Who is Selena?
I’m a Registered Dietitian living with celiac disease. I was handed the diagnosis from my MD with nothing other than the words, “well, you have celiac disease, just google the diet” and out the door I went. Sound familiar? Unfortunately, it is a far too common situation and that's why I started Healthbean Nutrition.
Luckily, my background as a Dietitian proved very helpful but living with this condition day in and day out, gave me tremendous insight into the challenges of living with a chronic illness. It is through my unique experience as a dietitian and patient that led to the development of protocols and strategies that, not only, improved my own life, but live on to improve the lives of my clients.
Our Services
Once purchased, you will be contacted by Selena to book your first appointment and to fill in the food journal.
This package is for you if you are newly diagnosed with celiac disease, you have celiac disease and continue to struggle with symptoms on the gluten free diet, or you have non-celiac gluten sensitivity.
Includes:
- One individualized initial assessment (75 minutes)
- Three, 60 minute, follow up sessions.
- Sample gluten free meal plan
- Educational resources and handouts
- Additional recipes that cater to celiacs
- Lab recommendations and supplement recommendations
This package is for you if you have irritable bowel syndrome, you have inflammatory bowel disease (crohns, colitis), or are experiencing digestive symptoms (constipation, diarrhea, intestinal cramping etc). If you have celiac disease, please see the celiac disease package.
Includes:
- One individualized initial assessment (75 minutes)
- 2, 45 minute follow up session
- 7 day sample meal plan
- Additional recipes
- Educational resources and handouts
- Lab recommendations as appropriate, supplement recommendations.
This package is for you if you want to improve your overall health, you want to manage your weight, or you want to do as much as you can to prevent or treat a chronic health condition such as heart disease or diabetes.
Includes:
- One individualized initial assessment
- One 45 minute follow up session
- Educational resources specific to your goals
- Recipe suggestions
Selena will walk you through your kitchen and help you to de-gluten it! Whether you decide to still have some gluten in the house or not, Selena will help you safely transition your kitchen space to a gluten free safe zone.
This package includes:
- How to confidently identify gluten on nutrition labels
- How to setup your kitchen to avoid cross contamination in the home
- How to eat a healthy, gluten free diet
- Recipe pack
Learning to cook safe and delicious gluten free recipes can be intimidating. Let me show you:
- How to make simple and delicious gluten free recipes
- How to incorporate foods into recipes that are especially healthful for individuals with celiac disease
- How to ensure you are choosing safe gluten free foods at the grocery store.
- How to safely cook for your loved ones with celiac disease.
- How to accurately identify gluten on a nutrition label
- Symptoms of common nutrition deficiencies on the gluten free diet and foods to focus on
- Sample grocery list for a healthy gluten free diet
- Additional food sensitivities/intolerances that can occur with celiac disease and how to choose replacement foods, and quick meal suggestions.
Testimonial
"I contacted Selena when I still wasn't feeling well a year after my celiac diagnosis. I'd read so much on the Internet I thought I knew everything I needed to know. I was wrong. Selena has important advice on how to do GF properly (it's not as straightforward as I thought) and for regaining your health. She is organized, punctual, and professional. And she has celiac, so she gets it. I think a lot of us, by the time we're diagnosed, have had more than our share of health care practitioners and may not want to bother with a dietitian. Selena played a crucial role in my recovery, and I would highly recommend her, whether you're newly diagnosed or just trying to feel better."~ Charlene (long distance celiac disease client)
