A Medical Nutrition Therapy to Treat Disordered Eating

Food Freedom Program Philosophy

Eating disorders are medical diagnoses that describe the type of coping mechanisms people use for managing emotional distress. These eating disorders lead to health conditions that may cause undesirable health outcomes, reduce life expectations, and limit true freedom. Our Food Freedom Program is aimed at helping you develop healthy eating habits. The diagnosis is used to categorize the type of behavior expressed by the patients and gives the treatment team a roadmap for interventions. Our program does not treat eating disorders. Instead, we train and help people who desire to change their disordered eating patterns and develop a better relationship with food.

We educate people, family units, practitioners, and communities on the dynamic of recovery communication and advocate behavioral sobriety or remission. Patients choose to participate in the program because they would like to develop and choose to establish a new foundation.

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We create a healing presence in an environment that is non-judgmental, inviting, and collaborative. You (the patient) choose the module course of action with the understanding one module may take one session or one year, then another module may need to be tabled once initiated. The registered dietitian nutritionist’s responsibility is to present the truth, give tools and educational support, and the nutrition counseling strategies which foster food freedom.

Tools and Resources

Phone Number to the Registered Dietitian for Questions
Patient Portal
Focused Tracking Sheets
Weekly One-on-One Sessions
Patients must have a counselor/therapist/clergy in place to be in the program Initial Assessment
Anthropometric Measurements
Nutrition Focused Physical Examination
Metabolism Assessment 98% accurate metabolism assessment
Laboratory Reports for Review
Family History and genetic profile
An exploration of the participant’s history and relationship with food Monitoring and Evaluation
One-on-One Sessions
Blind weights each session and hand dynamometer every four weeks

Food Freedom Program Educational Modules

The Medical Nutrition Therapy Intervention for Disordered Eating

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Food Freedom Program Educational Modules The Medical Nutrition Therapy Intervention for Disordered Eating

Food Models Lesson Healthy Eating Module

Introduction to the Food Freedom Program – What is Food?
Understand the design of the body and its nutritional needs, daily and hourly
Understand the Set Point Theory and biological body weight regulatory mechanisms

Physical Activity Module

The Four Types of Exercise: What is physical activity? What is not physical activity?
Karvonen Formula – Optimal range for heart rate in physical activities to reduce injury
Fueling is for Wellness … not for ___________ (Fill in the blank)

Neurobiology and Food Review Module

Understand how severe restriction or over-consumption may contribute to mood changes, cravings, and altered cognition and body
Food Cravings and Tips on Managing Them Lesson Plan

Changing Thoughts from Negative to Productive Module

Train on the brain Emotional and Logical hemispheres
Understand the difference between “Truth” and “Facts” and their effects on behavior
The possible fate of messages on the brain & the brain influence on behavior
Choices – Where do YOU fit in the picture?

Breaking the Cycle of Emotional Eating Module

Understand the differences between Normal Eating and Disordered Eating
What is popular and shiny versus what is realistic
Yes… it takes time

When You Eat and are Satisfied, You Will Bless Module

Training on the “My Plate Your Plate Healthy Boundaries” Concept
Religiosity in Disordered Eating – What to do for
Nutrition Picnics (In-Office and/or Out-of-Office Nutritional Picnic)

Setting Healthy Boundaries (Strong Therapy Sessions Needed Here)

Understanding the role of forgiveness in disordered eating
Manage the changes which may accompany improved wellness

Our program does not treat eating disorders. Instead, we train and help people who desire to change their disordered eating patterns to develop a better relationship with food. We educate people, family units, practitioners, and the community on the dynamic of "recovery communication" and advocate "behavioral sobriety" otherwise-known-as remission. Patients choose to participate in the program because they would like to develop and choose to establish a new foundation with eating and food.

Food Freedom Program Group Programs are Available On-Line

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