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Our registered dietitian Lawren Fischer, RD works on Tuesdays. Appointments are currently done remotely through secure video conferencing. Details of how to access your conference will be emailed to you before your appointment. Unfortunately, direct billing is not available for dietitian services. Payment is made through etransfer and the receipt is emailed to you so you can submit it to your plan for reimbursement. For more information about each practitioner, reviews, blogs, rates and exact hours please visit the information tab, found under the main menu.
Registered dietitians provide a wide range of advice ranging from weight management; changing body composition; and gluten free, vegan and vegetarian diets. Dietitians address specific health concerns and provide practical, easy to understand, personalized advice related to each of these concerns. If you are looking to achieve performance gains through nutrition or simply learn how to cook and eat better, a Registered Dietitian will provides holistic and evidence-based guidance to help you reach your goals.
Registered dietitians decipher the latest scientific findings and apply these findings to everyday life in a realistic way. As our access to information online becomes more readily available it becomes more and more challenging to interpret nutrition-related information. Registered dietitians use science, an evidence-based way to help individuals navigate through all the misinformation. By applying detailed knowledge of food interactions, chronic diseases and weight management, a dietitian provides expert advice to help reduce stress-based eating concerns, food intolerances, blood pressure and cholesterol management. Whether you’re seeking personalized advice for how to eat well under a student budget, improve you athletic performance, plan meals for the entire family or simply just get additional education about the effects of diet on your health, a visit to our dietitian. Our registered dietitian will adapt both scientific findings and common lifestyle constraints to provide the best possible avenue to your goals. After all, if “we are, what we eat”- shouldn’t we all understand better the “what” benefits and side effects our diet has on our daily lives?
Some of the many areas of nutrition that may be covered, but not exclusive, are as follows:
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What to expect?
Please ensure you have filled out the nutrition intake form found online previous to your appointment. It is important for us to know in advance why you are coming in and what specific issues you are looking to address.
Initial consults are 1 hour consisting of a full nutrition assessment, focusing on nutrition-related goals and provide dietary advice. Handouts, resources and references are provided as part of the consult.
After your first visit our dietitian will create a personalized plan for you. A follow up visit (1hr or 1/2 hr) is usually recommended so they can go over their findings,.
On this second visit you will have a chance to review information/education, discuss questions/concerns you had from the first appointment, and/or any issues you have come across implementing the initial plan. If needed a third visit can be arranged to check in, make sure you are on track and make any adjustments that may be needed.
Every nutrition consult is different depending on the goals of the individual as every individual is looked as a whole. A nutrition consult with Victory Health and Wellness’s dietitian will provide sound nutrition advice specific to the individual needs in a supportive, non-judgmental environment.
We happily accept patients from the greater Victoria area. We are UVic’s complementary healthcare clinic. Our approach is comprehensive; we work closely with each other to help restore our clients back to optimal health. Our clinicians deal with a wide range of symptoms including: muscular dysfunction, joint pathology, gastrointestinal problems, lack of energy, insomnia, anxiety, and depression. We use techniques such as diet changes, massage, joint manipulation, eastern techniques like needling and others to combat these common conditions.
