Nutrition Services
Whether you’re healthy and looking to stay that way; recovering from an injury, illness or recently received a new diagnosis – nutrition is an often undervalued yet crucial piece of your recovery and ability to achieve your health goals
Food and Nutrient considerations are vital for achieving and maintaining optimal health and wellness, including:
- Management of chronic conditions like diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, Chron’s disease, ulcerative colitis, and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).
- Protection from disease – even if there is a strong genetic component
- Lower risk of heart disease, diabetes, certain cancers, and obesity
- Enhanced recovery from injury or illness
- Lower risk of fractures, osteoporosis, diverticulitis, uncomfortable digestive symptoms, chronic inflammation and unfavorable weight loss or weight gain!
The RVNAhealth comprehensive approach to wellness includes nutrition education, meal plans, personalized nutrient needs, counseling and motivational interviewing, recipe development and exercise prescriptions for all goals, activity levels, and age groups.
RVNAhealth Nutrition Services & Programs
Intimate hands-on cooking classes where you do the cooking along side our dietitian. Each cooking class will be focused on a specific health and wellness topic, and each recipe highlighted will be in theme with the topic.
What is included:
- 1-full meal (plus leftovers too)
- Recipe
- Educational toolkit
- One on one time with dietitian to answer all of your nutrition questions
Price:
- $65 per person
One-on-one comprehensive nutrition and wellness sessions tailored to your medical history, nutrient needs, and goals. Individualized counseling is perfect for someone who feels ready, or in need of, a lifestyle change, usually involving one or more visits with our dietitian.
What’s included? What YOU need to be successful.
- Meal plans
- Recipes
- Education
- Motivational Interviewing
- Nutrition prescription plan
- Exercise prescription plan
Price:
- 15-minute Phone Consultation prior to Initial Visit – Free
- 1-hour Initial Visit – $125; 45-minute Follow-up Visits – $75
*Ask about our 65+ discounts
RVNAhealth accepts Medicare B reimbursement for the following conditions: diabetes, renal disease, and kidney transplants. Please contact RVNAhealth for details.
A One-time one-on-one comprehensive nutrition and wellness session tailored to your medical history, nutrient needs, and goals. This is perfect for someone who feels confident in their nutrition but wants an expert to review and assist in optimizing their goals. (Think: preparing for a marathon, those last 10lbs you can’t seem to lose, recipe review, etc.)
What is included:
- Nutrition prescription
- Exercise prescription
- Recipes
Price:
- 1 hour visit – $150
Private events are held in our beautiful, chef’s grade teaching kitchen. You are in total control on how you envision your event to be and our dietitian will bring it to life. From curated menu’s to personalized nutrient prescriptions to hands-on cooking (and all of the above) – there is no limit to what you can do.
- Events include (but are not limited to)
- Bachelorette parties
- Family gatherings
- Girls Night Out
- Corporate/Team Building Events
Price:
- Call us at 203-438-5555 x 1152
- or email nutrition@rvnahealth.org for an estimate!
Upcoming Interactive Cooking Classes
Interactive Cooking Class: Flavors of Resilience: Cooking for Breast Cancer
October 6 @ 4:30 pm – 5:45 pm at RVNAhealthInteractive Cooking Class: Diabetes-Friendly Cooking: Managing Blood Sugar with Flavorful Recipes
November 17 @ 4:30 pm – 5:45 pm at RVNAhealth
Meet RVNAhealth Nutritionist Monica Marcello, MS, RD
Monica Marcello, MS, RD is RVNAhealth’s registered dietitian and nutrition educator who promotes holistic health, longevity, and quality of life. Monica’s areas of expertise include disease prevention and treatment for many chronic and acute conditions. Her primary concentration includes treating digestive disorders such as GERD (Gastroesophageal reflux disorder), IBS (irritable bowel syndrome), SIBO (small intestinal bacterial overgrowth) and IBD (inflammatory bowel disease). Monica also has extensive experience in conditions such as heart disease, high cholesterol, diabetes, obesity, and weight management.
Ask the Dietitian
Have a question about nutrition? Email Monica your question and she will get back to you with her advice.
Client Testimonials
RVNAhealth on Television
Sugar- Avoid sneaky added sugar to lower inflamation and manage a healthy weight – Better Than Gossip Episode 12
Breakfast – The 3 Foods everyone needs to look good and feel great! – Better Than Gossip Episode 9
Hydration – Why you need a better hydration plan – Better Than Gossip Episode 6
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