Nutrition Works

I am a registered dietitian nutritionist who believes that all food can be nourishing to body, mind and soul. Let lifestyle be your medicine! A healthy diet, regular exercise, adequate sleep and other health behaviors should be the first line of defense for optimizing your health and preventing and/or managing disease.

When you meet with a Registered, Licensed Dietitian and Nutritionist (RD/N, LD), you know you are meeting with a nutrition expert. An RD/N, LD is a professional who has studied diet and nutrition at an approved college or university, completed a supervised 6-12 month practice program, passed an exam, and obtains required continuing education to maintain their RD/N, LD status.

You may be wondering if I can help you lose weight. The truth is that I don't know. It really depends on a lot of factors including your dieting and weight loss history, genetics, medications, your eating and exercise habits, what you are able and willing to do now and for the rest of your life, and a variety of other things that we might not know about.

Nutrition is an essential component of the management of many medical conditions. Appropriate medical nutrition therapy can improve your health and quality of life, reduce or eliminate the need for medications, and prevent progression of health problems. If you have high cholesterol, you have a lot of options.

Childhood weight problems are very delicate. The way in which they are handled at every step of the way can determine whether the child grows up to have a healthy relationship with food, exercise and their body or whether the child begins a cycle of dieting, repeated weight gain and loss, sneaking food, self-loathing, and health problems.