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Is nutrition counseling right for you?
You are what you eat. Nutrition counseling is appropriate for many people with many different types of symptoms, conditions, and situations. A nutritionist can help you to manage your weight (loss, gain, or stabilization) in a healthy way, provide you with complementary services to medical care for illnesses, teach you to prepare or obtain healthy meals, and help you improve your overall lifestyle and health. Proper nutrition may help lower your risk for diseases such as cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, elevated cholesterol, high blood pressure, and other conditions. Nutritionists can help you make choices around herb, vitamin, and other nutritional supplements, and help you determine which (if any) supplements may be appropriate for you. A nutritionist can help you figure out for your own body what foods and food combinations are best for you based on your current health condition, tastes, budget, health history, and risk factors.
What makes Food Fairie Nutrition and Wellness Services special?
Personalized Attention
Many mainstream diets and food philosophies assert that if we all just followed their specific plans, we'd all feel better. However, what helps one person may have no effect on another, and may even harm a third. At Food Fairie Nutrition and Wellness Services, I view each client as an individual, with unique goals, background, genetics, health history, budget, lifestyle, and tastes. Each client gets a plan uniquely shaped to their needs, and the pacing, content and tone of each session will reflect this individuality as much as the nourishment plan will.
Areas of Expertise
My three main areas of expertise include:
- Insulin Resistance and related diseases, especially Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS), high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and Diabetes
- Digestive Disorders (Crohn's disease, Celiac Sprue, Colitis, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, and others)
- Autoimmune Disorders (Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Multiple Sclerosis, and others)
Other health and nutrition factors that can benefit from my services include allergies (food and environmental), addiction, healthy (and sane!) weight management, pregnancy and breast feeding, hormone balancing, thyroid disorders, hypoglycemia, high blood pressure, elevated cholesterol, and illness prevention.
What can I expect from a nutrition session with Food Fairie Nutrition & Wellness Services?
My services are individualized to meet each client's unique needs, situation, health, and interests. The first session will mainly consist of an intensive health assessment, exploring your current health conditions, health history, current medications, eating history, and current lifestyle. We will also start to identify what your goals are for improving your health. Subsequent sessions will address specific conditions, goals, or areas of interest. Clients leave each session with specific and attainable short and long term goals. Expect your first session to last 1-1 ½ hours; subsequent sessions generally are from 1/2-1 hour long.
My services include:
- Individualized advice on food choices, herbs, and supplements
- Natural techniques for improving and supporting optimal health
- Allergy and Sensitivity Elimination Reprogramming Technique
- Teaching natural and holistic management skills for dealing with illnesses and health conditions
- Stress Reduction, including instruction in breathing techniques, meditation, scheduling for a healthy life, and goal-setting.
- Organ Reflex Analysis and Muscle Testing techniques
- Lab work analysis
- Patient Advocacy: getting the most from your doctors and other health care providers
- Menu planning and cooking instruction for special diets
I stress wellness at all sizes, ages, and levels of ability, and help clients learn to live fully and well in their bodies.
I can help guide you towards making the kinds of healthy choices that are right for you, tailored to fit your personal interest, health concerns, and style of living.
I am also available to teach classes and workshops for groups, businesses, and organizations. Class types may range from 1-3 hour workshop formats to twelve week ongoing healthy living intensives. Subjects may include basic nutrition, family meal planning, healthy weight management, holistic stress management, or individualized classes designed by request. Contact me for more information or to discuss class ideas.
I am currently running an ongoing FirstLine Therapy (TM) program in Santa Clara. This program utilizes a combination of lecture/support group-style classes alongside ongoing individual consultation and monitoring to help clients reach health and wellness goals.
I have office hours in Santa Clara, and am available for classes and workshops throughout the Bay Area. I can see out-of-town clients by phone and email. Payment options include cash, check, and all major credit cards.
For more information or to schedule an appointment, please call or email me at:
office: (408) 368-2274 or email me at foodfairie@foodfairie.com
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