RESTORE YOUR WEIGHT AND HEALTH
If you want to eat healthier, lose (or gain) weight, or improve your blood sugar, cholesterol, or blood pressure, there are two ways to get started; the Complete Assessment Package or Hourly Consultation.
If you are looking for other services, please scroll down to the next section.
1. The Complete Assessment Package
The most popular option for getting started is the Complete Assessment Package and is suitable for those with routine clinical conditions such as type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure or high cholesterol.
This package will provide you with a custom-designed Meal Plan, as well as detailed Nutrition Education so that you can begin using your Meal Plan immediately to achieve your health and weight goals.
The Complete Assessment Package begins with an initial assessment appointment where I will meet with you to collect detailed information about your health and risk factors, including your personal medical history, family medical history, and dietary and lifestyle information. Lifestyle questions include 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.
Based on the information collected during the assessment visit, I will design a Meal Plan for you to help you accomplish your goals.
The Nutrition Education teaching explains about the different categories of foods, the serving sizes, and number of portions to eat at each meal, as well as how to make food exchanges within each category of food.
If you would like to get started with a Complete Assessment Package, please download the Intake and Service Option Form*, complete it on your computer, then email it to the address on the form.
*If you would like a password-protected form, please send a note using the Contact Me form on the tab above.
Pediatrics & Prenatal: There is an additional charge ($50) for the extra calculations required to assess growth/weight for age, height for age, and BMI for age in children and youth aged 6+ years, and for the additional calculations for dietary intake changes during the three trimesters of pregnancy.
NOTE: If you don’t already have it, you can download the free Adobe Acrobat Reader here to complete the pdf form on a Windows-based computer. If you are on another type of computer, a phone or a tablet, then you can use Adobe Acrobat online fill and sign tools.
Add-on Options
Add-on nutrition education is available at cost savings over taking the same services hourly when taking them along with the Complete Assessment Package. Popular add-on options teaching options include improving symptoms of gout, early chronic kidney disease, a low sodium diet, kidney stones (oxalate or urate), GERD or laryngopharyngeal reflux (“silent reflux”), migraines, diverticulosis, hiatus hernia, hypothyroidism, as well as improving iron status from food.
2. Hourly Consultation
For those who prefer to meet with me first to discuss their needs, share details of their health background, or see if I am a ‘good fit,’ an Hourly Consultation is the place to get started.
Should you decide while meeting with me to move forward with the Complete Assessment Package or one of the other packages, any remaining time in your initial Hourly Consultation can be ‘banked’ and used later for follow-up services.
If you would like to set up an Hourly Consultation, please download the Intake and Service Option Form*, complete it on your computer, then email it to the address on the form. Learn more about booking an appointment here.
Special Hourly Services
I offer stand-alone nutrition education services on an hourly basis on subjects such as;
- what to eat / not eat with gout
- low sodium diet for those with congestive heart failure, or chronic kidney disease
- dietary modifications for early chronic kidney disease
- how to eat with kidney stones (oxalate or urate)
- improving the symptoms of GERD or laryngopharyngeal reflux (“silent reflux”) through dietary and lifestyle changes
- foods to avoid to help reduce the occurrence of migraines (bioactive amines)
- how to eat with diverticulosis / recovering from diverticulitis
- what is a low FODMAP diet and the types of foods to avoid*
- how to reduce symptoms associated with hiatus hernia
- nutrition education for those newly diagnosed with hypothyroidism
- nutrition education to help people improve iron status from food.
*if you want learn how to follow a low-FODMAP diet in three progressive stages, then the Irritable Bowel Syndrome Package is what you are looking for (see below).
CLINICAL SERVICES – for GI disorders, food intolerance and PCOS
3. Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Package
The IBD Package is designed for clients diagnosed with Crohn’s Disease or one of the types of Ulcerative Colitis (UC) who want to learn what to eat to minimize the symptoms during a ‘flare up’, as well as how to eat once flare ups have resolved. This package provides 3 hours of service. The first session begins with teaching about IBD, its symptoms, accepted recommendations of what people should eat when they are in a flare to minimize symptoms, as well as the range of diets used when people are not in a flare. The remainder of the first visit teaches individuals what to eat in three progressive stages when they are in a flare. The following two sessions will teach a low-FODMAP diet in three progressive stages — from eliminating all FODMAP foods to gradually reintroducing foods that do not result in symptoms. If you are of Asian or South Asian background, both diets will be taught using foods and preparation methods familiar to your culture.
4. Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Package
The IBS Package is designed for clients whose doctors have told them that they have IBS and who have had Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) such as Crohn’s or ulcerative colitis ruled out. If they have not yet had celiac disease ruled out, I will ask their doctor to run a simple blood test to rule that out.
Each person with IBS is different and I seek to determine what underlies their symptoms and then recommend an approach that I believe will work best for them. Some people do best following a low-FODMAP diet, others do better following a diet that improves their gut microbiome, while others do best with lifestyle changes that help them activate their vagus nerve to calm their gut. Sometimes a combination is needed, and that is what I recommended.
5. Celiac Disease Management Package
The Celiac Disease Management Package provides detailed teaching for those diagnosed with Celiac Disease (IgA-mediated gluten intolerance) to learn how to eat to minimize accidental contact with gluten or gluten-containing products at home and away from home. You can learn about the specific material covered in this package here.
6. Food Sensitivity / Food Allergy Package
The Food Sensitivity / Food Allergy Package is designed for those who have been diagnosed with food allergies or suspect they may be sensitized to certain foods or components of foods. This package can also be taken by those diagnosed with tree or grass pollen allergies and who are experiencing symptoms related to oral allergy syndrome (OAS), which is a cross-reaction between tree or grass pollen allergies and specific fruit, vegetables, or nuts.
7. Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) Package
The PCOS Package is designed for women who want to lower insulin resistance and high circulating insulin levels associated with the disorder. The first service is the assessment visit to collect detailed information about your health and medical history, family medical history, and dietary and lifestyle information. I will also review your most recent lab test results. The second service is for designing your Meal Plan as well as making recommendations to help you lower circulating insulin and insulin resistance. The final service is where the different categories of food are explained, the serving sizes and number of portions to eat at each meal, and how to exchange other foods for those on your Meal Plan.
Getting Started
If you would like to get started with any of the above clinical packages please download the Intake and Service Option Form*, complete it on your computer, then email it to the address on the form. You can also make use of the Flexible Payment Option and can learn more about that here.
If you would like a password-protected form, please send me a note using the Contact Me form on the tab above and I will be happy to send you one.
* NOTE: If you don’t already have it, you can download the free Adobe Acrobat Reader here to complete the pdf form on a Windows-based computer. If you are on another type of computer, a phone or a tablet, then you can use Adobe Acrobat online fill and sign tools.
FOLLOW-UP SERVICES – to the Complete Assessment Package
8. Dietary Management Package
The Dietary Management Package is a follow-up package to the Complete Assessment Package. It provides 3 hours of additional support or coaching services to support you while achieving weight loss, weight or muscle gain, and improved metabolic health. This package can be taken as half-hour appointments or hourly sessions, whichever works best for you.
9. Anti-Inflammatory Protocol (AIP) Package
The Anti-Inflammatory Protocol (AIP) Package is designed for those with inflammatory conditions, including osteoarthritis (OA), or autoimmune disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA), lupus, Sjogren’s, and others. The AIP is a follow-up package because many people feel much better once I design a Meal Plan from an anti-inflammatory perspective that they no longer require these services. However, those with autoimmune disorders may still have residual symptoms, in which case this package makes an excellent follow-up.
MORE INFORMATION
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