Nutritionist

Nutritionist

Whether you've decided to lose weight by choice or necessity, a diet is an important event that requires discipline and self-denial over the term to be truly effective. As such, it is highly recommended to be accompanied by a
nutritionist. Other specialists can also help you in your

approach:

a dietician;
a slimming coach;
slimming centers;
slimming cures.

When to see a nutritionist?

From the time your weight loss efforts end in failure, or if you suffer a recovery incomprehensible and undesirable weight to hire a nutritionist stands out as the best solution.
Before you embark on a diet, make sure that your needs are real. For this, we invite you to discover your ideal weight and your BMI with our calculators.

Why consult a nutritionist?

Consulting a nutritionist greatly increases your chances of successfully lose weight: it designs regimes tailored to the personal characteristics of each.
Indeed, dieting to the end requires a certain rigor, and discouragement happens sooner or later, especially when when efforts to lose weight seem futile.
Not being alone is essential: to get help from a nutritionist is undoubtedly the best solution for a successful schem

Nutritionist: focus on training

Many errors are circulating on the training of these professionals. Because it is important to know whom you are addressing when you decide to visit, we help you see more clearly:
A nutritionist is not a doctor and there is no nutritionist degree. Anyone who wishes to provide advice in the field of food can claim the title. The profession is not regulated.
There are doctors and nutritionists. They followed the course of their academic career a nutrition module, but beware this is not a medical specialty. Consultations in nutrition are usually the subject of an honorary overflow, which is not covered by social security.
Dieticians actually have the title of dietitian-nutritionist. This are the only professionals, health experts and food, recognized by the state and degree holders of national education which attests. Their exercise and their titles are defined by law.

How to choose a nutritionist?

Nutritionist or dietitian?


As a nutritionist, dietitian is a nutrition professional. Their common aim is to offer to patients, according to various parameters (age, sex, morphology, lifestyle, etc.), a diet tailored to their needs, taking into account the reasons that led them to consult.
The main differences between these two specialists arise in their respective training:
Doctors nutritionists have degrees in nutrition (at least 8 years of medical studies), and as such may prescribe weight loss medications. Consultation is repaid in part (from the time you are sent by your GP and that the professional is not only nutritionist and dietitian).
Dieticians, in turn, are food technologists (at least 2 years of paramedical studies) practicing in the same field as nutritionists, but are not authorized to prescribe medication. As allied health professionals, consultation is not refundable.


The relationship of trust: Essential

Whatever the status of the specialist you choose, the important thing above all to establish a relationship based on trust.
As such, the first consultation is crucial: it must consist of an exchange of at least half an hour to flatten the reasons why the patient to consult, tell the time of weight gain, determine the ideal weight and the shape of weight, identifying the most obvious bad eating habits ...

The qualities of a good specialist

Whether dietician or nutritionist, a good dietician should organize its methodology around fundamental points:
Listen: nutritionist can not solve your power problems if it does not take a little time to understand (hence the importance of the first consultation).

Customization: if a professional is really listening, you must provide a program tailored to your particular situation, and not be content to base you on a pre-existing regime.

Pedagogy: the nutritionist should not simply impose regulations, but it is also supposed to explain the reasons for its food recommendations.
Realism: a nutritionist who promises miracles should not be taken seriously. A diet is a slow process that is not supposed to give spectacular results or too fast. The specialist must as well warn you against short-term plans (yo-yo effect).
Warning: a good understanding between the patient and the specialist is essential, otherwise the system may fail.

Other specialists able to help you


The nutritionist is far from the only professional able to help you.
the psychotherapist
If your problems are important, there may be reasons for your weight problems or power are deeper.
In addition to support by a nutritionist (or dietician), psychologist or psychiatrist can guide you to some introspection, to better understand your relationship with food and suffering that can cause overweight.

The sports coach


A plan to necessarily be accompanied by best practices in terms of physical activity, the trainer can be a great help if you're struggling to put you there alone. The advantage is that it can move to your home and prepare an exercise program tailored to your body and your weight loss needs.

Price of a consultation with a specialist

The cost of the consultation will much depend on the specialty, in addition to other criteria (or not practice extra billing, etc.):
Nutritionist: 20 to 90 € (partially refundable);
Dietician: 15 to 40 € (non-refundable);
Psychotherapist: varies according to training of the practitioner;
trainer: between 35 and 80 € per one hour session (prices may be regressive, and you can benefit from a tax deduction of 50% for home sessions).