Registered Dietitian in St. John’s, Paradise and Surrounding Areas
Proper nutrition can have multiple positive effects on life. Visit Body Quest Health and Wellness Centre and consult a registered dietitian in St. John’s and Paradise.
What Is a Registered Dietitian?
Dietitians are highly qualified health practitioners who have been trained in human physiology and development, management and the health of populations. Their training has been focused on the role of proper nutrition in promoting a healthy body and mind.
A Dietitian provides quality advice on nutrition, food, and healthy eating. A Dietitian’s main role in private practice is to counsel and support clients to make changes in their eating habits to promote health and prevent or manage chronic illnesses such as high blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease, and cancer.
Dietitians must be registered with Provincial Regulatory Bodies and are the only professionals who can use the titles Registered Dietitian, Professional Dietitian and Dietitian, which are protected by law. Look for the letters R.D., P.Dt. or D.Pt. after the name, indicating that the person is a registered member of the profession.
Live Healthy. Consult a Dietitian
Healthy eating is all about balance. All foods can be a part of a healthy lifestyle, and our dietitians would like to show you how! We are passionate about helping people reach their individual health or sports performance goals and we would love to make Newfoundland and Labrador a healthier province.
Newfoundland and Labrador earned the lowest score of all the provinces in Canada on the most recent health report card (2015), getting a D minus. A huge concern highlighted from this report is the rate of obesity in our province. Our dietitians have focused much of their time in completing extra training in the area of weight loss and have developed professional weight loss programs. Through diet and lifestyle changes, we change the statistics!
Additionally, our dietitians are committed to becoming among the top sports nutrition professionals in the country! Sports nutrition is becoming more popular in Canada, and our dietitians are on their way to helping Newfoundland and Labrador’s athletes perform at their best!
Specialties
Our registered dietitians can help in treating:
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Weight loss/gain
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Diabetes
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High blood pressure
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High cholesterol
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Gastrointestinal issues (irritable bowel syndrome, ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s, celiac disease)
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Osteoporosis
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Cancer
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Kidney impairments/disease
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Detailed meal plans
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Metabolic rate testing
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Allergies
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Pregnancy
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Sports nutrition: fueling for performance
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Sports nutrition: competition day nutrition
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General healthy eating
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Disease prevention
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Restaurant menu analysis/development
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Education sessions/presentations
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And much more
Sports Nutrition
What Is Sports Nutrition?
Whether you are striving for gold or would like to reach a personal goal, we can help! It doesn’t matter if you are an elite athlete, playing a recreational sport or being active to stay healthy; you want to perform at your best.
A dietitian can help you choose the optimal amount of food and the right type of foods, fluids and supplements for your specific sport. This will give you the fuel you need to be stronger, faster, and give you that extra edge! With the right food at the right time, you will perform better and recover faster, so you are ready for your next practice. We work with individual athletes or entire sports teams. We will work closely with you to tailor a program that best suits your needs!
A well-designed nutrition plan is often the element that is missing from an athletes training program
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Individual Athletes
The following services are offered for individual athletes. This could include an athlete of an individual sport (i.e. triathlon) or an individual athlete involved in a team sport (i.e. rugby).
Dietitian services offered:
- Individual meal plan (training plan or off-season plan)
- Competition meal plan
- Travel nutrition plan
- Online tracking with dietitian feedback
- Hydration testing and hydration action plan
- Sweat rate testing
- Body composition testing
- Food record analysis
- Attendance at training
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Sports Team/Coach
Our dietitians are offering a number of services to sports teams and coaches. We enjoy working very closely with coaches, teams and individual athletes to focus on nutrition in helping improve performance. Here are some of the ways we can be involved with your sports team:
Dietitian services offered:
Sports team nutrition screen
The team nutrition screen service is for members of an athletic team. It can help to identify athletes who are at risk for injury or poor performance due to dietary and lifestyle habits. Each team member completes an assessment form, which is reviewed by the Dietitian. A report will be provided on the individuals’ nutrition needs as it relates to their sport. All information collected is confidential, and team members are given the opportunity to follow up with individual nutrition guidance.
- Implementation of nutrition/hydration protocols
- Educational sessions
- Attendance at training
- Hydration/sweat rate testing
Top 10 reasons to meet with a dietitian:
- You want to improve exercise or sports performance
- You want to gain muscle mass or lose body fat
- You want to gain muscular strength and power
- You want to increase stamina and endurance
- You want to choose the best foods and fluids to eat before, during and after exercise or sport
- You want to make better food choices and need ideas for buying and preparing food
- You experience gastrointestinal problems that keep you from performing at your best
- You are an athlete who has medical conditions that may interfere with your performance and would like nutritional guidance (i.e. diabetes, food allergies, abnormal iron status, cardiovascular problems, etc.).
- You are often sick with a cold and would like ideas to improve your immune system
- You would like to learn how nutrition can prevent sport or exercise injuries
“Getting that nutritional edge is going to be what separates a player from the pack” - Gary Roberts, NHL player
“Getting that nutritional edge is going to be what separates a player from the pack” - Gary Roberts, NHL player
Medical Nutrition Therapy
What Is Medical Nutrition Therapy?
Nutrition and diet play an important role in the prevention and management of many diseases and health conditions.
Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT) can only be performed by a registered dietitian. This service includes diagnosing the nutrition problem, prescribing nutrition strategies based on evidence-based practice guidelines and monitoring and evaluating client success.
Our dietitians are available to provide medical nutrition counselling in a variety of areas including:
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Pre-diabetes or type II diabetes
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High cholesterol
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High triglycerides
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High blood pressure
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Gastrointestinal issues (irritable bowel syndrome, ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s, celiac disease)
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Managing symptoms, such as nausea, constipation, diarrhea, etc.
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Low FODMAPS diet for irritable bowel, GI issues
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Rehabilitation (i.e. from surgery or injury)
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Obesity
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Allergies/intolerances
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Mental health
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Wound healing
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Gout
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Kidney stones
“The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will educate his patients in the care of the human frame, in diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease.” - Thomas Edison
Weight Loss
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In-Person/Small Group Weight Loss
Join our "Nutrition Quest" for a weight loss program. Good nutrition is vital to successful weight loss. This, combined with our "move more" approach will set the stage for long-term success. Our dietitians have completed professional training in the area of weight loss and are passionate about helping you meet your weight loss goals! This program is unique in that it offers both group and individual components. We truly believe that for weight loss to be successful and long term, it needs to be tailored to each individual person, so this is NOT A ONE SIZE FITS ALL PROGRAM!
In order to keep the program more personal, we have kept the group size to a maximum of 5 participants. This way, we can give each individual the attention and guidance they deserve!
What does this program include?
The "Nutrition Quest" 8-week weight loss program includes:
- Individual assessment to set realistic goals and determine requirements
- Personalized meal guide
- Individual weekly reports with dietitian feedback
- Nutrition educations seminars (weekly)
- Access to online tracking program (paper tracking optional)
- Handouts/resources
- Weekly nutrition/exercise challenges
- Weekly weigh-in
- Recipe exchange and taste testing
What are you required to do?
- Register for our program
- Attend weekly seminar & weigh-in (1 hr/week)
- Follow meal guide
- Keep online food record (paper tracking optional)
- Participate in weekly challenges
Education topics include, but are not limited to:
- Setting weight loss goals
- Navigating the grocery store
- Label reading
- Portion distortion
- Workplace diet traps
- Controlling cravings
- Healthy cooking
- Recipe makeover
- Role of fibre and protein in weight loss
- Healthy dining
- Hydration for weight control
- Topic of choice (decided by group)
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Online Weight Loss
Join our "Nutrition Quest" for a weight loss program. Good nutrition is vital to successful weight loss. This, combined with our "move more" approach will set the stage for long-term success. Our dietitians have completed professional training in the area of weight loss and are passionate about helping you meet your weight loss goals! This program is unique in that it offers both group and individual components. We truly believe that for weight loss to be successful and long term, it needs to be tailored to each individual person, so this is NOT A ONE SIZE FITS ALL PROGRAM!
What does this program include?
The "Nutrition Quest" 8-week weight loss program includes:
- Individual assessment with a dietitian via telephone
- Personalized meal guide
- Weekly telephone check-in with a dietitian
- Weekly presentation (viewed online)
- Weekly report and online feedback from the dietitian
- Access to an online tracking program
- Weekly nutrition education handouts/resources
- Recipes
- Weekly nutrition/exercise challenge
What are you required to do?
- Register for our program
- Use information from presentations and handouts as a guide to making healthy food choices
- Record weight weekly
- Keep food record (online or on paper)
- Participate in weekly challenges
Education topics include, but are not limited to:
- Setting weight loss goals
- Navigating the grocery store
- Label reading
- Portion distortion
- Workplace diet traps
- Controlling cravings
- Healthy cooking
- Recipe makeover
- Role of fibre and protein in weight loss
- Healthy dining
- Hydration for weight control
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Individual Weight Loss
Our dietitians will customize a weight loss program, especially for you! All of our programs begin with an initial assessment. After the initial assessment, you and your dietitian will put together a custom package based on your requirements and specific goals. Each custom package will include a certain number of follow-up and check-in appointments, plus any additional services you may require. A 15% discount will be offered for bundled services.
Optional add on services:
- Individualized meal plan
- Meal guide
- Nutrition analysis
- Email support
- Telephone consults
Metabolic Rate Testing
A Resting Metabolic Rate test measures the amount of energy required to maintain crucial life-sustaining processes – such as your heartbeat, respiration, and brain function – whilst at rest.
Your RMR measurement is made by analyzing the amount of oxygen your body uses and the amount of carbon dioxide your body produces.
This energy is expressed in calories per day, so to put it simply, an RMR test provides an indication of how many calories you burn at rest while doing nothing more than sitting in a chair.
Why get your Metabolic Rate tested?
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Learn to eat to your metabolism
An accurate measure of RMR can help you eat the right amount of calories to reach your health goals. If you’re trying to lose fat, you might be inclined to starve yourself. However, this can be counterproductive and trigger the body into famine response mode. When this happens, your body will do what it can to hold onto valuable life-saving fat at the expense of metabolism-boosting muscle.
If you’re training hard trying to pack on muscle, you might not be eating enough calories to meet your RMR and training needs. If this is the case, then you might not be meeting your RMR needs AND exercise calorie requirements. Running on an empty stomach whilst training very hard can lead to exhaustion and loss of muscle.
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Get precise and accurate results
Indirect calorimetry is a technique that measures how much oxygen your body consumes. Because there is a relationship between how much oxygen you consume and the number of calories burnt, we can accurately determine your metabolic rate.
Our equipment precisely measures the volume of air you breathe out and the difference in concentration of oxygen in the inspired and expired air. We also account for factors such as temperature, pressure, and humidity in order to get the most accurate results possible.
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Get an individual measurement, rather than a guesstimate
A number of prediction formulas exist to estimate resting metabolic rate. These formulas are often used in gyms since indirect calorimetry may be impractical and require special training and expensive equipment. While prediction equations might be statistically valid across a large number of subjects in a scientific study, they may not necessarily be accurate when applied to an individual.
For example, if your estimated resting metabolic rate is 10% higher (2,200 calories) than an actual measurement of 2,000 calories, the extra 200 calories per day could translate to 9.5 kilograms of weight gain over one year.
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How do I prepare for my RMR Metabolic Test?
For the most accurate results from your RMR test, please ensure you:
- Avoid eating for 4 hours prior to the test
- Fast / avoid exercise for 5 hours before the test
- Avoid beverages with caffeine or other stimulants
- Avoid dietary supplements or pre-workouts which might increase metabolism
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How to prepare for VO2 Max
For the most accurate results from your RMR test, please ensure you:
- No food, caffeinated beverages or tobacco products for 2 hours before the testing
- No alcohol for at least 6 hours prior to testing
- No cardiovascular or respiratory stimulants 24 hours prior to testing e.g. bronchial dilators, cold medicines, and ephedrine
- Participants should be rested
- No strenuous exercise the day before and no exercise the day of to ensure the quality of the VO2 Max Test
- To bring- shorts, short sleeve shirt, appropriate footwear for exercise, water bottle
RMR Only
$125
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30 minutes
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Receive a quick review of results
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Tested by trained registered dietitians
RMR + VO2 Max
$175
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60 minutes
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Receive a quick review of results
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Tested by trained registered dietitians
Nutrition Facts
For $50 add 1 follow up and 1 check-in session to any package to fully review your results with one of our registered dietitians and receive a custom nutrition plan*
*Follow up package must be added at the testing appointment to receive a discount (value of $65)
Not sure what to do with the test results?
For $50 add 1 follow up and 1 check-in session to any package to fully review your results with one of our registered dietitians and receive a custom nutrition plan*
*Follow up package must be added at the testing appointment to receive a discount (value of $65)
Methods of Payment
We accept the following modes of payment for your convenience:
Direct billing to most insurance companies
