Guidelines for Responsible Nutrition Counseling on Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Shapiro, Alice C.; Reddan, Jodi; Winters, Barbara; Hamilton, Kathryn

Guidelines for Responsible Nutrition Counseling on Complementary and Alternative Medicine

2001

Shapiro, Alice C. | Reddan, Jodi | Winters, Barbara | Hamilton, Kathryn

The use of dietary supplements in the general population has increased rapidly, especially in the various types of cancer with which people are diagnosed. Nutritionists are frequently asked about the efficacy and safety of these supplements. This article presents guidelines based on the available scientific literature to provide information on the use of dietary supplements to clients and colleagues in an oncology setting. The key references provided can be used to develop practice-specific guidelines for nutrition counseling related to complementary and alternative medicine for other diseases.

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alternative medicine consumer attitudes consumer education diet therapy dietary supplements neoplasms nutrition education public health

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Publié dans

Nutrition today

Volume 36 Numéro 6 Pagination 291 - 297 ISSN 0029-666X

Editeur

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

D'autres materias

Diet counseling; Misinformation; Medical treatment; Herbal medicines; Dietitians; Phytochemicals; Traditional medicine; Patient education

Langue

anglais

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Affiliations: from the virginia piper cancer institute, abbott northwestern hospital, minneapolis, minn (dr shapiro and ms reddan); the american health foundation, new york (dr winters); and the oncology nutrition dietetic practice group of the american dietetic association and the memorial sloan kettering breast cancer center, new york (ms hamilton). alice c. shapiro, phd, rd, ln, is a nutrition research scientist and a principal investigator for the women’s intervention nutrition study (wins) and the selenium and vitamin e cancer prevention trial (select) at the virginia piper cancer institute, abbott northwestern hospital, minneapolis, minn. jodi reddan, ms, rd, ld, is a research nutritionist for the women’s intervention nutrition study (wins) at the virginia piper cancer institute, abbott northwestern hospital, minneapolis, minn. barbara winters, phd, rd, was the national coordinator, women’s intervention nutrition study (wins) and the american health foundation, new york, ny. kathryn hamilton, ma, rd, is the complementary care subunit chair of the oncology nutrition dietetic practice group of the american dietetic association and a clinical nutrition manager at the memorial sloan kettering breast cancer center, new york.

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DOI DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00017285-200111000-00007

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Guidelines for Responsible Nutrition Counseling on Complementary and Alternative Medicine

2001

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