Nutritional Counseling

Nutritional counseling can help you lose and maintain weight, but it also offers other benefits. For instance, did you know that good nutrition can reduce harmful inflammation throughout your body? Elite Medical Professionals specialists Ryan Bhagwandin, DO, and Manit Roy, DO, offer nutritional counseling as part of their whole-person personalized care in the Piscataway, New Jersey, office. Click the online scheduler or call the office today for help enhancing your health through smart nutrition. 

What is nutritional counseling?

Nutritional counseling is a collaboration between you and your health care providers, focused on your unique dietary needs and problems. 

At Elite Medical Professionals, the team uses a whole-person strategy for primary care, focusing on improving all aspects of your health — and nutritional counseling is often a central part of that care because the food you eat fuels everything your body does.

Who needs nutritional counseling?

Health and wellness is a delicate balance, and nutrition lies at its core. So, nutritional counseling is helpful for nearly everyone. Some of the reasons that might lead you to nutritional counseling are:

• Weight loss
• High cholesterol
• Heart disease
• Diabetes
• Gastrointestinal illnesses (Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, IBS, and other conditions)
• Chronic pain
• Arthritis
• Lupus
• Scleroderma

The fact that so many conditions improve with nutritional counseling clearly demonstrates the value of healthy eating. 

What does nutritional counseling consist of? 

Elite Medical Professionals creates customized nutritional counseling plans for every patient. The team recommends an anti-inflammatory diet for many people, as it can help improve your overall health while helping you achieve your specific goals. 

Some foods to eat more of are:

• Colorful whole fruits and veggies (deep red, yellow, orange, green)
• Healthy fats like Omega 3 oils (found in fatty fish)
• 30 grams of fiber daily from sources like ground flax seeds
• Organic grass-fed beef or bison or free-range chicken
• Spices and herbs like garlic, ginger, turmeric, rosemary, and cinnamon

Some foods that the team recommends eating less of are: 

• Packaged foods with long ingredient lists
• Fried foods
• Highly processed foods
• Trans and hydrogenated fats
• Refined oils (Commercial corn, safflower, and canola oils)
• Processed carbohydrates (bread, pasta, rice, candy, corn syrup, fruit juice)
• Red meat (except organic grass-fed meat)
• Artificial sweeteners and preservatives 

Of course, these are general guidelines that may not apply to every person. You may have nutritional deficiencies, imbalances, sensitivities, or allergies that require specific dietary alterations. 

The team creates recommendations around your health needs and lifestyle, so your health plan may include exercise, medication, and other aspects of managing your whole-body health. Your nutrition plan is carefully shaped around your goals. 

Nutrition counseling complements all types of medical care, so the Elite Medical Professionals team provides everything in one place for your convenience. Arrange your visit online or call to make your appointment now.