In article >,
"Ed Pawlowski" > wrote:


> Be sure to carefully listen and consider what the dietician tell you and
> make your own sensible decision. . Some are very good, some seem to lack
> common sense.

Good advice.

> My wife has CHF. The doctor has us meet with a dietician. They run group
> classes for different problems. We were told that milkshakes were
> forbidden. I asked if it was OK to drink milk and she said OK. I asked if
> it is OK to have some ice cream and she said OK. I asked again about
> milkshakes, and she said no, they are not good for you.

Dieticians have to walk that fine line between TMI and TLI (Too much
information, Too little information). Was it really a "milkshake" that
she was talking about? Maybe it was a "shake"? This is a food group.
You and I probably figure that milk and ice cream, blended, are a
"milkshake". Most of the population in the US may think that a "shake"
is something that you buy at a fast food place. Who knows what is in
it? For some RDs, anything that hints of a fast food place is BAD. You
and I might go to a fast food place and get some healthy food. Many
people wouldn't. It's just easier to say BAD.

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Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA