Nutritional Counseling
Chronic Disease prevention
Chronic diseases like diabetes, obesity, hypertension and heart disease are ravaging our communities, but adding a few tools to your nutritional toolbox can help equip your body to combat these epidemics. Diet is a key component to lowering your risk of developing chronic disease. As registered dietitians, we develop evidence-based, personal plans that fit your lifestyle and goals. We can equip you with the skills needed to succeed in and out of the kitchen, taking care of your body and working through the behaviors which lead to setbacks. Our goal is to teach you how to be healthy for life, and reduce your risk of chronic disease.
Gastrointestinal Diseases
Nutrition and gastrointestinal function are intimately related. Working with a dietitian can help improve GI disorders such as acid reflux, GERD, irritable bowel syndrome, inflammatory bowel disease (including Crohn’s and ulcerative colitis), food allergies, intolerances, and sensitivities, ulcers, and other conditions. Using evidence-based information, we can help you better understand the relationship between your disease and the food you eat. Our goal is to provide you with the knowledge and tools necessary to simplify your nutrition, and improve your health and well-being. Not just in the short-term, but for good.
Pediatrics
Healthy eating habits are best learned as a child. It is the habits that begin in childhood that follow us into adulthood. Helping your child develop a healthy relationship with food, and fostering healthy eating habits, is crucial to maintaining their health as an adult. Whether you’re seeking pediatric nutrition guidance for a specific concern, or you just need help getting your picky eater to try new foods, working with a registered dietitian can provide you with the support and guidance you are seeking. Pediatric nutrition requires a family effort. We will work directly with you and your child to identify your goals, and together to help you both achieve them.
Weight management
The secret to weight loss? There isn’t one! Losing weight is a marathon, not a sprint, and occurs when we build healthy skills and fix our relationship with food. It doesn’t mean eliminating whole macronutrients, and isn’t simply solved by taking medications and supplements. We can help you stay on track, over the long-term, to ensure that the changes we make are changes for life, thus ensuring the weight stays off!
Thyroid Diseases
Many people with thyroid issues experience great frustration due to the effect thyroid function has on metabolism and other aspects of health. Weight is often the most common complaint amongst clients with thyroid diseases, however the thyroid can cause other problems such as fatigue, anxiety, sleep disturbances, and depression. Thyroid diseases also increase the risk of developing heart disease and type 2 diabetes. This is why learning to eat a balanced diet and adopt a healthy lifestyle is such an important part of managing your thyroid disorder. Our goal is to help you simplify nutrition in a way that best suits your lifestyle. Managing your thyroid disease doesn’t have to be complicated, and with proper support and guidance, you’ll learn the tools to improve your health for life.
Sports/ Athletes
Ready to hit a PR? Improve your fitness? Increase muscle mass, strength, and endurance? Nutrition is such an important part of optimizing athletic performance, but sports nutrition is not one size fits all. Through nutrition assessment, reviewing past medical history, and any other areas of concern, we will work on both short-term and long-term goals to help you improve your performance, avoid injury and overtraining, and achieve peak results. Achieving your performance goals takes time, dedication, and patience. We’re excited to help you define your goals, create a road map to achieving them, and help you win first place!
Vegetarian & Vegan Nutrition
There are so many reasons people want to go plant-based. Whether for health reasons, to protect the animals or to reduce your carbon footprint, it is important to remember that the term ‘vegetarian’ does not automatically mean healthy. And transitioning can be tough. Vegetarians have to make sure they are eating a balanced diet to help prevent nutritional deficiencies, unwanted weight changes, or other impacts on their health. We can help you ensure that your vegan or vegetarian diet is helping to keep you thriving, whether you’re a lifelong vegan or a newfound veggie lover.
Eating Disorders
Nutrition therapy for eating disorder recovery requires a unique approach that addresses not only the symptoms of the eating disorder, but the origins as well. Disordered eating behavior can develop from a biological reason, addiction, in response to stress or trauma, or from social/learned behavior. Working with a registered dietitian can help you identify the origin of your disordered eating and determine the best approach to get you on the right path to healing your relationship with food. Whether you struggle with anorexia, bulimia, binge-eating, or some other form of disordered eating, we can help you successfully navigate the road to recovery.
Renal Diseases
Navigating nutrition for renal diseases can seem so complicated! There are so many different nutrition recommendations depending on the stage of disease, whether you’re receiving renal replacement therapy, and what kind of dialysis you might be receiving. You may be wondering how to decipher those routine lab values you have drawn, and what that means for your nutrition. How much protein should I eat? Should I avoid foods high in potassium and phosphorus? If so, what foods should I avoid? We can help you answer all of these questions and more. Nutrition is very individualized to each person, especially when renal disease is involved. Our goal is to help you understand the nutrition recommendations specific to you, and give you the tools to apply them.
Patient Testimonials
“Kristen is very helpful in getting me and my diet squared away. She provides a lot of off-line information along with good referrals within the community and online to assist anyone who is trying to improve their health through better nutrition. I highly recommend her services.”— PETE E.
“Kristen helped me lower my weight and control my blood pressure by providing a healthy easy-to-follow meal plan with backup information on the benefits of following a balanced, nutritious, and delicious diet. She is very knowledgeable, highly personable, serious but flexible, easy to talk to, and designed a diet for me that could be easily followed incorporating my favorite food type preferences. I have been trying to lose weight in vain for years and am very pleased I finally consulted with an expert who provided real results. I highly recommend Kristen for both weight control and nutritional needs. I am confident you will be happy with your results.”— WILLIAM S.
“Been working with Kristen to help with some weight loss and high blood pressure. She is extremely knowledgeable, very friendly, and has really helped me understand what I can do to get myself healthier. Highly recommended! She’s great!”— ANDREW E.
“Kristen was incredibly knowledgeable and helped immensely with my diet and our children’s diet. We take health really seriously and having her expertise is invaluable. She is also very personable and easy to talk to. I am confident that if you need a true professional that can help you in a friendly way that you will not be disappointed with Kristen!”— WALTER T.
“Kristen is very nice and gave me great advice about my vegan diet. She also gave me information about a plant based diet for my baby. Highly recommend going to see her.”— CLAIRE C.
“Kristen Carli is absolutely amazing at what she does! She is knowledgeable and professional about my nutritional and wellness needs. I am so happy to leave each sessions knowing that she will help me get on the right path with my health. I appreciate the fact that if I have questions she is able to put it into terms that I can understand and be able to follow for the future. She not only tells you what exactly is going on with you body, but also makes sure you can create realistic goals to help you along the way. Kristen is guiding me through a meal plan that is personalized just for me! It’s great to know she takes each person’s health seriously and will create individual plans based on your specific needs. All in all, she makes knowledge about food and health FUN! Thank you Kristen for helping me change my life!”— TAYLOR M.
“Kristen is a one-of-a-kind nutritional health coach! She portrays a high level of professionalism and sincerity in every task she undertakes. Her comprehensive approach combined with an in-depth personalized assessment makes her a unique dietitian/nutritionist. She firmly believes in eating the best quality, highest nutritional foods along with maintaining an exercise program. Kristen also reviews my daily food, exercise, and overall goals each day, through an app, which she makes available for her patients to log into daily. The App is very easy to use!
In closing, I have been able to reach my personal health goals and believe I should live a healthier, happier, and longer life. As I continue to be mindful in the daily choices I make, I will live life with maximum energy, focus, and drive Kristen has become part of my health care team.”— KEN M.“Kristen Carli was extremely helpful in my journey to transition into a plant-based diet. She is very knowledgable, articulate, and has a positive attitude. I really enjoyed working with her and would highly recommend!”— MOLLY G.
“I went to Kristen to get guidance on my vegan journey after seeing another naturopathic doctor who wanted me to make some changes in my diet. Kristen’s positive attitude and non-judgmental approach really helped me feel hopeful again when it came to my nutrition. Would totally recommend her to anyone in need of vegetarian/vegan/nutritional guidance!”— TARYN