Specialties
- Diabetes or prediabetes
- Women's health
- Heart health
- Pre or postnatal nutrition
- Vegan/vegetarian
- Type 2 diabetes
- Menopause
- Gestational diabetes
- High cholesterol
- High blood pressure
- Prediabetes
- General health
- Weight stabilization
- Sports & performance nutrition
- Healthy aging
- Type 1 diabetes
Approaches
💛
Relationship with food🏃
Exercise🔍
Research-focused🤝
Accountability
Minimum patient age
Patient reviews
“Accountability and realistic adjustability to life's challenges“
August 1st, 2024“Accountability and realistic adjustability to life's challenges“
July 28th, 2024“Good interaction. Easy to talk to. I felt at ease. Questions answered. Goals to work towards“
July 13th, 2024
About Lois
Over the 20 years that Lois has been a dietitian, she has worked with numerous health conditions including heart disease, transplant, dialysis, healthy aging, women's health,and sports nutrition and weight management. Her experience in corporate wellness has given her a wealth of knowledge in wellbeing, nutrition in stress and optimizing nutrition for performance and productivity. She is also a diabetes educator with extensive experience working in diabetes and endocrinology. Having attended culinary school, Lois loves sharing her passion for food and cooking by bridging the gap between nutrition and food in a simple to understand fashion.
Approach to care
There is no "one size fits all" in nutrition. Lois looks at all aspects of lifestyle that impact nutrition choices and behaviors and tailors sessions to meet the specific needs of an individual . In Lois sessions, you are partners working together to reach your goals. She strives to create a safe, environment free of judgement conducive to reaching goals. She promotes a weight neutral approach and focuses on shifting mindset from less effective fad diets and nutrition trends to overall healthy eating and behavior change customized to each individual. Lois focuses on guidance that is more than just education, but aims to provide realistic and actionable strategies for each individual.
Your first session with Lois
The first session is an important time to get to know each other and for Lois to learn more about you. Lois loves to start the first session by having you share more about yourself in a relaxed and comfortable format. Lois will review your goals, challenges, lifestyle, medical history, weight as well as nutrition history, eating patterns and challenges/behaviors and any other information you would like to share that you feel is important and would be beneficial for her to know. From here, we will begin working together on next steps toward reaching your goals.
Location
📍 Raleigh, North Carolina
Education
Lois has a Masters degree in Nutrition from Columbia University Teachers College and a Masters degree in Education from Bank Street College of Education. She has a Bachelors degree in English and French from Simmons College. Lois has taken coursework at the Culinary Institute of America and the Natural Gourmet Institute for Health Related Cuisine. She also has certificates in weight management as well as plant based eating and has been a Certified Specialist in Sports Dietetics.
Hobbies
Outside of work, Lois is an avid cyclist and loves hiking. When she isn't on her bike or on a trail, she can be found at the farmers market or cooking up a new dish. She loves a good cup of coffee and sitting on the porch with family and laughing!