Wondering what she may have to offer. What has your experience been?
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It’s very good. They ask you some blood tests, analyse the results and create a dietarian plan for you. I need to go to a nutritionist again, but I have to deal with other stuff before (nutritionist costs money).
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Thankfully living in Canada its paid by the government. I’ve been doing some research and wondering about cutting gluten out of my diet. They also suggested dairy but there is no way I could do that
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Oh, yeah, there are some researches that link gluten to schizophrenia, but there are also researches that say it lacks evidences. Anyway, you can take a look at some nutrition books or articles before going to the nutritionist. Sometimes when I go to psychologist or psychiatrist, I write down all my doubts and even show them scientific articles so we can discuss them. You may do the same with your nutritionist.
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Good idea. I’ll do that
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LS! I have been seeing dieticians for years. Two of them prescribed me a diet they said that would work for sure but did not help at all. I am way overweight and find it difficult to loose weight. I decided to stick to the third dietician. I have been seeing her for several years now, about six or eight thirty minutes appointments a year. The insurance pays for it. Most of the time she gives good advice. Only one time I got mad at her because she said I needed not more than 77 grams of protein a day, where I am 300 Lbs and eat only five days a week, am lacto-ovo-vegetarian and do strength training four times a week. But generally she has good questions like how often do you eat on a day, and how much dairy? She helped me a lot with building a better relationship to food.
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That’s what I’m hoping for. Some direction.
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I want it too. I’m also very worried about my sugar intakes and, despite my last blood test not showing high sugar, I have been eating a lot of it (like an addiction, I don’t know). I hope I’m not going to become diabetic.
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The sugar I get now is in take out coffee or tea. At home I use splenda. And ice cream occasionally. Or a chocolate bar.
My family has diabetes so it concerns me too
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I went to mine the first time with the expectation that nutrition was an exact science and I expected some concrete suggestions. I left with the impression that she kind of didn’t know what she was doing and she was not very helpful. Hell, I almost knew more about nutrition then her.
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I have two uncles from both sides of my family who have problems with diabetes. Maybe I should stop sugar taking right now. But, damn, I have to focus on other stuff.
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I was just talking to a friend of mine and she suggested that I slowly cut back on things so as to not shock my system
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I don’t have a lot of knowledge about it. I tried to cut sugar cold-turkey because I saw a specialist saying it’s the best to do (it seems that you can’t taper off from a drug, so you have to cut it cold-turkey). If you eat a little bit of sugar, you may want to eat it even more. But you also may want to try support groups. Find what they think about it. Here’s a support group too by the way, but maybe you can find one that’s specialized on sugar addiction.
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Weaning off lithium is such a good thing for me. A month ago I was begging to die once my.kids were grown and now I’m feeling like I want to take care of my health. Lithium is the only thing I can contribute to that change. I’m sick of being sick.
I had a good experience they’re helping me with my eating disorder a bit
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I saw a dietician for a year. It was basically calorie counting.
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I saw a nutritionist as part of my recovery from ten years of bulimia. I had absolutely no idea how to eat normally anymore, I either binged or starved.
She was very helpful. She put me on the food exchanges program, like a diabetic uses, where you track each category of food you eat - starch, meat, dairy, fruit, vegetables, fat, etc. instead of counting calories. It’s basically glorified calorie counting, since each exchange is assigned a certain number of calories. Instead of counting calories, you are allowed so much of each type of food exchange. I guess it’s similar to Weight Watchers too, where you assign point values to each food. Richard Simmons also teaches food exchanges with his Deal a Meal.
I was able to transition to a healthy diet after my eating disorder by following her advice. I think if you go in with a specific goal or two, they will be able to help you see what your nutrition should look like.
There is a blood test for celiac disease. Maybe have your doctor run that to find out if you’re gluten intolerant, before committing to a gluten-free lifestyle. That’s hard to stick to, and much of the gluten-free foods in the supermarkets are expensive.
I count calories now using Sparkpeople.com and it’s working, so I am sticking with that. But the nutritionist was the reason I learned how to eat again. Good luck!
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I saw a nutritionist before and she said “you look healthy so I guess you will be ok”. This was in my first psych ward hospital stay at age 17.
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I have a nutritionist. I’ve had her over 20 years now.
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I saw a nutritionist. For gastroparesis gerd and diabetes 2. It’s helping. They get your recent labs from your doc, weigh you, and come up with a custom plan. It’s easy to follow.
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