Nutrition Counseling
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Functional Nutrition Counseling
Discover all of who you are and the healing you deserve, on a personal level.
Small lifestyle shifts can positively influence genes and cell regeneration that support well-being. I help people who are not at health levels they desire; despite age, condition and their great efforts.
At your first session we will look at what is causing your conditions, in view of your story, assessment, and symptoms. You will have an opportunity to be led in, and practice a mind-body medicine process to relax into your healing areas. We will create lifestyle modifications based on options that resolve symptoms and support goals.
Food and lifestyle impact everything in the Functional Medicine (FM) Tree, which represents the body. Below surface root causes contribute to above ground conditions. Supported roots = a more blooming life.
Once we determine unique causes and affects, a “flexible plan” is created to support personal nutrition and metabolic needs. Testing and supplementation may be included.
🍒 Insurance Coverage and Private Pay Services - including Medicaid/ Medicare. 🧬 “Important Service Considerations” - see more below
“The biggest stressors for humans are emotional ones. The biggest stress of all is trying to be who you are not.”
— Dr. Hans Selye 1907-1982 Founder of “The Stress Theory”
Mind-Body Connections.
I provide tools in sessions for clients to transform stress and unresolved “traumas” into resilience and strength.
Our mental and spiritual health affect how we think, feel, act and respond to stressful events and “everything” in life. At the root of health is unresolved and misunderstood “trauma”, which is stored in the body from unresolved human experiences such as pain, confusion, anxiety, and grief. These (body) experiences are personal responses to our environmental and to generational experiences passed down to us. Unresolved feelings and emotions are from events that occurred outside the body. If not revealed and processed; restoration, health and “purpose” becomes elusive. Poor health is shaped by poor lifestyle choices which are rooted in our thoughts, belief, biochemistry and neurology. A complex process that the body is well equipped to release and restore with the support of trained individuals.
Health transforms out of small changes that create lasting impact over time. Mind-body practices support life by enhancing awareness, self-care finding your “window of tolerance” for change.
“Trauma is the invisible force that shapes our lives. It shapes the way we live, the way we love and the way we make sense of the world. It is the root of our deepest wounds.”
— Gabor Mate’ MD, best-selling author “The Myth of Normal”, and narrator of “The Wisdom of Trauma” documentary.
“Is the U.S. healthcare system expensive, complicated, dysfunctional, or broken? The simple answer is YES to all.”
Harvard Health, Harvard Medical School
Personalized Testing Options
Your story, assessment and symptoms provide critical information to create functional nutrition plans. Labs can be ordered, reviewed and integrated into your plan at any time, and are not necessary to complete prior to starting services or during services.
Conventional Laboratory Testing: (blood) Clients are assessed for nutritional lab testing needs.
Specialty/Functional Testing: Optional. Learn to optimize genetic potential, hormones metabolism and more.
Specialized Functional Nutrition Testing
🧬 Genetic Testing - saliva $300 - Based on twenty years of science. Report includes unique lifestyle recommendations.
Your genes are unique. Creating food and lifestyle accommodation’s for genes is very powerful throughout your entire life. I recommend this specific genetic test that is based on more than two decades of research, and is the choice of clinical pioneers in functional medicine and nutrition.
Gain insights into what drives personal health or disease, metabolic pathways, prevention and healthy aging. Genes tested influence metabolism, inflammation, detoxification, performance, hormones, cognition, and include valuable tools for nutrition and mind-body-needs.
Additional Functional Medicine Testing - These are minimal cost testing that are optional and not required for services.
Organic Acids Test (OATs) - Hormones and nutritional deficiencies.
Hormones - Comprehensive hormone profile: adrenals and sex hormones.
Bioelectrical Impedance (BIA) Portable, full body assessment, percent fat/muscle measurement, cell health, hydration, energy, and phase angle.
“Health is a matter of choice, not a mystery of chance.”
Aristotle 384 - 322 bce
MIDDLE AGE MALE, FORMER 25 YR. CLERGYMAN - Spinal Injury, GI, Energy, Paraplegia, Hormones
“Mary Beth has a remarkable ability to draw on complex knowledge of digestive and organs individually, and with each other, and apply that clearly to help individuals benefit. She connects to her clients in an effective way that I have rarely experienced, has deep spiritual sensitivity and welcomed me, making sharing a pleasure. I resolved digestion and gallbladder imbalances, gained physical/emotional energy and enhanced food purchasing and prep. I have tremendous respect for Mary Beth.”
— David S. Master Sacred Theology, Troy NY
Let’s Get Started
Tele-health, HIPAA protected, insurance and private pay services
“Natural forces within us are the true healers of disease”
— Hippocrates
Health Insurance Accepted for Nutrition Counseling Services
Aetna
CDPHP
Cigna
Commercial Medicaid For example “CDPHP Medicaid”, or any commercial companies on this list.
Highmark /Blue Cross Blue Shield of Northeastern NY
MVP
UHC - The Empire Plan
Insurance Patients : Please contact your specific plan to verify details prior to starting services. Confirm: dietitian tele-health coverage, co-pays, deductibles or any details that may apply for your nutrition services. Referrals routinely are not required. If your insurance is not listed, call to check as benefits often change.
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Insurance and Private Pay Patients
Please see below for services and private pay rates. Click the “ + ”.
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Private Prepay: $ 160
Provider time includes review of patient record before, during and after sessions.
In-depth clinical Integrative Functional Nutrition assessment with special attention to your story, history, symptoms, root-causes and options for resolution of goals. A personalized functional nutrition care plan includes functional foods as medicine, and may include nutritional support via supplement prescriptions, lab and lifestyle recommendations.
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50 minutes in session Private PrePay: $110
A follow-up session is highly recommended after your initial consultation to discuss and review your nutrition plan, progress and questions.
Discuss and review symptom changes, progress and any potential tests, med changes and new strategy needs.
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I highly recommend this convenient 3 (30 min. each) session follow-up package to use within 4 months of purchase. Resolving health concerns and creating lifestyle changes takes time. Consistent support is significant for success.
✬ Important Considerations when seeking Functional Nutrition Services
Ensure that you are working with a qualified credentialed professional. They should be: ☆ a credentialed health care provider following a code of ethics, who has a ☆ national &/or ☆state nutritionist licensure or certification; ☆ a professional accredited training which includes testing-out to acquire a credential in Integrative and Functional Nutrition, and has a ☆ Nutrition Degree(s). They should have experience in clinical settings where application, learning and practice occur. Credentialed healthcare providers are required to remain current in practice by completing professional “Continual Education Units” and training throughout their practicing career.
☆ New York State is one of four states that does not regulate dietitian/nutritionist licensure. A NY State certification for dietitians/nutritionists allows for those certified, and those that are not certified to offer nutrition advice, make clinical recommendations and charge for such services.
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Female with Long-term Chronic Conditions
“For decades I battled GI, blood pressure, cholesterol and over-weight conditions. Mary Beth was very calming from the get go, and assured me that I was moving in the right direction, but needed to tweak a few things. I loved the breath-work she offers. It was peaceful, increased my awareness, and enhanced my acceptance of this work. Mary Beth reviewed MD notes, test results, factored in my mental health, daily lifestyle, provided new insights and info that even raised my eyebrows. Following her recommendations, I gained positive results within days, and over time this has enhanced. This is manageable, sustainable and I feel my best! I can’t express enough how thankful I am that I found Mary Beth ! — Nicole Nawot