I — ROUTINE SERVICES
Routine services include support for healthy eating, weight loss or weight gain, as well as for preserving muscle and bone mass you age. I help adults of all ages reduce the risk for conditions that run in their family, including type 2 diabetes and by addressing the “blood sugar roller-coaster” and “insulin roller-coaster” that often drives food cravings, people are able to lose weight, without feeling hungry. Keeping it off then becomes easy, and advanced cooking skills are not required!
I also offer specialized nutrition education sessions on a range of topics including gout, GERD, migraines, kidney stones, macular degeneration, improving iron status from food, and others.
There are seven options for getting started, depending on your needs.
1. Hourly Services
There are three types of Hourly Services;
a) Initial Hourly Consultation: is a non-clinical appointment for meeting with me for the first time to discuss your needs, and see if we are a good fit. Any remaining time in the appointment can be “banked” for follow-up services when moving forward with a package.
b) Specialty Hourly Services: for nutrition education on a range of topics including gout, migraines, macular degeneration and others.
c) Hourly Services: for taking follow-up clinical visits on an hourly basis.
To get started, click on the button below to learn about pricing, payment options, clinical hours, and to book an appointment.
2. Comprehensive Dietary Package
The Comprehensive Dietary Package is for healthy individuals, or those with routine clinical conditions (e.g. type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol). The package is broken down into four separate, dated services which are as follows;
1. In-depth clinical assessment: review of personal and family medical history, recent lab results, current medications and nutritional supplements, and a comprehensive dietary and lifestyle review.
2. Design of Individual Meal Plan is based on information collected in the in-depth clinical assessment, and preparation of detailed, multi-page nutrition education handouts to make getting started easy. Turnaround time until the Meal Plan is designed is ~2 weeks from the completion of the clinical assessment, and receipt of any additional lab work or information.
3. Nutrition Education Session: based on the information collected during the in-depth clinical assessment, this session reviews risk factors, including weight and waist circumference, recommendations related to recent lab test results, dietary and lifestyle recommendations, as well as a step-by-step review of the Individual Meal Plan — including serving sizes, number of portions, and how to make substitutions. Detailed handouts outlining this teaching of your Meal Plan, and dietary and lifestyle recommendations are provided for you to be able to easily implement your Meal Plan.
4. Two follow-up sessions for coaching: option to combine both sessions into one visit for review of progress and Meal Plan adjustments.
To get started, click on the button below to learn about pricing, payment options, clinical hours, and to book an appointment.
3. Prenatal Dietary Package
The Prenatal Dietary Package is intended for individuals in their first trimester of pregnancy and provides 3 versions of the Individual Meal Plan; one for each trimester.
The package is broken down into three separate, dated services as follows;
1. In-depth clinical assessment: review of personal and family medical history, recent lab results, current nutritional supplements and medications, weight goals, and a comprehensive dietary and lifestyle review.
2. Design of 3 versions of the Individual Meal Plan: three versions of the Individual Meal Plan based on information collected in the clinical assessment, as well as the preparation of a detailed, multi-page nutrition education handout to make getting started easy. Turnaround time until the Meal Plan is designed is ~2 weeks from the completion of the clinical assessment.
3. Nutrition Education Session: recommendations based on recent lab test results, dietary and lifestyle recommendations including weight gain goals, step-by-step teaching of the 3 versions of the Individual Meal Plan including serving sizes, number of portions, and how to make substitutions.
To get started, click on the button below to learn about pricing, payment options, clinical hours, and to book an appointment.
4. Healthy Aging Package
The Healthy Aging Package is designed to help older health adults maintain both muscle and bone mass by ensuring adequate dietary intake of nutrients of importance.
This package is broken down into four separate and dated services as follows;
1. In-depth clinical assessment: review of personal and family medical history, recent lab results, current medications and nutritional supplements and a comprehensive dietary and lifestyle review.
2. Design of an Individual Meal Plan based on information collected in the clinical assessment and focused on retaining bone and muscle mass, as well as the preparation of a detailed, multi-page nutrition education handout to make getting started easy. Turnaround time until the Meal Plan is designed is ~2 weeks from the completion of the clinical assessment.
3. Nutrition Education Session: review of weight / waist circumference, recommendations related to recent lab test results, dietary and lifestyle recommendation with a focus on maintaining both muscle and bone mass, and teaching the Individual Meal Plan including serving sizes, number of portions, and how to make substitutions with a focus on foods and timing of foods to help retaining muscle and bone mass.
4. Two follow-up sessions for coaching: option to combine both sessions into one visit for review of progress and Meal Plan adjustments.
To get started, click on the button below to learn about pricing, payment options, clinical hours, and to book an appointment.
5. Menopause Management Package
The Menopause Management Package is specifically designed for ‘women of a certain age’ who are struggling with the symptoms of peri-menopause, or menopause. This package addresses weight gain, fat accumulation around the mid-section, insulin resistance and/or prediabetes, as well as other symptoms.
The package is broken down into four separate services as follows;
1. In-depth clinical assessment: review of personal and family medical history, recent lab results, current medications and nutritional supplements, and a comprehensive dietary and lifestyle review.
2. Design of Individual Meal Plan: based on information collected in the clinical assessment the Meal Plan will be designed to address weight gain, fat accumulation around the middle, insulin resistance and/or pre-diabetes and improvements in sleep. This service will also include the preparation of a detailed, multi-page nutrition education handout to make getting started easy. Turnaround time until the Meal Plan is designed is ~2 weeks from the completion of the clinical assessment.
3. Nutrition Education Session: teaching related to weight and waist circumference goals, improving sleep, recommendations based on recent lab test results, dietary and lifestyle recommendations, step-by-step teaching of the individual Meal Plan including serving sizes, number of portions, and how to make substitutions. Detailed handouts outlining this teaching of your Meal Plan, and dietary and lifestyle recommendations are provided for you to be able to easily implement your Meal Plan.
4. Two follow-up sessions for coaching: option to combine both sessions into one visit for review of progress and Meal Plan adjustments.
To get started, click on the button below to learn about pricing, payment options, clinical hours, and to book an appointment.
6. Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) Package
The PCOS Package is designed for women who want to reduce symptoms associated with PCOS including insulin resistance, and weight gain.
The package is broken down into four separate, dated services as follows;
1. In-depth clinical assessment: review of personal and family medical history, recent lab results — especially as related to markers of PCOS, current medications and nutritional supplements, and a comprehensive dietary and lifestyle review.
2. Design of Individual Meal Plan based on information collected in the clinical assessment and designed to address specific PCOS symptoms and weight goals, and preparation of a detailed, multi-page nutrition education handout to make getting started easy. Turnaround time until the Meal Plan is designed is ~2 weeks from the completion of the clinical assessment.
3. Nutrition Education Session: teaching related lowering insulin resistance, weight and waist circumference, relevance of recent lab test results, dietary and lifestyle recommendations, and step-by-step teaching of the Individual Meal Plan including serving sizes, number of portions, and how to make substitutions. Detailed handouts outlining this teaching of your Meal Plan, and dietary and lifestyle recommendations are provided for you to be able to easily implement your Meal Plan.
4. Two follow-up sessions for coaching: option to combine both sessions into one visit for review of progress, and Meal Plan adjustments.
To get started, click on the button below to learn about pricing, payment options, clinical hours, and to book an appointment.
7. Hypothyroid Management Package
The Hypothyroid Management Package is for those newly diagnosed with hypothyroidism or Hashimoto’s disease who want to normalize their weight, and optimize nutrition related to nutrients of importance in hypothyroidism.
The package is broken down into four separate and dated services related to collecting information and design of an Individual Meal Plan, and the last service is a specialized nutrition education session that focuses on Nutrients and Foods of Importance in Hypothyroidism.
The four sessions are as follows;
1. In-depth clinical assessment: review of personal and family medical history, recent lab results, current medications and nutritional supplements, and a comprehensive dietary and lifestyle review.
2. Design of an Individual Meal Plan: based on information collected in the clinical assessment with a focus on dietary intake of foods high in nutrients of importance in hypothyroid, preparation of a detailed, multi-page nutrition education handout to make getting started easy. Turnaround time until the Meal Plan is designed is ~2 weeks from the completion of the clinical assessment.
3. Nutrition Education Session: review of weight / waist circumference, recommendations based on recent lab test results, risk of other autoimmune conditions, dietary and lifestyle recommendations, and teaching of the Individual Meal Plan including serving sizes, number of portions, and how to make substitutions. Detailed handouts outlining this teaching of your Meal Plan, and dietary and lifestyle recommendations are provided for you to be able to easily implement your Meal Plan.
4. Nutrients and Foods of Importance in Hypothyroidism: includes types and timing of different supplements relative to thyroid medication, as well as nutrient-medication interactions, and nutrient-nutrient interactions.
To get started, click on the button below to learn about pricing, payment options, clinical hours, and to book an appointment.
8. Dietary Management Package (a follow up package)
The Dietary Management Package is for follow-up sessions to any of the Routine packages above, and can be taken as 6 x half-hour sessions, or as 3 x one hour-sessions – or a combination of both, for a total of 3 hours of service.
Please note: At this time, all services are provided via a secure telehealth portal.
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