Our Team

A Healthy Holiday Season

• 2 December 2019
• 7:00 - 8:00
• ALIVE Long Branch

With the holiday season coming up, are you worried about weight gain? Holiday weight gain is the one “gift” that doesn’t come with a return receipt!

This magical time of year has also come to be associated with getting run down and sick.  It doesn’t have to be  that way...

Come join Dorothy at our December nutrition talk to get some tips on surviving the holiday hoop-la without weight gain and illness. When January hits, you’ll be happy you did!

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Intermittent Fasting

• 27 October 2019
• 1:30 - 2:30
• ALIVE Humber Bay

Everyone in the health world has been talking about intermittent fasting. It's getting a lot of press lately, and people want to know more. Are you one of those people and have questions?

There are plenty of good reasons to fast such as weight loss, fat reduction, regulating circadian rhythm, reducing cardiovascular risk factors, improving digestion, lowering inflammation, anti-aging, and so many more. However, there is a proper way to do it. And no, it’s not about starving your body!

Dorothy, our nutritionist, will explain what intermittent fasting is, how it works, the various ways of doing it, and whether it is right for you. Learn what happens to our bodies when we fast and how they exist in a fasted state.

How to Meal Prep

• 19 September 2019
• 7:00 - 8:00 pm
• ALIVE Long Branch

Have you noticed various meal prepping ideas all over social media lately?

Want to try it, but think it is way too much work?

Meal prepping can save a great deal of time and money, help with portion control, and allow you to have healthy meals on hand. Without meal prep, you increase your chances of eating junk or convenience foods, especially when you are busy or caught feeling hungry without the right food choices on hand.

Let Dorothy, our nutritionist, help make meal prepping part of your weekly routine. She will let you in on secrets, tips, and ideas that will make meal prep a breeze and lead to less hectic times in the kitchen.

Grocery Shop Like a Nutritionist

• 11 June 2019
• 8:00 - 9:00 pm
• ALIVE Humber Bay

Our nutritionist, Dorothy loves grocery shopping! How about you?

Navigating the grocery store to find healthy foods can be overwhelming and
confusing. So many choices! Good nutrition starts with smart choices in the grocery store. When you have the proper ingredients in your kitchen, making healthy meals is no longer a challenge.

Who has time to read all the food labels and figure out which items are the most nutritious and the best buys? With a little guidance, Dorothy will help make healthy choices a cinch.

Come learn how to fill your cart with the right foods to fuel your body.

Tweak Your Diet for Improved Sleep

• 4 July 2019
• 7:00 - 8:00 pm
• ALIVE Long Branch

When you don’t have a restful night’s sleep, it can effect you’re your health, mood and daily life. Sleep deprivation causes changes in hormones that regulate hunger and appetite. That’s why that sugary donut and a coffee look so good at the 3pm slump!

Lack of sleep can lead to unfavourable health outcomes. Making changes to your diet and including foods that contain naturally occurring sleep substances will help you settle down for a good night’s rest.

Let Dorothy enlighten you with what happens to your body when we don’t get enough zzz’s and how tweaking your diet can help with less tossing and turning.

Healthy Fats

• 07 April 2019
• 2:00 - 3:00 pm
• ALIVE Humber Bay

Are you afraid of fats? What are healthy fats? Are all fats created equal? How much fat should we have in our diet?

Dietary fats can be downright confusing!

Let our nutritionist, Dorothy Gornik help clear up these questions - fat isn’t the bad guy! Nutrient dense fats are vital for physical and emotional health. Find out how to incorporate healthy fats into your diet to improve mood, boost energy and even help your waistline.

Smoothies

• 02 May 2019
• 7:00 - 8:00 pm
• ALIVE Long Branch

Mmmm….smoothies.

Quick, delicious, easy to prepare, great on the go BUT are they good for you?

Spring is a great time to incorporate smoothies as part of a healthy diet but there is a right way to balance out a smoothie to reach its optimum nutritional value.

Let our nutritionist Dorothy Gornik teach you when to have smoothies, what to include in them as a snack or as a meal and how to create ones that are full of nutritional goodness. She’ll demonstrate (and you’ll taste!) a few of her favourites and recipes will be provided.

One to One Nutritional Counselling

Dorothy provides one to one nutritional and lifestyle counselling that is customized to individual needs. She will work closely with you to discuss your history, lifestyle habits, health related conditions and eating preferences to help you achieve your health goals.

Get started with no strings attached

If you would like to learn more, email [email protected] to schedule a 20-30 minute phone call with Dorothy. You'll discuss your goals and she'll walk you through her process and answer any questions you have. If it's a good fit and you'd like to go forward, you can schedule your consultation.

What to expect if you go forward

You will start with a 30-60 minute in person meeting to thoroughly discuss your health concerns and goals. At this point, Dorothy will provide you with her intake forms and she will fully explain them to you.

You should spend around a week filling out the intake forms. It is important that you take the time to fill these forms out conscientiously as they provide a lot of the information Dorothy needs to provide personalized advice.

Once you have returned the intake forms, you will book a 90 minute follow up meeting to discuss Dorothy’s findings. This will include your health history, system analysis of symptoms and diet and lifestyle recommendations. Depending on what you will need to acheive your goals, Dorothy will provide food lists, recipes and meal plans to support you. You will be emailed a PDF copy of all of your resources.

After that Dorothy is available by email and phone to ensure that you are getting the most of her recommendations.

Your investment

The entire consultation including follow up support is an investment of $275+hst. This is payable after your inital in person meeting.