FAQ.

The rate for the first 30 days is $600. This fee includes an initial intake consultation (roughly 3 hours), as well as the research required to create your initial nutritional protocol document and on-going accountability through the MyFitnessPal app for the first 30 days. Each additional 30 days is also $600 and includes any necessary consultation, updated nutritional protocols as needed and continued accountability through the app. My clients are responsible for a few additional costs, such as the premium version of the MyFitnessPal app ($9.99/month or $49.99/year), recommended supplements, and high-quality food.

I work with clients in 30-day increments. At the end of each 30 days, we talk about what goals were met, what goals were unmet, where improvements may be needed, and whether it would be beneficial to continue working together for an additional month.

While I would love to fix every client’s issue in 30 days (and in some cases, especially those with digestive issues, this may be possible), I’ve found that it typically takes about three months for someone to get used to new eating, exercise and general lifestyle habits.

Clients with more complicated health challenges will require more time. I am also available for long-term dietary monitoring if clients find they need someone to hold them accountable in order to maintain their health goals.

Results vary with each individual, but most of my clients begin feeling different pretty quickly. Physically, it’s common for people to begin sleeping better, experiencing more regular bowel movements, having less gas, bloating and digestive discomfort, and even losing weight all within the first week.

Emotionally, however, the road usually begins a little rougher as a result, primarily, of sugar withdrawal. Similar to quitting caffeine all at once, when a client stops eating sugar, their brain revolts, leading to some discomfort. I can help ease that discomfort to some extent with supplements, food changes and professional referrals for massage, acupuncture and other treatments, but I also don’t want to completely take these valuable growing pains away from a client. I’ve found that this discomfort forms lasting memories that help people remember why they don’t want to go back to living the way they were before.

I base my dietary recommendations on individualized ancestral nutrition and evidence-based science. That’s a fancy way of saying that I advise my clients to eat what human beings have been eating for the longest period of time and as a result, it works really well for us. That means mainly meat and in-season leafy greens and fruits. I generally recommend that my clients eliminate grains and grasses. On the other hand, I realize that certain situations like eating out at restaurants or over at a friend’s home can be challenging, so I encourage clients to do the best they can in each moment. Choose eggs, bacon and a pile of spinach at the local greasy spoon breakfast joint instead of the strawberry waffles. My goal is not to remove the joy of food. My goal is to help you make sure that your dietary choices bring you sustainable joy through optimal health.

I’m happy to provide clients with a few days of meal plans; however, if I mandate what a client eats each day, they do not get to experience the joy of interacting with their food. What I prefer to do is help put some guardrails in place and allow clients to experiment. For example, I often recommend that clients eat some combination of meat, fat and greens for breakfast. One person could take this guideline and eat eggs, spinach and butter. Another might choose a porkchop, dandelion greens and walnut oil. A third might sauté onion, garlic and tomatoes with eggs and cheese to create a frittata. The point is, I want my clients to use their imagination rather than blindly follow my instructions. Not only is this more fun (and even therapeutic) for the client, it’s also a more sustainable way to eat.

You cannot be cheap with your health, so I expect clients to eat the best food and best supplements that they can access–and with amazing advancements in two-day delivery systems, we have access to a lot. Good health is a financial investment; however, because clients will not be wasting money on unhealthy snacks and fast food, most find that eating within the guidelines of their protocol is not as financially taxing as they might have initially thought it would be. And of course, savings on health care are priceless.

Supplements are recommended on an individualized basis, and I carry most of those I recommend. Clients are welcome to buy them from me or I also recommend websites that carry high-quality supplements. While I do not dictate where clients purchase these supplements, I do expect them to buy the specific supplement that I recommend, since not all supplements are created equally.

The answer to each of these is: It depends. If in working together we find that that they work well for you, then the only recommendation would be that you choose the highest quality available and use it in a way that corresponds with your health goals.

Again, my answer is that it depends. If it’s working well for someone, then they should choose only organic marijuana that’s grown in good soil in a natural environment. That said, I rarely recommend it for people because it doesn’t make that big of a difference, and it has side effects like any drug.