Welcome.
My objective is to use thirty years of professional experience to bring you the healing power of food in a way that fits your busy lifestyle.
I make no claim to any 'cures' or guaranteed improvements. However, clients have learned how to use their diet to manage and reverse diabetes, asthma, allergies, psoriasis, arthritic symptoms, migraine headaches, pain, obesity, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, depression, eczema, gastric acid reflux, digestive and elimination problems, acne, anxiety, insomnia. I've also had the privilege of helping many children and their families recover from the learning and behavioral disorders, severe GI distress, failure to thrive, and insomnia associated with autism, ADD/ADHD, PDD NOS and Asperger's.
My career's greatest privilege is to serve children on the autistic spectrum and their families at the world-renowned Thoughtful House Center for Children. In conjunction with the medical doctors and scientists at Thoughtful House, we strive to help children and families from all walks and many countries towards recovery. There I've repeatedly observed how the applied principles of a quality diet can profoundly benefit a child's behavior, language development, sleep, skin, immune function, digestion and stools.
For the adults who want to lose weight, my work never emphasizes weight. It's clear that weight loss programs almost always deliver ongoing revenue streams and repeated failure instead of long-term wellness. My work insists upon a long-term perspective and a way of eating that promotes optimal health. That said, it's no surprise that many adult clients lose weight. Some have lost over eighty pounds. Most importantly, they learn how to sustain weight loss independently and indefinitely. Instead of endless dialogue, ongoing fees, supplements or hormones or processed meals, I simply teach clients how to prioritize health over weight, how to apply a few dietary principles anywhere, and the long-term value of a long-term perspective.
In the past seven years I've repeatedly observed unlicensed enthusiasts become a health hazard while promoting their personal philosophy and anecdotal observations instead of evidence and research. In this spirit that prioritizes personal agenda and publicity over public health, I've seen healthy people get sick and sick people get sicker. There was a time when I would not have seen the importance of seeking nutrition advice from an experienced and licensed professional. Now I see the public safety of a revokable medical license. And that there simply is no substitute for significant therapeutic nutrition experience, and many years of it with a wide variety of thousands of patients, within supervised medical and research facilities.
Regardless of why you seek dietary help, my goal is enhance your overall quality of life while reducing total healthcare expense and suffering no negative side-effects. All of this is done within the security and accountability of my twenty years of work as a Licensed and Registered Dietitian.
