Eating is one of the great pleasures of life. But, as we all know, it can easily get out of control. Poor eating habits can lead to excess weight gain, weight loss or other illnesses. The fact that so many people fail in their attempts to break long-standing eating habits demonstrate how difficult the process can be.
Mary provides individual and family nutrition counseling. She specializes in finding solutions to longstanding problems with weight control, eating disorders and unhealthy eating behaviors, as well as individuals struggling with diet-related chronic illnesses. She is passionate about preventing and treating overweight in children and adolescents and frequently speaks about these topics. She's successfully aided adults with weight control, type II diabetes, and inflammation-related conditions.
Since everyone has their own unique relationship with food, Mary begins with a thorough dietary behavior history.
Subsequent sessions help identify thoughts and behaviors that contribute to dysregulated eating. Mary teaches principles of nutrition, metabolism and the biology of eating behavior. She will measure your metabolism, as well as body composition to determine your percentage of muscle and fat. She'll design an individual meal plan for you, based on the foods you like and your lifestyle, complete with recipes and dining out choices. Together, you'll develop strategies for adopting sustainable habits and making smart food choices that work for you and not against you.
Mary works with physicians, psychiatrists and psychologists, providing medical nutrition therapy to help improve the following conditions.
- -Allergies
- -Celiac Disease
- -Children's Nutrition: Childhood Obesity, Deficiencies, Picky Eaters
- -Chronic Constipation
- -Coronary Artery Disease
- -Chronic Constipation
- -Diabetes Mellitus
- -Disordered Eating
- -Eating Disorders: anorexia nervosa, bulimia, binge eating disorder
- -Fertility Nutrition
- -Gastrointestinal disorders: IBS, GERD
- -Hypercholesterolemia
- -Hypertension
- -Medication-related side effects including weight loss or weight gain
- -Obesity/ weight loss/ weight management
- -Pre-pregnancy Nutrition
- -Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
- -Sports Nutrition
- -Smoking Cessation
- -Ulcerative Colitis
- -Vegetarianism