What is a Clinical Nutritionist?
The discipline of Human Clinical Nutrition applies principals from current biochemical and physiological scientific knowledge for the purpose of promoting optimal health which recognizes biochemical individuality.
The Certified Clinical Nutritionist assesses a person’s nutritional needs to achieve normal physiological function. Assessment includes the use of appropriate tests and observations such as a case history, anthropomorphic measurements, physical signs, laboratory tests, and nutrition/lifestyle analysis to determine an educational nutrition program. Assessment also provides the basis for referral to a licensed physician or other health care professional.
To learn more about this discipline, go to www.cncb.org or www.iaacn.org
Fee Schedule
*Comprehensive Nutrition Consultation – $300.00. Individual is required to fill out comprehensive health analysis forms and keep food diary prior to meeting with certified nutritionist for approximately two hours. Participant learns to eat to sustain and maintain optimal health, how to achieve and maintain chemical balance, what supplements may be beneficial as well as cleansing & detoxification recommendations. Client leaves consultation with a Game Plan as to what needs to be done to achieve goals & objectives. Included in initial fee is two hour consultation and two 15 minute telephone or e-mail follow ups. Additional time spent will be considered a Follow Up Session at the rate of $55/session.
*Blood Chemistry Profile Consultation – $714.15 ($314.15 paid directly to Institute for Health Realities for Blood Chemistry profile; $400 for interpretation of Blood Chemistry & Consultation). There are six Subclinical Defects that tend to appear BEFORE the traditional disease “labels” surface. These markers represent the “balance markers” that the body uses to maintain its own health. Your chemistry profile gives a snapshot in time of what is going on in your body at the precise time of the draw. It “talks” to us and tells us how the body is responding to stressors, toxins, how it is utilizing supplements & nutrients, if it has stored toxins, if there is inflammation present, if your immune system is compromised and if you are getting/absorbing the nutrients you need. It reads like a road map of what’s going on inside your body and it is amazingly accurate.
*Follow Up Nutrition Sessions – $55.00. Following the initial nutrition session, many individuals benefit from ongoing assistance or “touching base” regarding different phases of their program. These sessions typically last 45 minutes to 1 hour and can be conducted in person or over the telephone at a pre-arranged time.
*Menu Planning – $35/hour. Nutritionist will put together a one or two week menu plan based on your blood type, metabolic profile and any health issues that need to be taken into consideration as well as your lifestyle (ie: eats out a lot/travels/special dietary needs.)
*REFRESHER Session – $100.00 This is for the “inactive” client who at one point went through the Comprehensive Nutrition Consultation or the Blood Chemistry Analysis but is now returning for additional counseling regarding a new health issue that requires preparation prior to the session.
*Dealing with a Diagnosis – $150.00 This session is for the individual who has recently received a diagnosis from a physician and is interested in applying nutrition, supplementation, detoxifying methods to deal with the health issue. This is for singular heath issues only.
*Grocery Store Tour – $110.00 Do you have the best of intentions of making changes to your diet and then go to the grocery store and bring home the same foods you’ve always do? During this sesson, a certified clinical nutritionist will meet with you at the grocery store of your choice and walk through each section, pointing out the healthiest choices, making menu suggestions, & answering questions. Tours take about 2 hours & client is encouraged to shop while taking the tour. *$110.00 fee does not include cost of clients groceries!
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