Services

Vive 101

One Hour Nutrition and Wellness Consultation. A one-hour session where we discuss your nutrition, health and wellness concerns. We can meet at your home (Toronto only) or at a conveniently located coffee shop (GTA). You will receive information related to your questions and be provided with some general recommendations and recipes.

Price: $100

Vive Profile

Personalized Nutrition and Wellness Plan and Maintenance Package. A four-session package, starting with a one-hour interview where we will discuss your health and wellness goals and review your Lifestyle Assessment form. Your second session will be a half hour follow-up where you will be provided with a personalized eating, supplement and lifestyle plan based on the information provided in the interview and the assessment of your Nutri-system Profile. You will also be provided with recipes customized to your taste, eating plan and lifestyle. We will then have two support and maintenance meetings, one for 30 minutes and one for 15 minutes.

Price: $200. If you have specific health and/or weight loss goals we can add additional follow-up appointments for $30/15-20 minutes and a reassessment after 6 months for $80.

Nutrition For Nannies and Caregivers

For the piece of mind that comes from knowing that your children and loved ones are eating healthy and nutritious meals even when you are unable to prepare the meals yourself. The Nutrition for Nannies and Caregivers package includes a consultation with the family, the nanny and myself to determine the focus of the following sessions including the family’s tastes, preferences and any food allergies. The remaining sessions will include a food label education session, a grocery and health-food store tour and two one-on-one cooking lessons including recipes in the family kitchen.

Price: $500 for 5 sessions

Mom and Tot Group Sessions

A fun afternoon for you and two mom friends and your little ones. A childcare provider will lead your children in a food-focused craft or activity that may also include taste testing different foods or preparing a snack (depending on the age of the children) while at the same time the moms will join me for an educational seminar, with recipes, on a topic of their choice.

Price: $25 for the host mom and $75 for each guest mom. If the little ones are young enough that we don’t need extra child care the host mom is free and the cost is $50 for each guest mom.

Possible Seminar Topics:
Immune Boosting Foods
Healthy Lunchbox Solutions
Strategies for Picky Eaters
Make Your Own Baby Food

Recovery Support and Prevention

A customized nutrition plan to complement your doctor’s recommendations to aid in recovery from illness and to learn to prevent future health complications. Many medical conditions can be improved by making diet and lifestyle changes and I can work with you providing recipes and meal plans that will support you on your road to better health.

Price: $200 for four sessions including a nutritional assessment, customized meal plans and recipes. For seniors or persons with mobility issues additional services such as grocery shopping and food preparation can be added to this package and priced accordingly.

Conditions that respond well to Holistic Nutrition:
high cholesterol
high blood pressure/hypertension
heart disease
diabetes
acid reflux/heart burn
allergies/asthma
Crohn’s disease and colitis
irritable bowel syndrome
celiac disease
and many others.

Vive Plus, Additional Services

Grocery Store Tour with a Food Label Education Session
You’ve heard of new and traditional foods that are healthy and tasty but you don’t know where to find them in your local grocery or natural health store. Gluten-free, dairy-free, quinoa, meat substitutes, kefir, probiotics and prebiotics, soy, rice and almond milk are these foods in your local store? They most likely are and I’ll show you where to find them. Learn the hidden ingredients in processed foods and what to watch for on nutritional-data labels. I will also provide you with some take home information and recipes.

Price: $100 one-hour session, discounts for groups of 3 or more and discounts if adding tour on to another package.

Natural Health Food Store Tour
Intrigued but intimidated by your local natural health store? Gluten-free, dairy-free, organic and vegetarian/vegan foods. Vitamins, minerals, supplements and non-toxic beauty products and cleaning supplies. Let me introduce you to the wealth of healthy options that lie beyond these doors.

Price: $50 half-hour session, discounts for groups of 3 or more and discounts if adding tour on to another package.

In Home Cooking Lessons
One-on-one cooking classes in your very own kitchen using the space and tools available to you. 30-minute meals, meatless mains and lunchbox solutions are just a few possible topics. If allergies, diabetes, heart disease or cholesterol are your main concern we can customize a cooking class specific to your dietary needs.
Beginner and Advanced classes available

Price: Varies based on recipes chosen and cost of ingredients. Minimum $200 one-hour hands-on session including food and recipes.