I just happened upon an astringent posting in the discussion forum section called “The Lounge.” Written by
Ltldogg (whose name is Scott), the posting appears in a thread titled “Re: Potato Reset e-Book Released” and is dated Sun Nov 26, 2017 4:31 pm.
Here is the link to the thread:
viewtopic.php?f=1&t=56958I’m quoting a substantial portion of the
Ltldogg posting below because I, as a newbie, have found it helpful. I've read it three times. Maybe it can help other newbies.
Ltldogg writes:
“…You should never take any kind of advice from these YouTubers looking to make money off of being coaches and nutritional advisors; this goes for Chef AJ too. I'm sorry, but it has to be said.
If these people would have just followed Dr. McDougall and Jeff Novick's advise, consistently and long-term, they would all achieved results. John and Jeff are the experts and have education credentials, decades of experience and practice with real clients. They back up their methods with Scientific studies. They give credit to others for helping shape their careers and guiding them.
Following "YouTubers" and Chef's nutritional advice blurs the advice from experts that actually works. I have said it before and will say it again, I don't understand people who are on THESE boards and constantly espouse the advice from people other than Dr. McDougall and Jeff Novick; especially unqualified people with limited experience, no credentials, no long-term success, constantly changing approaches, etc.
If you can't watch these YouTubers and Chef's for nothing but entertainment and McDougall complaint recipe ideas, then you should really consider stop watching them all together.
I'm not sorry for this post except to say I wish it didn't have to be said, but we have new people join these forums all the time. And all of them (and even some long time followers) are easily impressionable and this trend needs to be stopped.
Stick with Dr. McDougall and Jeff Novick and you'll be fine!
Cheers,
Scott”