State regulations vary for dietitians who practice online. Although generally dietitians are not permitted to provide online counseling for people who reside in a state in which the dietitian is not licensed, certain exceptions do exist. If you are not located in either Georgia, Alabama, or Tennessee (our states of licensure), please contact us so that we can check the regulations for your state.

In any case, regardless of where you live, you can participate in our 7-week online REFINE® Health & Wellness Workshop, because in that workshop we do not provide the types of treatment that are restricted under state laws.

Yes, we accept Aetna, Ambetter, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Cigna, and Medicare. Also, most dietitians will have you check your eligibility with your insurance company, but we have a dedicated team to properly assess your situation.

Registered dietitians (RDs) are food and nutrition experts who meet the following criteria to earn the RD credential:

Completed a minimum of a bachelor’s degree at a U.S. regionally accredited university or college and course work approved by the Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND) of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

Completed an ACEND-accredited supervised practice program at a health-care facility, community agency, or food-service corporation or combined with undergraduate or graduate studies

Passed a national examination administered by the Commission on Dietetic Registration

Completes continuing professional educational requirements to maintain registration

All RDs must maintain their status with continuing education hours in the area of nutrition, reporting every five years. In addition, proper use of the title “Dietitian” is protected by law in the USA, Canada, UK, Australia, and South Africa.

The title “Nutritionist” is not regulated and there is no legal definition for it, as well as no required qualifications. Often this title is achieved through a short course of education or is simply self-given.

Once we determine your dietary needs, we’ll work with you diligently to meet those needs. We’ll also explore your personal goals with you to see how we can address them. Often this inquiry process is not as clear-cut as it sounds, because in many cases, with increased health awareness after consulting with us, clients end up forsaking goals they come to view as “limited” (for example, losing weight solely for reasons of appearance) in favor of new goals that will lead to better overall health and well-being.

It’s true that certain health problems are more prevalent among particular ethnic groups (for example, hypertension among African Americans), so yes, we do provide appropriate dietary and physical-fitness counsel for people with such concerns.

Yes, we regularly develop comprehensive meal plans according to the individual needs of our clients — a course of action that effectively puts an end to the most common dietary dilemma of all: “I just don’t know what to eat!”

Absolutely not.

You see, the failure rate of diets is extremely high, and such failure often leaves the dieter with distressing — even toxic — feelings of defeat. Our treatment will be grounded in positivity and, equally importantly, sensitivity to your needs as a unique individual. This will include all of your nutrition needs, of course, but we’ll also go beyond food to explore potential lifestyle changes with the goal of enhancing your overall health and well-being.

We help anyone with a sincere desire to be helped. Sure, most people come to us wanting or needing to lose weight, but many others seek our medical nutrition therapy either to help treat an existing health condition or as a preventive measure.

In any case, regardless of your particular reason(s) for wanting treatment or counsel, we’ll seek to bring a more holistic view of your body and self to your awareness so that, ultimately, you’ll know intuitively how to make healthier decisions for yourself.