Creating a Healthy Diet – Nutritional Counseling
“Let food be your medicine and medicine be your food.“ – Hippocrates 400 B.C.
Nutritional counseling has been defined as the process of guiding a client toward a healthy nutrition lifestyle by meeting normal nutritional needs and solving problems that are barriers to change. There are three goals related to nutritional counseling. The first is to facilitate lifestyle awareness, the second is healthy lifestyle decision making and the ultimate goal is then to take appropriate action to obtain a healthier lifestyle and become self-sufficient.
The following are components of nutritional counseling:
- Lifestyle evaluation
- Dietary assessment (including body measurements)
- Setting short and long term goals
- Menu planning
- Creating grocery lists
- Learning to read food labels
- Understanding the food pyramids and the servings recommended
The lifestyle evaluation and interviews will give us stepping stones to begin a relationship that is based on communication and trust. This will enable us to develop a healthy nutrition lifestyle for you that can be maintained for a lifetime.
