The Hypothyroid Management Package supports those with Hashimoto’s disease and other types of hypothyroidism, with an emphasis on weight loss and ensuring adequate dietary intake of nutrients essential for the conversion of inactive to active thyroid hormones.
Note: If you have a family history of hypothyroidism or other autoimmune conditions, and suspect you may meet the criteria for hypothyroidism, please send me a note through the Contact Me form. I may be able to help you work with your doctor (or a walk-in clinic) to have lab tests requisitioned based on your family risk factors and symptoms that may be consistent with that diagnosis.
The Hypothyroid Management Package is broken down into four separate, dated services, with the last session being a specialized nutrition education session that focuses on Nutrients of Importance in Hypothyroidism.
The four sessions are as follows;
1. In-depth clinical assessment: The first service is an in-depth clinical assessment, which is broken into two parts:
a. The first part of the assessment includes review of personal and family medical history, recent lab results, current medications and nutritional supplements, as well as your waist and hip measurements (10 minutes).
b. The second part of the assessment is a comprehensive dietary and lifestyle review, where I will collect detailed information, including what you like to eat and when, food likes and dislikes, religious, cultural, or ethical dietary restrictions, and other factors that impact your health and weight, such as sleep habits and activity level (50 minutes).
2. Design of an Individual Meal Plan: The second service is the design of your individual Meal Plan, tailored to help you accomplish the goals that you set. Your Meal Plan will target recent weight gain and fatigue, while taking into consideration the information collected during the assessment, medications you may be taking, risk factors you may have, lab test results, food preferences, and food restrictions, if any. Your Meal Plan will serve as the nutrition roadmap to bridge the gap between your health goals and an achievable and sustainable lifestyle. It will also take any guesswork out of what to eat, when to eat, and how much to eat, while providing plenty of variety and choice.
A detailed, multi-page Meal Plan Summary handout will be prepared to accompany your Meal Plan, summarizing the content of what you will be taught during the upcoming Nutritional Education Session. This Summary will also serve as a reference for you as you implement your Meal Plan.
The turnaround time for completing your Meal Plan will be approximately 2 weeks from the time I receive any requested or missing information, such as any nutrition labels or pending lab test results.
3. Nutrition Education Session: The third service is the Nutrition Education Session, which begins with you receiving your Meal Plan, as well as the detailed, multi-page Meal Plan Summary handout.
The visit will begin with a review of any existing risk factors, including weight, waist circumference, or out-of-range lab test results.
It will be followed by step-by-step teaching of your Meal Plan, including food categories, serving sizes, number of portions, and how to make substitutions within each food category at each meal. This session will walk you through implementing your Meal Plan, so all you need to do is decide what to eat.
You will also be provided with specific dietary and lifestyle recommendations to help you achieve the goals that you set.
Unless time doesn’t permit, the session will conclude with an opportunity to ask questions to clarify what you were taught. You will also be invited to send an email with questions you may have within a few days of the Nutrition Education Session, and your email will be answered at my earliest convenience so that you can begin to implement your Meal Plan.
4. Nutrients of Importance in Hypothyroidism: The fourth visit in the Hypothyroid Management Package is a nutrition education session that covers the nutrients of importance in hypothyroidism, including recommended dosages. It also highlights the importance of timing supplements in relation to thyroid medication, as well as other supplements.
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