Nutritionist Vs. Naturopath

Hi,

I am looking for a Nutritionist or a Naturopath... what is the difference and who would help me more in my goal to lose weight/take on a healthy eating lifestyle?

I am not sure what foods my body agrees or disagrees with... when I get sick, I just assume it's food poisoning.

Please help!

If you're getting sick a lot, maybe an Internal Medicine doc would be better....

The nutritionist is just going to give you advice about how to get the nutrients your body needs, both macro and micro, in the right ratios and quantities.

a naturopath is going to look at your diet, your exercise, your stress, how you breathe, your entire life essentially, and then find solutions for you (but not medications)

If I were getting sick a lot, #1 I would eat at home more often and #2 I'd see an Internal Medicine doc or a gastroenterology doc.

"when I get sick, I just assume it's food poisoning."

How bad is your cooking?

ba dum bum ching

lol - it's my wife's cooking.... by getting sick, I mean I eat out a lot and not great foods (fast food, etc...) - also after Pizza I get an upset stomach... maybe I should stop eating Pizza.... lol.

I just want someone to tell me the percentage of protein vs. carbs vs sodium, etc.. I should be ingesting... and am I intolerant to lactose, sugars, etc...... that way it will be less of a guessing game as to what foods I eat.

=)

First, try to wean yourself off of the frequent fast food.  If you miss it, try saving it for a cheat day, like on saturday or sunday.

Can you take your lunch to work?

As for the ratio of carbs/protein/fat....  most people say 40-50% carbs, 20-30% protein, and no more than 30% fat.

This is a really good post though, that gives advice on that based on your body type.  Some people do a 40-40-20 ratio...

It also doesn't help that I have high cholestrol count.

well I'm not a doctor or anything, but I have a friend who didn't want to go on lipitor so he decided to try the supplement lecithin - that was the only change he made and his cholesterol came down to 189 (from 220-something)

it would also help if you swap out the bad fats for good fats

like, trade in the saturated and trans fats from the fast food and eat more walnuts, avocados, and salmon

What about the fact that Salmon is high in cholestrol... and so is tuna.... I love fish... am I safe with sole or halibut then?

well, the weird thing about the fatty fish is that they've got the right balance of omega-3 fatty acids and a lot of times, that's what your body is missing

I'm actually hoping to go to an integrative medicine doc in february (it's very expensive and my insurance won't cover it).  I went to a seminar she did last fall and she talked a lot about getting enough fish/fish oil.  You could take fish oil supplements instead of eating the fish actually -- you just have to make sure that the supplement is at least 60% EPA & DHA because lots of supplements have much less concentrations of those two and they're the ones you need.

Is Lecithin expensive? Can I get it at any pharmacy? My doctor told me that if my cholestrol level (7!!!) did not drop, he'd have to prescribe me some medication.... I'm only 34 and do not want to do that.

Read this article!

http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/f ats.html

It will clear up all those misconceptions about fish and other seafood.  It's a long article, but well worth reading.

Here's an excerpt:

"Detailed research -much of it done at Harvard - shows that the total amount of fat in the diet, whether high or low, isn't really linked with disease. What really matters is the type of fat in the diet. New results from the large and long Women's Health Initiative Dietary Modification Trial showed that eating a low-fat diet for 8 years did not prevent heart disease, breast cancer, or colon cancer, and didn't do much for weight loss, either."

lecithin is not expensive at all

http://www.gnc.com/search/index.jsp?kwCatId=& amp;kw=lecithin&origkw=lecithin

I've taken it in the past (my cholesterol is now 160-something) and I think I paid $5.99 for a big bottle at GNC.  You can also wait until they have the buy one get one half price....

but if you don't have a gnc - I bet your pharmacy has it too. It's pretty mainstream, but I think a lot of people don't know what it does

I have had both a nutritionist and a naturopath, the nutritionist is actually the one that looked at my diet, my stress, how I breath and my entire life, she was the rope I used to pull myself out of the quicksand I had made of life.

My naturopath was just like a Dr. she just looked for natural ways to treat problems like my thyroid condition, it didn't work, I ended up going to an endocronologist that put me on the correct medication.

You should try an allergy avoidance or "caveman diet"  to see if you are sensitive to certain foods.

http://www.drcranton.com/elimination_diet.htm

http://www.foodintol.com/eliminationdiet.asp

It may help you find out what is troubling you...