Gentle GI Nutrition

What to Expect

Our goal is to guide patients through the process of learning to manage unpleasant gut symptoms with changes in nutrition.

• We always practice from a weight inclusive/health at every size perspective.

• More than 90% of patients with private insurance will pay NOTHING out of pocket for nutrition counseling.*

• Initial visits will include gathering a detailed history and creating an initial treatment plan. Patients should expect treatment plans to include 10-12 sessions on a weekly or biweekly schedule.

• As Registered Dietitian/Nutritionists, using food to manage symptoms will be the top priority. Supplements will be used sparingly and only on an as needed basis. Elimination diets will only be used if deemed absolutely necessary.

• Just as the old saying goes, "Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day, but teach a man to fish and he eats for a lifetime," we believe that meal plans are more cumbersome and detrimental to nutrition outcomes than they are helpful. We do not routinely provide meal plans, but instead coach patients through learning how to create their own flexible plans that manage symptoms and include favorite foods.

*At this time, Medicare does not cover nutrition services for GI  disease management. This includes Medicare supplemental plans as well.

Gentle GI Nutrition

We specialize in medical nutrition therapy for the management and treatment of gastrointestinal disease. We will always take an evidence-based approach and let research guide our treatments. We not believe that any two cases are identical, and therefore, all interventions will be highly individualized.