Diane Distefano

NTA is not just an online course for NTP's. Hands on training workshops are required, and the mid-term and final exams are proctored, not open book. NTA belongs to the NANP organization which has very high standards for its member schools, and graduates of the NTA program are eligible to sit for the examination with NANP and become board certified. I went through the program, and chiropractors, nurses, physical therapists, massage therapists and two doctors were students in my class. It is a top notch school. I became interested in nutrition when my daughter was diagnosed with Crohn's disease. I had doctors tell her she could eat "whatever she wanted" and that food didn't matter. What kind of nutrition advice is that from a medical doctor? After doing my own research and putting her on a special diet (with the blessing of a wonderful gastroenterologist that we hired) all her symptoms disappeared, and lab tests/bloodwork returned to normal along with many other wonderful improvements. Her GI was impressed and started telling his other patients about it, and now, years later, the Seattle Children's Hospital has completed a study on this diet that shows it is a very promising treatment for Crohn's Disease without medication. Maybe "Voice of Reason" needs to do a little better homework before denouncing the NTA that is not all about making big bucks- purposely keeps class sizes small because of the hands-on training, and new classes only start once/year.