Nutrition Consulting
Nutrition Consulting for our Personal Chef Clients
The Pickled Beet’s nutrition consulting services are available as an add-on, exclusively to our weekly personal chef meal clients.
We developed this service because many of our clients with complex special dietary restrictions need professional nutrition consulting combined with highly customized menus and meals to help them address challenging and evolving health issues.
Our nutrition consulting services include:
- An initial hour-long consultation with our Holistic Nutritionist at the onset of your service, to assess your health issues and build a nutrition plan to address them.
- Weekly menus tailored to your specific nutritional and medical challenges.
- A monthly meeting with the holistic nutritionist to discuss your progress, make adjustments to your plan, share information that will help you navigate your dietary challenges
- Almost 24/7 access via email to answer questions, provide feedback, and support you in your health journey
Meet Our Nutritional Therapy Practitioner and Health Supportive Chef
Andrea Sprague is a certified Nutritional Therapy Practitioner AND a Professional Chef. She helps clients learn to love food again after food allergies or a healing crisis causes them to radically change their diets. She leads our Nutrition Consulting Service, which is available as an add-on exclusively for our weekly personal chef meal clients.
With over 15 years in the culinary business, Andrea is masterful at helping clients adjust their eating after a food allergy diagnosis. She also uses nutrition to help clients recover faster after surgery, lessen symptoms from autoimmune diseases and cancer treatment. Andrea’s mission is to help people live their best life, focusing on the role nutrition plays in their overall wellbeing.
Andrea trained as a chef at the Natural Gourmet Culinary Institute in New York City in 2007 which specializes in teaching whole, natural and healing foods. She also obtained nutrition certifications from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition in NYC, the Nutritional Therapy Association, and is certified in the Wahls Protocol for autoimmune conditions.
At The Pickled Beet, she works closely with nutrition consulting clients and our culinary team to implement clients’ unique nutrition plans.
Frequently Asked Questions
What’s the difference between a Registered Dietician (RD) and a Nutritionist?
Although these terms are sometimes used interchangeably, Registered Dietitians (RDs) are the only credentialed nutrition professional. The requirements to earn this credential include:
- A rigorous bachelor’s degree in dietetics
- A master’s degree
- The completion of a 1200-hour highly selective dietetic internship
- Passing a comprehensive RD exam
On the other hand, no formal education or requirements are needed to be called a “nutritionist.”
What if I have my own nutritionist or RD I work with?
No problem. We frequently work with clients’ trainers, doctors, nutrionists and other health professionals. This new service is not meant to take the place of or compete with existing registered dietitians or nutrtionists our clients have relationships with. Instead, it’s available for our personal chef clients who need nutritional consulting and don’t already have this resource in place.
Can I work with The Pickled Beet’s Registered Dietician/Nutritionist without being a personal chef client?
Our nutrition consulting services are designed for and available only as an add-on for our personal chef clients.
What if I have really complex food allergies and dietary restrictions?
No problem. Our RD and professional chefs have extensive experience working with clients who have complex dietary needs, such as multiple food allergies, autoimmune disease, celiac disease, cancer, and more.
How do I get started?
If you aren’t already a weekly personal chef meal client with The Pickled Beet, please fill out our food questionnaire and then schedule a chef consultation call, so we can get you started.
If you are an existing personal chef client, please email us at customerservice@thepickledbeet.com or call us at 305-388-3536 to add nutrition consulting to your services.
