Nutritional Consultation
Without a knowledgeable resource, knowing what to eat can be confusing. Without a compassionate guide, making changes in diet and lifestyle can be overwhelming. I can be your nutritional resource and guide on your path to better health.

Eating nutritiously and integrating positive lifestyle changes such as exercise and stress-reduction activities are crucial to strengthening your body's natural healing systems.

I believe that wellness can be achieved through a comfortable, gradual process of:
● uncovering food sensitivities, imbalances and deficiencies
● setting and achieving attainable goals
● learning about delicious, healthful food choices
● incorporating lifestyle changes that fortify body, mind and spirit

Creating Your Program
Prior to your first appointment, you will receive a comprehensive questionnaire covering your health, exercise and nutritional history. We will review your completed questionnaire together, discuss your issues and concerns, and then shape a plan to meet your goals at your first appointment.

By the end of our first meeting, you will have your own custom-designed program complete with a summary of your best food choices and identified food sensitivities supplements, herbs and drainage remedies based on your lifestyle and nutritional needs learning about delicious, healthful food choices recommendations for exercise and stress-reduction activities.

I will provide you with a wealth of nutrition and other holistic health resources such as websites, guides and recipes for your reference, and I'm available to answer questions about your new program. At follow-up appointments, we will review your goals and progress, make appropriate adjustments and maintain your focus.

Please bring results of all your recent lab tests to your first appointment, including results for saliva and blood work. I can also order lab tests for you. This data helps me check for physiological imbalances, as well as access your underlying health issues.

Additional information about your initial nutritional consultation and follow up appointments.

There's a difference between allergies and intolerances
Food sensitivities fall into two categories: allergies and intolerances. The most common food sensitivities are to peanuts, tree nuts, citrus, wheat, dairy, eggs, soy, corn and shellfish.

Food allergies occur when the body's immune system mistakenly identifies certain components in foods as harmful, and produces antibodies against them. Many people experience an immediate reaction even when eating small amounts of these foods.

Food intolerances occur when your digestive system responds negatively to a specific food because there is a lack of digestive enzymes or the presence of a chemically active component. These intolerances are harder to identify than food allergies because reaction to the food can take place up to four days after ingestion.

I will help to identify the foods triggering your allergies or intolerances, and advise you on the best foods to replace them.

Locations
Vivian is a nutritional consultant with office locations in San Francisco and Marin County, serving clients there as well as in Contra Costa, Sonoma, Napa and Santa Clara Counties.