Dr. Tai Chin Min

A fellow blogger asked if I can determine if this individual is legitimate.

He calls himself a Natural Nutrition & Dietary Consultant, and claims the following credentials: M.D.(A.M), Ph.D(Nutrition), B.Sc., LMIC(M), PMIFT(M), NSA(Aust), PIFT (USA).

I found him listed with the THE MALAYSIAN SOCIETY FOR COMPLEMENTARY THERAPY, as a naturopath in Kuala Lumpur. No hospital or clinic affiliation and just a hotmail account, which no longer is valid (my e-mail to him bounced). His training is not in naturopathy unless the MD(AM) is it. In North America, where naturopathis medicine is a regulated and accredited medical profession, the degree accorded would be a ND.

Does anyone have any information about the universities? He sounds like a food technologist to me, hence his affliations with food technology organizations like Institute of Food Technologists (USA) and the Malaysian Institute of Food Technologists. His B.Sc. is very likely legit since most general Chemistry or Biology graduates end up working in labs as lab technologists/technicians. Food technologists would be a comparable vocation in the agri-food industry. Hard to tell if the Ph.D. is legit without the name of the university. The MD(AM) sounds shady. A Medical Doctor in Alternate Medicine? Most MDs are NOT in alternate medicine. Again hard to tell without the name of the university. Most of the MD(AM)s I have encountered are from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh (in that order) - all hotbeds of un-accredited degrees and universities.