RWAM Insurance buys into RNC but won't cover
Registered Dietitians
In August 1998, Heather Aguiar, the Managed Health Care
Specialist who works for RWAM Insurance of Emira, Ontario, sent
a Registered Dietitian a notice that said:
"Effective September 1, 1998, our policy will
cover only services provided by Registered Nutritional Consulting Practitioners
(R.N.C.P.) a designation also administered through the Nutritional Consultants
Organization of Canada (N.C.O.C.). The same R.N.C. educational requirements
must be attained; however R.N.C. P. require 40 hours of annual educational
upgrading."
That means that Registered Dietitians in Ontario
will no longer be recognized by this insurance company. We don't know why
or how this change occurred, and would like anyone who has experienced
similar rejections by Canadian insurance companies to contact us immediately
with details:
E-mail us at: RNCWATCH
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RNC Claims in RWAN brochure and
our comments
| Claims made by R.N.C. |
Our 2 cents |
| Evaluation of nutrient deficiences or excesses |
How do they do this? Do they use blood tests, hair analysis, Vega machines,
or do they just simply have their clients hold on to a vial of coffee and
ask them if they feel nervous? |
| Recommending food supplements |
This is how they make money. If they don't find anything, you won't
have to spend another dollar. But there's always that damned "yeast
problem" to deal with. |
| Recommend food selection and preparation |
I get mine from a cookbook, registered dietitians get them from four
years of university, obtain a degree and then intern in a clinical setting.
I don't know where R.N.C.'s print their B.S. certificates, but they look
pretty impressive, even if they may have come from a mailorder diploma
mill. |
| Educating clients about the benefits of a sound nutritional program
to encourage the body to heal itself |
When someone lets their fingers do the walking in the Yellow Pages,
or sees an R.N.C.'s business card or flyer on their apartment bulletin
board, do they call a nutritionist first to encourage body healing? I don't
think so. |
| Evaluation of their client's food intake, usually over a given week.
Particular attention is paid to the proportions of protein, fat, starches,
sugars and fibre consumed. |
So what else is new? |
| Designing a program specifically for each client taking into consideration
such factors as height, weight, age, sex, level of exercise or physical
activity, dietary goals, food preferences, sensitivities to specific foods,
dietary habits, religious beliefs respecting the diet and nutritional deficiencies. |
That sounds great, but are they trained to deal with binge eating,
anorexia, bulimia, diabetes, short-bowel syndrome, cancer patients, and
a host of other medical problems? |
R.N.C.'s - Do they have an alternative agenda?
| Environmental pollution |
Do they take air samples, assess your water supply, your workplace?
Then what does that have to do with nutrition? |
| Metal toxicity |
Will they send you to their alternative dental friends and receive
a kickback if those patients agree to have their mercury fillings removed?
What about their lead level? How will they assess that? |
| Parasites |
The mysterious business of live cell microscopy comes to play here.
R.N.C.'s and their friends in regulated health professions like chiropractic
prick your finger and then show you what appears to be your blood parasites
and yeasts, and then convince you that this is based on science. Of course
they then suggest that they can rid you of these demons by selling you
hundreds of dollars worth of useless pills and potions. |
| Allergies |
This can be a serious problem, but can anyone seriously believe that
someone can tell what you are allergic to by asking you to hold on to a
glass vial full of coffee or chocolate and then ask you if you feel weak?
Do they ever get a negative test? |
The following comes directly from the RWAM flyer - no comments
The N.C.O.C. is a non-profit organization founded
in 1983 to:
- Ensure that Registered Nutritional Consultants have met strict educational,
moral and ethical standards
- To promote and create public awareness of the profession of nutritional
counseling
- To provide information to members about conducting a nutritional consulting
business practice
Yearly upgrade requirements:
R.N.C.s are highly trained professionals who have achieved a Bachelor
of Science in Holistic Nutrition from an approved school or by training
which is deemed equivalent by the Board of Examiners of N.C.O.C.
Every practicing Registered Nutritional Consultant must meet the minimum
requirement of 40 hours of yearly upgrading before their registration will
be renewed for the following year.
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Recently, the Rogers Cable 20 Community t.v. station aired a special
that featured Trudy Bricker, R.N.C., PhD. and her associates from Waterloo.
They included another R.N.C. by the name of Shan Bricker, Feng Lee a chiropractor
who all practice at the same Frobisher Drive address. Live in the studio
with Trudy was Colin Elkin, a chiropractor from Brantford.
- Bogus mailorder
credentials exposed - Trudy
Bricker claims to be a PhD. Well, she claimed that she earned her
degree from the International
University for Complementary Medicine on a Rogers Community 20 show
that aired on September 28, 1998. The IUCM, or the OIUCM as it is referred to on the web is basically a mailorder school located
in Colombo, Sri Lanka and is notorious for selling all sorts of diplomas
for just a few hundred dollars. Why she could have easily paid for a M.D.
Call Rogers 20 and ask them why they put the PhD on the screen for the
hour long show, and ask Yvonne why she should be paid for her sloppy journalism?
Then call Trudy to ask her how many years she spent in Sri Lanka.
- If you would like
to see our comments about the show click here
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