Specialties
- Diabetes or prediabetes
- Disordered eating
- Eating disorder
- Emotional eating
- General health
- Heart health
- Help losing weight
- Sports & performance nutrition
Approaches
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Meal planning💛
Relationship with food🧪
Lab testing🤝
Accountability
Identifies as
- Asian / Asian American
- Female
Cuisines / Diets
- Chinese
- Low Carb / Keto
- Mediterranean
Minimum patient age
About Liyao
I believe nutrition care works best when it feels safe, steady, and human. In our work together, I focus on helping you build sustainable eating habits without extremes, shame, or pressure to be perfect. I understand how complicated food can feel — especially when health goals, emotions, and real life all overlap. My role is to support you with clarity and care, at a pace that respects both your body and where you are right now.
Approach to care
I take a compassionate, evidence-based approach to nutrition care that prioritizes sustainability over perfection. Rather than focusing on rigid rules or quick fixes, I work with you to understand your eating patterns, health needs, and daily life context. Our sessions are collaborative and paced — recognizing that change can feel both important and challenging. Whether your goals involve improving health markers or building a more supportive relationship with food, we focus on practical steps that are realistic and adaptable.
Your first session with Liyao
The first session focuses on understanding your goals, health background, and relationship with food. We’ll talk through what brought you here, clarify priorities, and decide together what support looks like moving forward. There’s no pressure — the goal is clarity, comfort, and a plan that fits you.
Location
📍 Miami, Florida
Education
University of Illinois at Chicago - Master Degree of Human Nutrition; Dalian University of Technology - Pharmaceutical Science
Hobbies
Crafting, Dancing, Reading
Licenses and Certifications
LDN - Licensed Dietitian Nutritionist
MS - Master of Science
RD - Registered Dietitian
