Our nutrition counseling services include the following:
SHAPEDOWN program for childhood and adolescent weight control.
Healthy eating plans for athletes, fitness, vegetarians.
Medical Nutrition Therapy to control cholesterol, triglycerides, manage diabetes, eating disorders, and other medical concerns.
Specialized services including culinary instruction.
Weight Management
Many people struggle with weight control. Our focus is on enjoyable, healthy eating, that you can really live with. Anyone can lose weight by using a program based on prepackaged food, but most people regain the lost weight soon after. Our programs are based on an understanding of how the body really works. We focus on helping you understand your hunger, kicking up your metabolism via exercise, choosing satisfying meals, and avoiding emotional eating. Our goals is to help you improve your health, body-image, and sense of well being.
 | Healthy eating, activity, and lifestyle for healthy weight |
| Neutralizing the urge to binge |
| Maintaining healthy lifestyle after weight loss |
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Healthy Eating Plans
For wellness and prevention, healthy eating plans will keep your energy level high and keep you meeting your needs.
We offer customized healthy plans for:
| Sports |
| Fitness |
| Vegetarian diets |
You can get a complete in-depth nutrition assessment or a nutrition check-up just to be sure that your diet is meeting your nutritional and lifestyle needs.
Medical Nutrition Therapy
Many medical conditions require changes in your diet. We can help you understand the diet and how to live with it, and help you reduce medical complications.
| Control of cholesterol or triglycerides: Learn that you can eat more than "the same old chicken" while lowering cholesterol. Learn about foods that help to lower cholesterol, and lower your risk of heart disease. Learn why beef can be a part of a healthy diet. Learn which fats will help to protect your heart. |
| Hypertension: The National Institutes of Health (NIH) are recommending a diet that can help reduce your blood pressure with or without medication. The DASH (Dietary Approach to Stop Hypertension) diet has been proven effective in multi-center trials sponsored by the NIH. |
| Diabetes: Type 2 diabetes management is a specialty of our office. Learn about the diet and exercise changes you can make to reduce your dependence on medication. |
| Neurology: On-going support for Parkinson's patients. |
| Gastroenterology. |
| Pediatric, adolescent nutrition: Shapedown program for weight control. Support for managing medical conditions such as Crohn's disease, celiac sprue, ulcerative colitis. |
| Food allergies, intolerances. |
| Disordered eating: Help for emotional overeaters, chronic dieting victims, anorexia, bulimia, and binge eating disorder. |
Specialized Services
| Computerized diet analysis |
| Body fat testing |
| Phone consultations |
| On-line consultations |
| Lectures, Seminars, Group Classes |
| Kitchen Make Overs -- redo the cupboards and the refrigerator with healthy foods. Make it easy to put together great, healthy meals, avoid edible pitfalls. |
| Supermarket Tours -- Learn about healthy choices and not-so-healthy imitations. Learn what to look for in the grocery store to make it easy to eat fast, well, and healthfully. |
| Culinary instruction - Whether you don't have a clue what a stove is used for, or you make fabulous gourmet meals, we can help you. Our focus is on healthy quick meals. If you are comfortable with more elaborate menus, we can help you make adjustments in menus or recipes to make them less calorie-laden and less artery-clogging, while still keeping all the flavor. Marla spent 2 years as the nutrition instructor at the Cooking and Hospitality Institute of Chicago, and has supervised or revised hundreds of student menu projects. She also teaches introductory foods at UIC (and previously at Dominican University), teaching future dietitians about great, healthy food. |
Fees
Please contact us at (847) 509-1540 or email for a comprehensive list of services and fees. We provide individual service plans. We also accept Visa and MasterCard.