Specialties
- Kidney disease
- General health
- Gut health
- Heart health
- High cholesterol
- IBS
- SIBO
- Help gaining weight
- Help losing weight
- Weight stabilization
- High blood pressure
- Crohn’s disease
- GERD / Acid reflux
- Ulcerative colitis
- Bariatric surgery
Approaches
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FODMAP💚
Intuitive eating🥘
Meal planning🔍
Research-focused
Minimum patient age
Patient reviews
“Able to relate to my life situation. Simple food journal requests. Feeling positive after meeting.“
June 9th, 2024“Awesome visit today gained valuable nutrition knowledge from Ms. Carla to improve my health and well-being. Feel empowered to be successful in my journey to a healthier me. Thanks so much!“
June 17th, 2024“Carla and I work well together! She helps me to set goals and she lets me know the benefits of different foods. These sessions are helping me to make changes to improve my health!!“
August 16th, 2024
About Carla
Carla has a passion for using nutrition to help clients improve their health and prevent disease. She is focused on assisting people with CKD slow or reverse the progression of their disease. She is also a certified Intuitive Eating Counselor and believes that changes in habits can improve health, independent of the number on the scale. Having a child diagnosed with celiac disease motivated her to expand her focus to include GI disorders, especially gluten free diets. She is also a Monash FODMAP trained dietitian.
Approach to care
Carla believes that a personalized approach to counseling helps to create a partnership in helping clients work towards their goals. She encourages clients to focus on foods that can be added to their diet rather than foods to restrict. Carla believes in flexibility in the path to change since everyone has a different journey to travel to work towards their goals.
Your first session with Carla
Your first session with Carla will include a comprehensive nutritional assessment, starting with medical history and current health and nutrition habits. Carla will spend time getting to know you and your nutritional goals and work together with you to develop a plan to achieve them. At the end of each session, she will work with you to set small achievable goals to work towards your long term goals.
Location
📍 Houston, Texas
Education
B.S. in dietetics from Brigham Young University
Hobbies
Mom to 3 kids, a dog & a cat, Carla loves to travel, eat delicious food, spending time family, and cook.