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WHY DO YOU NEED A NUTRITIONIST? "Because maybe it's what you're eating and not what's eating you."

You want to look and feel your best both physically and emotionally, and yet you do not. Or, You feel wonderful and you want to prevent the problems of aging. You may have been everywhere, or seen everyone, and tried every drug, every therapy, and every quick fix diet store that treats everyone the same. You even have changed your diet, and bought supplements off the shelf. Still, you are not feeling better, or you are not as optimally healthy, fit, or slim, as you want to be. You are reading about nutrition and are confused by the contradictions. You need someone Licensed and Board Certified as a Clinical Nutritionist to make sense of it all, and to pull together all your health information into a plan of individualized foods and supplements that addresses your personal health goals. That is what Barbara Zeitlin Kravets, CCN LDN can do. You are not alone in wanting this. Studies tell us that 30% of Americans use alternative and complementary health care. Nutrition is almost always involved because it works. You restore better and faster.

WHY CHOOSE BARBARA ZEITLIN KRAVETS, CCN, LDN?
"Because she is qualified, and has the skills and the experience."

Barbara Zeitlin Kravets is a Phi Beta Kappa, Summa cum Laude, graduate of Northwestern University, a Rhodes Scholar Candidate, and a Licensed and Board Certified Clinical Nutritionist who has been in private practice for 41 years. She is the former Director of Nutrition Outreach Services for American International Hospital, the Co-drafter of the Illinois Law, which licenses both nutritionists and dietitians, and a former Governor appointee to the State Board that oversees this licensing. She is the former Director of Nutrition for the country's then largest doctor's vitamin company. She was the Director of Nutrition for all 15 Fruitful Yield/Here's Health stores and is now the Director of Nutrition to medical clinics, health food stores and the Deerfield Multiplex health and fitness club. Barbara is a nationally known speaker, on radio and TV, a published author of peer reviewed journal articles, helps write the national nutritionist credentialing exam, and has been nominated repeatedly by Who's Who. She is the editor of The NutritionNews © internationally distributed, cutting edge, peer reviewed, journal abstract, email nutrition newsletter.

WHAT DO CLIENTS SAY ABOUT BARBARA ZEITLIN KRAVETS, CCN, LDN AS A PERSON?
"My sessions with Barbara were educational…she was aware of the realities of my stress filled lifestyle…I really felt cared for…and it worked…I feel so much better now!"

HOW DOES BARBARA ZEITLIN KRAVETS, CCN, LDN WORK WITH ME?
"She takes time to listen, no two people are the same."

Her initial consultation begins with hearing your health history, and interpreting your laboratory data, if any exists. She knows if she listens well, you will ask her not only the right questions, but also give her many of the right answers. Answers for which other health care practitioners never may have taken the time, or may have dismissed. Perhaps it is her degree in clinical psychology that guides her to take the time to listen. The initial, and follow-up appointments, can be done in person, or by phone, which ever is easier for you.

The First Session: an individualized, formal written program is provided to you, which includes both food and supplement suggestions. Because, "no one size fits all", Barbara will consider many factors in planning your program, such as: should you be on a carbohydrate or protein dominant diet; is a low-fat diet appropriate; what is your blood type; what is your activity level; how often do you eat out; do you have food allergies or hypersensitivities. She will provide you with the most current research in support of her recommendations.

FREE WEEKLY EMAIL NUTRITION NEWSLETTER.
As long as you are her client, you will receive, at no charge, The NutritionNews ©, an internationally distributed, weekly email nutrition newsletter.

For those who are not her clients, but want this cutting edge, peer reviewed, journal abstract, email news letter, The NutritionNews © is available by subscription. Contact Barbara for details.

Barbara will help you plan menus, recipes, and eating out choices to fit your busy life style. No matter how great the theory looks on paper, the question is, "all right then, what will I eat for dinner. Her former husband is an insulin dependent diabetic, and she understands about meal planning and eating out concerns. She knows what is available in the health food and grocery stores in terms of both foods and supplements. If you need a shopping trip, that is also available. She makes no commission on any health food products sold.

If needed, Barbara will suggest new lab work. Her expertise is in the planning and the functional nutritional interpretation of, routine or highly complex and far-reaching, laboratory tests. Perhaps it is the dozens of hours a week she spends on the Internet researching medical and nutrition journals that allows her to do this so well. It is not necessary, however, for you to have a scrap of lab work for a beneficial consultation.

Follow Up Sessions: the purpose is to let you ask questions and for Barbara to motivate, monitor and refocus the programs where ever it is necessary. Again, these can be done in person, or by phone.

She sells no supplements in her office, but uses her experience to know, compare and choose the very best supplements and foods for you from the vast array available. Barbara will tell you what to take, where to get them, when to take them, and why.

Call her between appointments, there is no charge. She is there to help

WHOM DOES BARBARA ZEITLIN KRAVETS, CCN, LDN SEE? "Everyone."

She counsels couples wishing to conceive children, women during their pregnancies, brand new babies, children, adults and families of all ages and with all health goals-----and cats and dogs.

She has great expertise with: weight, allergies, inflammatory conditions, cancer, gastrointestinal health, fatigue, cardiovascular health, the whole endocrine system, the relationship of food to mind, mood, memory, and behavior in children and adults, and certainly low blood sugar, type 1 and 2 diabetes, and why eating like the newspapers tell you, will make you fat, especially around the belly.

DOES BARBARA ZEITLIN KRAVETS CCN, LDN HAVE OUTREACH TO OTHER SPECIALISTS?
"She is a one-person holistic clinic with outreach to diverse health professionals: exercise, medical, chiropractic, acupuncture, emotional, and dental."
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But, of course, you do not need to go to any doctor other than the one with whom you are currently working. She works with people who are both on and off medicines, those under doctor's care and those undergoing serious medical interventions.

WHY CHOOSE BARBARA ZEITLIN KRAVETS, CCN, LDN?
Some of you may have been born permanently, "tall and thin and blond", and Barbara admires and envies you. She, however, has to work on her health, weight and special food requirements.

"I understand the challenges this presents. But I know it can be done. Thirty-two years of experience convince me of this. Your own health improvement will convince you. Many promise quick change. For that you only need look to the next infomercial. But long term improvements are what count, and this kind of lasting health is my goal for you. I know that change often is not easy and that keeping or regaining your health is a process."

So why choose Barbara Zeitlin Kravets, CCN, LDN? Because she epitomizes the best of the following statement. "They don't care how much you know until they know how much you care."