The Welcare Centre for Health and Nutrition

 

Food choices play a crucial role in our health but access to straightforward and credible information is difficult to find. Social media is full of misinformation from non-regulated nutrition influencers whose advice can be harmful and confusing. This dietary advice often includes costly supplements and highly restrictive diets.
Many of the health conditions we face are impacted by our food choices. Food choices are made with the best intentions, however, can be influenced by factors including convenience, taste preferences, cost, and available knowledge. Positive changes to our diet can work preventatively or synergistically with other health behaviours to improve disease status.

To support your dietary health The Welcare Centre for Health and Nutrition is offering registered dietitian services. Working with you in partnership, the dietitian will provide personalized and supportive evidence-based nutrition counseling to help you achieve your health goals.

This is a 3-part program. In the initial assessment the dietitian will review your health history, recent blood work, and eating routines. During the second meeting you will receive a dietary analysis, realistic and attainable goals will be set collaboratively, and recommendations on how to achieve these goals will be provided. The third appointment will assess implementation of the current plan, reflect on how you feel and what changes can be made going forward. If subsequent sessions are desired, they can be booked as additional half hour or one-hour sessions.

This is not a one size fits all approach: lifestyle requirements, religious and cultural practices, ethical choices, and your health circumstances are all pillars in the assessment and creation of your nutritional plan.

The initial session will require an hour of your time with the two subsequent appointments taking 30 minutes each. Appointments can be done confidentially online or in-person.

All of our patients are welcome to participate in this program.  Your physician may speak to you about the program as a way of addressing health concerns.

 

Who is this program for?

Anyone can benefit from this program including patients with the following conditions or characteristics
Pre-diabetes/Type 1/Type 2 Diabetes
Weight Management
Dyslipidemia (high cholesterol/triglycerides)
IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome)
IBD (Inflammatory Bowel Disease)
Cardiovascular disease
Kidney disease
Allergies/Intolerances
PCOS (polycystic ovarian syndrome)
Endometriosis
Osteoporosis / Osteopenia
Maternal and Infant health
GERD 
 

The program is not covered by OHIP.  However, Dietitian services are often partially or fully covered under health insurance plans, check with your provider for coverage details. 

The cost of the program is $240 for the three-sessions.  

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Infants: Moving to Solid Foods, Parent Group or Individual Session

On the recommendation of our physicians, we are adding a program for help for

parents whose child is moving to solids. 

Program:

• ​Identifying signs of readiness

• Increase confidence

• Learning important nutrients when introducing solids

• Decreasing fears of choking and gagging

• Introducing allergens… when and how?

• Baby-led weaning/feeding

• Developing a good eater

• What to expect when introducing solids 

And MUCH MORE

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Our Registered Dietitian has extensive experience in pediatrics and will help you tackle those transition periods with your baby. You can book an in-person or virtual visit for an hour or you can also able to book 3 sessions  to address other maternal related issues from fertility, PCOS, endometrioses, prenatal, postnatal and maternal through nutrition and diet.

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One hour session

We also offer a one-hour session for patients who may wish to consult with our Registered Dietician on any matter of interest or concern. You will get appropriate evidence-based advice which you can use. The cost of a one-hour session is $65.00 When you book the appointment indicate in your note that you wish a one hour session.

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