It’s the sort of story you expect to come from a third world
superstitious kleptopcracy – yet it happened here on American soil, in
North Carolina, thanks to good old fashioned state-level bureaucracy.
Reason Magazine brings us the bizarre and senseless story of a Steve
Cooksey, a former diabetic who put himself on the popular “Paleo” diet
and decided to tell the world about his experiences, only to have the
North Carolina Board of Dietetics and Nutrition (yes, that exists) come down on him:
This past January the state diatetics and nutrition board
decided Cooksey’s blog — Diabetes-Warrior.net — violated state law. The
nutritional advice Cooksey provides on the site amounts to “practicing
nutrition,” the board’s director says, and in North Carolina that’s
something you need a license to do.
Unless Cooksey completely rewrites his 3-year-old blog, he could be
sued by the licensing board. If he loses the lawsuit and refuses to take
down the blog, he could face up to 120 days in jail.
The board’s director says Cooksey has a First Amendment right to blog
about his diet, but he can’t encourage others to adopt it unless the
state has certified him as a dietitian or nutritionist.
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3 comments:
I would think that this would apply to all the tv shows in that area as well.
Government get out of our lives; leave us alone; go get a real job!!
6:18 - hear! hear! I couldn't agree with you more!
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