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I provide personalized nutrition consultations to guide you towards a positive relationship with food and overall well-being.

Mindful and intuitive eating focuses on listening to your body's hunger and fullness cues, without strict diet rules.

Diet culture is a list of myths and expectations towards food and weight, which usually equates and praises thinness to be healthy. It also  separates foods into “good” or “bad” types. Diet culture generates a ranking of body sizes and shapes, which usually glorifies thinness and builds fear and negativity about fatness a.k.a. “fat phobia”

 Diet culture is toxic and unhealthy because it fosters body dissatisfaction, encourages disordered eating behaviors, and can lead to multiple physical and mental health issues. Diet culture also defines self-worth by relating it to appearance and weight, rather than overall well-being.

No!  Mindful and intuitive eating are not focused on weight loss; instead, they aim to cultivate a healthier relationship with food and body. These approaches emphasize listening to your body's hunger and fullness cues, enjoying food without guilt, and honoring your innate needs. By removing the emphasis on dieting and weight control, they promote overall well-being and self-compassion.

No. Mindful and intuitive eating can help people in all shapes and sizes, genders, sexualities become more intune with their body and eating habits.

Mindful eating and intuitive eating are both approaches that promote a healthier relationship with food and often go hand in hand, but they differ in focus, principles, and techniques. 

• Mindful Eating: Emphasizes being present and fully engaged in the eating experience, focusing on sensory awareness and mindfulness during meals.
• Intuitive Eating: Centers on listening to and trusting the body's natural hunger and fullness cues, rejecting diet culture, and fostering a positive relationship with food and body.

 

Please do not remove gluten from your diet without speaking with your doctor. They will most likely want perform a thorough examinination, implement diagnostic tests and possibly refer you to a different medical practitioner such as a gastroenterologist. 

If you are suspecting that you may have celiac disease, cutting gluten  from your diet before you are officially diagnosed can make it more challenging to get a correct diagnosis. The tests used to diagnose people needs to be able to show that there are gluten free antibodies in the body in order to formally diagnose you with celiac disease. 

Gluten is a protein found in wheat, rye, barley, and malt grains. Oats are technicallly gluten free but can become contaminated from gluten containing grains during food process/production.

Celiac disease is an autoimmune disorder. When a person with celiac eats gluten, it creates damage in the small intestine. This damage creates problems with nutrient absorption and a myriad of other health/medical issues.

Unfortunately, as of this time, the only cure/treatment for CD is cut gluten compleltey out of your diet. It's also one of the most common reason that a person needs to follow a gluten free diet.

No. I am a Certified Holistic Nutrition Coach and am therefore required stay within the scope of practice as a coach specifically. The information I will be providing is for educational and informational purposes only and should not be construed as medical advice.

If we find during our sessions that you require more in depth help, I am more than happy to refer you to other health professionals. Your overall health and wellbeing are incredibley important and I want the absolute best for my clients.

 

• The scope of practice between a certified nutrition coach and a registered dietitian (RD) or registered dietitian nutritionist (RDN) differs significantly due to their education, training, and legal regulations.
• • Typically requires a certification program, which may range from a few weeks to several months.
  • Focuses on general nutrition, wellness, and behavior change strategies.
  • Certified Nutrition Coach: Offers general nutrition guidance and wellness coaching. Limited to non-medical advice.
• Registered Dietitian: Qualified to provide medical nutrition therapy, diagnose and treat nutrition-related health conditions, and offer specialized dietary counseling.
• Requires a minimum of a bachelor's degree in nutrition and dietetics, including coursework in biology, chemistry, and medical nutrition therapy.
• Must complete a supervised practice program (dietetic internship)