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Nutritionist Needed — Brooklynian

Nutritionist Needed

frank lloyd wrong
frank lloyd wrong
edited November -1 in Park Slope
Hello. I'm looking for a local alternative to the high-end new-age therapy nutritionists littering Manhattan, and I was wondering if anyone could recommend a nutritionist locally... preferably in the slope. Thanks all.

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  • susanderavish
    susanderavish
    Not in the Slope, but I have a great nutritionist in the Village that I've been seeing for a couple of years. I've lost 60 pounds seeing her. Not new age at all - very practical and nutrition-based, as it should be.

    Amy Stephens: (646) 391-4868
  • brooklynpotter
    brooklynpotter
    mine in in manhattan as well, and on the faculty at NYU.nothing new agey at all, just really practical and easy to follow help..

    her name is lisa young, phd.
  • heidi
    heidi

    Subject: nutritionist

    Carol Patti is pretty good...she works in the slope.
  • newheights
    newheights

    Subject: Re: Nutritionist Needed

    Frank Lloyd Wrong wrote: Hello. I'm looking for a local alternative to the high-end new-age therapy nutritionists littering Manhattan, and I was wondering if anyone could recommend a nutritionist locally... preferably in the slope. Thanks all.
    I really liked Maye Musk. She has a Canadian/South African background and I found her refreshingly no-nonsense. She's in Manhattan, but definitely worth the trip.
    http://www.mayemusk.com/
  • sloper
    sloper
    check out Katie Sobel's site - http://ktstummy.com/

    She's great! I believe she's based out of manhattan but travels to your apt so you can consider her local no matter where you live :)
  • filmlover44
    filmlover44

    Subject: Re: Nutritionist Needed

    Frank Lloyd Wrong wrote: Hello. I'm looking for a local alternative to the high-end new-age therapy nutritionists littering Manhattan, and I was wondering if anyone could recommend a nutritionist locally... preferably in the slope. Thanks all.
    Also, not in Manhattan but the Nutritionist at the Continuum Center only needs to see you once. After that, it's all by telephone.
  • redmenace
    redmenace
    Just curious - what exactly does a nutritionist do? Is it to do with allergies, or weight, or overall health? They seem to be plenty abundant. Just wondering if I need one myself.
  • bougiesis
    bougiesis
    Most people see a nutritionist for weight control issues, but they're also beneficial if you just want to improve the quality of your diet or if you have a chronic health problem that's influenced by what you eat (such as diabetes).

    Also, anybody can put out a shingle and call herself a "nutritionist." Best to find someone who is a registered dietician (look for the initials R.D. after the name).
  • frank lloyd wrong
    frank lloyd wrong
    Thank you for all the suggestions everyone, this is much better than what I was coming up with on vague google searches. I have to say I'm impressed with Katie Sobel's site, and her free initial consultation. (Can you believe some nutritionists are charging up to $200 for an initial consult?)

    As far as why I am looking for one, I've finally joined a gym about 3 months ago (Body Reserve) and after dropping some initial weight, the remaining 15 or so pounds doesn't want to go away. (after all we've been together so long.) I don't eat particularly badly but I could definitely do a better job, especially during my occasional 70 hour work week. Hence, a nutritionist. Other than wieght loss and athletics, I haven't known many other people to go to nutritionists.
  • carmen
    carmen
    If a nutritionist makes you most comfortable, I say roll with it BUT-
    there are a lot of healthy mainstream diet plans that could help you not only lose the weight, but also eat a HEALTHIER (read- not-atkins) daily diet...and one thats sustainable. I have personal experience (and great success) with one such plan, but I dont want to go on a rampage in this thread as I've been accused of working for the company, being a cheerleader, being "brainwashed" by it, etc etc. If you want more info, let me know :) I lost 35 lbs and greatly decreased my cholesterol, blood pressure and vitamin deficiencies (for a LOT less than a customized dietary plan would have cost.)

    anyway. that's my piece haha.
  • frank lloyd wrong
    frank lloyd wrong
    I need someone to "answer to" when it comes to certain things like eating.
  • carmen
    carmen
    ^Yeah I can see your point. The "diet" I did had real-life support (as well as online stuff) but if you're interested in something truly customized, then its obviously not for you. It was helpful for me especially because it was a little more vague and taught me how to eat well for LIFE without having someone plan everything for me, but I imagine a good nutritionist would do the same.
  • sloper
    sloper
    hey so i posted earlier about Katie...

    to answer redmenace's question as long as the discussion frank lloyd's got going - basically a person can see a nutritionist for a number of reasons including the ones you guys outlined above. my personal experience is that with the state of food these days - everything being so processed and big companies trying to squeeze every last dime out of their product and thus filling the stuff with more and more chemicals - our bodies are having a hard time using what we're putting into it for fuel and nutrition.

    i always thought of myself as a relatively healthy eater (i love me fatty and butter-rich foods but i also eat a lot of fruits and vegetibles and have always been very athletic and played sports intensely throughout my youth - i'm 26 now) but i realized that i don't really know much about what i'm putting into my body or why i get certain cravings sometimes, headaches others, even feel weak or tired randomly. katie kind of broke it all down for me - went through what i ate, what each thing did for me (and didn't) and what foods i was missing to keep my body healthy and running the way it should be. she emphasizes things like whole foods and stuff your body was designed to digest (so like food in it's most natural state but she knows the technical terms and the science of it so obv she can explain it much better). when you start putting that as a priority, things like weight loss just happen, stress reduction, more energy, etc just happenn.

    In my humble opinion it's a better approach b/c you're learning how to treat your body well for the long term and then every other positive is just a side effect of that action. i don't want to sound like i'm preaching b/c i'm totally a believer of whatever works for you (but since the discussion seems to be ongoing i figured i'd put in my 2 cents) but my concern with "diets" are that not only are they hard to maintain (i mean who wants to be restricted on what they're "allowed" to eat forever) but also you're so focused on losing weight that you're forgetting the bigger picture - WHY you want to lose weight (to be healthier/have your body operate at it's optimum potential).

    anywho, just figured i throw out some of my thoughts on the matter....
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