| Susan
Gins, MS, Certified Nutritionist provides personalized
nutrition counseling in Seattle and Issaquah, Washington.
Her current clients include those diagnosed with
food allergies, joint pain, fatigue, hypoglycemia, diabetes, high cholesterol, irritable bowel syndrome and ulcerative
colitis, autism and cancer.
Susan also enjoys working with menopausal woman,
pre & post lap band surgery counseling, and anyone wanting to improve his/her nutrition.
Susan’s
approach to nutrition counseling is highly
individualized, and combines objective assessment with
emotional support.
She utilizes computerized diet analysis, body
composition analysis, and blood laboratory values
whenever necessary (cholesterol glucose levels, and food
allergy tests) to assess your current nutritional
status. In addition, Susan prepares shopping lists to
help you along on your journey to a healthy lifestyle.
Below
is a list of Susan’s nutrition counseling services.
Contact
Susan at nourish1@comcast.net
TODAY to find out how you can make healthful dietary
practices a part of your life!
Initial
Nutritional Evaluation (90 minutes):
The primary
purpose of this visit is for Susan to get to know you .
. . your current lifestyle and dietary habits, your
medical history, and your health goals . Susan takes a comprehensive medical and social history, helps
you prioritize your goals, and gives you at least 5
recommendations to get you started.
Follow-Up
Visits (45-60 minutes):
Approximately two
weeks after your initial nutritional evaluation, Susan
meets with you to discuss what worked for you, to
reprioritze your goals, to review the results of the
computerized diet analysis and laboratory tests (if
available from your physician) and to offer additional
recommendations. Keep in mind that making changes to your diet and lifestyle
can take time, and relapses are a frustrating fact of
life! Susan
encourages her clients to schedule office visits as
needed for support and new ideas. Susan also knows that sticking to any health program for a
whole year (not to mention a lifetime) is very
difficult. So, count on a follow-up visit six months into your program
to help keep up the momentum.
Telephone
and E-mail Support (15-30 minutes):
Susan is
available between office visits by telephone or e-mail
to answer your questions, hear your concerns, and
provide moral support as you strive to achieve your
goals.
Shopping
Tours:
Susan recognizes
that changing your eating habits can be an overwhelming
endeavor! To help you become familiar with new foods,
Susan accompanies you to the supermarket of your choice
to help you select foods that are supportive to your
nutritional goals, easy to prepare, and affordable.
She also provides education on reading food
labels and offers meal planning and food preparation
tips.
Classes:
Susan presents
nutrition education classes in the Seattle area.
Click
here to view Susan’s upcoming classes.
Susan’s
counseling services are covered by the following insurance
plans:
- Regence
Blue Shield
- Premera
Blue Cross
- CIGNA
- Aetna
- First
Choice
- United naturally
- Group
Health-out of network provider
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