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Why Choose A Registered Dietitian?

No other health profession has the background & expertise to adequately provide medical nutrition therapy.

From a cost benefit perspective, nutrition intervention by a R.D. is much less expensive than hospitalizations that may result from poor & inadequate control & management of some medical conditions.

The R.D. is the only health professional specifically trained to access patients nutritional status and provide nutrition therapy individualized for eating habits, lifestyle, budget nutrient needs required for the patients diagnosis.

Lisa's Promise to You

Education is the key to success.  I will teach you how to improve your labs, decrease your medications, attain a healthy weight & improve your physical fitness levels ONE STEP AT A TIME!

Making changes is a process rather than an event & I will let you change at your own pace.

I promise to give you the personal guidance & attention to help you succeed, using an enthusiastic, yet gentle, approach.

I will help clear up confusion created by the media, inaccurate books, fads and false advertising.

I will help improve the quality of your life by teach you how to take charge of your diabetes & heart disease.

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Lisa Checking In:

June 2009

I am ON TIME this month.  (nothing like a little kick in the butt from my awesome webguy!)

How do you like my new site?

Topics this month:

Recipe:  Strawberry, Pistachio and goat cheese “pizza”
Exercise:  Resources and links to Active Aging Tips
Nutrition Tip: Sleep Deprivation and Weight Gain

The questionnaire I use for my new OA and OA/HOW clients is the Sept 08 nutrition tip of the month OR you can find in under the “Food Diary” icon.  

I will be creating a new icon just for you guys/gals!!!!  Help sponsors and sponsoree’s hook up or just members who have unique or unusual health or life issues.  I’m also looking for recipes from members to post in this section.  If you have good ones, send them on! )I try to pick recipes of the month that are safe for most.)  My email is: lisa@lisamerrill.com     (note…2 R’s and 2 L’s in merrill)  

Note from Aug 08 Nutrition Tip (just go to the archives)
This is a very powerful letter a recovering anorexic wrote to her eating disorder (ED).  It’s beautifully done and painfully honest.  It will make you understand how this terrible disease gets a grip on people and how hard they have to work to kick it in the butt.  I am also posting it as encouragement for others who are struggling with eating disorders. This letter is used with permission but kept anonymous.

Continuous hello’s to all my new Local, Out-Of-State, Canadian, Alaskan, Korean, Puerto Rican OA and OA/HOW members!  I’ve worked with over 425 of you now! 
I’m enjoying all the accents and learning about your interesting “local” foods.  By the way, I’m in the Detroit Area…and on Eastern Time Zone.   Your before and after pictures are inspirations too!!!  Keep em coming!

How to access my archived tips:
For each tip of the month, scroll down to the bottom of that page…you’ll see the bold line then the word Nutrition, Exercise or Recipe Archives… Just click on that and the titles of all my topics for that category will show up.  You can then click on the title you’re interested in and my archived tip will come up.   Some months may be missing because I updated topics or redid some handouts and they were re-posted.   

Remember, I’m always looking for ideas for my site!!! 

If you’ve sent me emails and I didn’t respond (I ALWAYS respond), call me and let me know 734-502-8264.

We’re all a work in progress.  Fitness and being healthy is a journey, not just an event.       

Health and Happiness for 2009!!!!!      

:  )  XOXO  Lisa

PS.  Check out my beautiful “boys” in the About Lisa Section.
I still need to get an updated photo since my hair is growing out (to donate again) and I look different than my picture again.  One of these days I’ll catch up with all my projects.