand now to maintain health freedom. Vigi-
ment to this legislation that would license
effectively prohibiting
lance is the key elsewhere to ensure that such
dieticians in dietetics, as is the case in the
bills are not passed in other states.
other 29 states, and not as nutritionists.
thousands of natural
Ralph Fucetola, a health freedom attorney
To find out a given state’s status on this issue,
health practitioners and
in New Jersey, in a letter to the New Jersey
visit EatRight.org/cps/rde/xchg/ada/hs.xsl/
legislature, writes, “It is my opinion that the nutritionists from legally
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bill, as written without the Health Freedom
search=state+licensing.
Amendments proposed, clearly violates federal
speaking, teaching
case law protecting constitutional rights.”
or counseling in
Dian Freeman gives nutritional classes and
Ohio, a state in which similar legislation
private consultations in Morristown, NJ. She
has passed, provides another case study. Nu-
their professions. chose to get her master’s degree in political
tritionist Pamela Popper, Ph.D., reports that
science rather than nutritional science and is
she and her practice was under investiga-
working towards a non-science-based doc-
tion by the Ohio Board of Dietetics for several years, which
torate in medical humanities. Connect at Dian2@Wellness-
cost her tens of thousands of dollars. “I was threatened with
Simplified.com or visit WellnessSimplified.com.
criminal prosecution, as well as incarceration, for refusing
to comply with the terms of one of their subpoenas,” writes
Natural Awakenings invites written opinions on health free-
Popper. Fortunately, her practice afforded her the resources
dom, a topic of broad interest to our readers.
to fight for her rights. Fifteen years later, the Ohio board
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