Lois Duke

About Lois

Lois brings over 20 years of experience as a dietitian in various fields, including women's health, sports nutrition, weight management, and corporate wellness and performance. Her work in corporate wellness has deepened her understanding of wellbeing, managing nutrition under stress, and enhancing nutrition for improved performance and productivity. She specializes in women's health, weight loss, GLP-1s, sports nutrition, and overall wellness. Additionally, she is an experienced diabetes educator with a focus on endocrinology. Having attended culinary school and cooked throughout her life, Lois is passionate about food and cooking, and she enjoys connecting nutrition with culinary arts.

Approach to care

Nutrition doesn't have a "one size fits all" approach. Lois takes into account all lifestyle factors that influence nutrition choices and behaviors, adjusting her sessions to address each individual's unique needs. In these sessions, you collaborate as partners to achieve your objectives. She aims to foster a safe, judgment-free atmosphere that supports reaching those goals. Her focus is on transitioning away from ineffective fad diets and trending nutrition plans towards a holistic approach to healthy eating and behavior modifications tailored to the individual. Lois highlights the importance of guidance that exceeds mere education, striving to provide practical and actionable strategies for everyone.

Your first session with Lois

The first session serves as a valuable opportunity for us to connect and for Lois to gather insights about you. She prefers to kick off this initial meeting by inviting you to comfortably share details about yourself. Lois will go over your goals, challenges, lifestyle, medical history, weight, nutrition history, eating patterns, behaviors, and any other pertinent information you think would help her understand your needs. Following this discussion, we will outline the next steps and work together as a team to achieve your goals.

Location

📍 Raleigh, North Carolina

Education

Columbia University Teachers College - MS in Nutrition Bank Street College of Education: MS Ed in Education Simmons College: BA: English and French Additional Coursework: Culinary Institute of America Natural Gourmet Institute for Health Related Cuisine. Additional Certifications: Advance weight management: Commission on dietetic registration Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist Expired: Certified Specialist in Sports Dietetics Currently obtaining GGS Menopause Coach Certification

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,cooking up a new dish or playing with her dog, Atticus. She loves a good cup of coffee and sitting on the porch with family and laughing!

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