Dietitian and Nutritionist Calgary

At JM Nutrition you have access to a group of registered dietitians and nutritionists in Calgary, each with specific areas of focus and years of experience.

Registered Dietitian servicing Calgary, Nadja Abada

Member of the College of Dietitians of Alberta

Registered dietitian, Nadja, provides nutritional counselling for:

Weight management:

• weight loss with a dietitian
• nutritional counselling for weight gain

Women’s health support with dietitian:

• Menopause, perimenopause
• Endometriosis
• Bone density
• Nutritional counselling with a PCOS dietitian
• Fertility support with a dietitian
• Breastfeeding, lactation
• Introduction to solids
• Iron deficiency anemia
• Hair loss

Chronic disease management:

• Autoimmune conditions
• Dietitian for high blood pressure
• Dietitian for high cholesterol, dyslipidemia and triglycerides
• Heart disease
• Cancer support
• Dietitian for diabetes care (type 2) & insulin resistance
• Gout dietitian
• Kidney disease
• Liver disease: NAFLD, NASH, cirrhosis
• Obesity management
• Osteoporosis dietitian support
• Rheumatoid arthritis management

Digestive health:

• Acid reflux using functional nutrition
• Bloating
• Constipation
• Diarrhea
• Diverticulitis
• Dysphagia: swallowing issues – texture modifications
• Gallbladder health, including gallstones
• Gastritis diet support
• Gastroparesis
• GERD management with dietitian
• Heartburn
• H. Pylori
• IBD (Crohn’s and Colitis support of a dietitian)
• Irritable Bowel Syndrome support of a dietitian
• Indigestion
• Pancreatitis management
• SIBO support

Mental health with a dietitian and nutritionist:

• Anxiety
• Dietary support for depression
• Chronic fatigue management
• Dietitian for sleep
• Orthorexia support

Brain health with a registered dietitian:

• Microbiome: brain-gut axis, dysbiosis
• Alzheimer’s and dementia support
• Autism
• Hyperactivity
• Nutritional interventions for ADHD

Special diets:

• Anti-inflammatory diet
• Dietitian for vegan diet
• Vegetarian diet nutritionist support
• Dietitian for plant-based diet
• Dairy-free diet

Other:

• Skin health: nutritionist for acne, eczema
• Wound healing
• Dietitian for family nutrition support
• Enteral nutrition
• Auto-immune disorders
• Ostomy, post-ileostomy
• Pre and post-surgery
• Supplementation recommendations
• Geriatric nutrition
• Tube feeding
• General healthy eating habits, balanced meals, and portion control
• Meal preparation assistance to optimize vitamin and mineral intake and absorption
• Mindful eating support with dietitian
• Corporate wellness: nutrition workshops, seminars and lunch and learns

Registered dietitian and nutritionist, Carol Holland, services Calgary area and the rest of Alberta

She provides counselling in the following areas:

General nutrition:

• Management of obesity
• Bariatric nutrition (pre- and post-op)
• Unintended weight loss

Digestive health:

• IBS management with a dietitian, including FODMAP diet
• Constipation
• IBD: Dietitian’s support for Crohn’s and Colitis support
• Diverticular disease management
• Celiac disease management
• General digestive health support

Chronic disease prevention and management:

• Nutritional counselling for high cholesterol or high blood pressure
• Pre-diabetes
• Fatty liver disease support of a registered dietitian
• Osteoporosis
• Rheumatologic conditions (rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis)

Pre- and post-natal nutrition care

Children’s nutrition:

• Introducing solids
• Growth faltering
• Dietitian support for picky eating (SOS Approach to Feeding)
• General pediatric nutrition dietitian support

Eating disorders:

• Anorexia nervosa
• Bulimia nervosa
• Binge eating disorder
• ARFID management
• Nutritionist support for emotional eating
• Disordered eating support of a dietitian

Registered Dietitian and Nutritionist for Calgary residents, Shirley Khuong

Registered dietitian Shirley provides nutritional counselling in the below areas:

Weight management:

• Weight loss coaching
• Weight gain
• Nutritional counselling sessions for intuitive eating

Digestive health support:

• IBD: Crohn’s disease and Ulcerative Colitis
• IBS management with dietitian
• Dietary management of GERD and acid reflux
• Gastroparesis
• Pancreatitis
• Constipation
• Diarrhea
• Ostomy and high output ileostomy
• Post-bowel surgery care
• Short Bowel Syndrome
• Hiatal Hernia
• Whipple’s procedure Gastric sleeve/resection
• Post-bariatric surgery

Chronic disease management:

• Dietitian for the management of fatty Liver (MASLD), NASH, cirrhosis
• Dietitian for pre-diabetes and type 2 diabetes
• Chronic kidney disease
• High cholesterol, dyslipidemia and triglycerides management
• Nutritional counselling for heart disease
• High blood pressure
• Cancer nutrition support: liver, pancreatic and kidney
• Neuromuscular and neurodegenerative disorders (e.g. dietitian’s support for MS, support for Parkinson’s, ALS)
• Iron deficiency anemia

Eating disorders and disordered eating:

• Management of disordered eating with nutritionist and dietitian
• Food restricting
• Anorexia support

Special diets:

• Vegan diet support
• Vegetarian diet support
• Plant-based nutrition with dietitian
• Celiac disease support

Other:

• You can also see general nutrition guidance with our Calgary dietitian and nutritionist
• Home enteral nutrition
• Pre- and post-surgery nutrition management
• Geriatric nutrition and healthy aging with a nutritionist
• Optimizing vitamin and nutrient deficiencies
• Failure to Thrive
• Post-ICU/critical illness recovery

Registered Dietitian and Sports Nutritionist Calgary, Alana Haggerty

Member of the College of Dietitians of Alberta

Alberta native and registered dietitian, Alana, services Calgary residents by providing nutrition coaching and counselling for:

Weight management:

• Weight loss counselling
• Weight gain

Dietitian for liver disease:

• MASLD (NAFLD)
• NASH
• Cirrhosis
• Other liver disease concerns

Chronic disease management:

• Dietitian for type 2 diabetes
• Dietary management of cholesterol
• Blood pressure management
• Other chronic disease matters

Dietitian for eating disorders:

• Nutrition counselling for anorexia
• Support for Bulimia
• Restricting and binge eating support of a deititian and nutritionist.
• Preoccupation of calorie counting and/or food tracking
• Achieve a healthy body weight and take pre-occupation off of weight
• Help improve your relationship with food and body image
• Eliminate diet culture and create a healthy relationship with food
• Work towards achieving a healthy weight and taking some of the preoccupation off of weight, particularly in sport
• Help achieve balanced eating and basic nutrition principles

Nutritionist for sports and fitness:

• Fitness and sports nutrition for athletes age 14+
• Nutritional support of a sports nutrition dietitian for various endurance sports
• Learn how to confidently fuel your body and run strong
• Individualized nutrition requirements to fuel your body in alignment with your training regime and specific goals
• Specific nutrition recommendations for before, during, and after runs to optimize athletic performance and aid in recovery
• Discover how to carbohydrate load prior to your next half or full marathon
• Optimize your fluid intake: Learn how to appropriately replace your electrolytes and fluid loss using calculations based on your individualized sweat loss rate
• Provide guidance while you experiment with various gels, gu’s, sports drinks and electrolyte replacements and learn what works best for you
• Learn the principles to set the foundation for training for your next race and for the overall goal of long-term running health
• Learn how to adequately fuel to prevent exhaustion, injury and burnout
• Nutrition strategies during both on- and off- season, aligned with goals of each
• Evidence-based guidance surrounding various sport nutrition supplements and appropriate usage/dosing
• Eliminate diet culture and fuel according to your specific athletic needs.
• Nutritional counselling for running events (track events, marathon events, et al.)
• Assist with off-season nutrition goals including focusing on body composition.
• Body composition: reducing body fat, increasing muscle mass. Learn more: Strength training diet support
• Assist endurance runners with building LEAN body mass.
• Nutrition programming for building muscle, strength and power.

Other:

• Development of healthy eating habits and general nutrition guidance by a registered dietitian
• Digestive support for IBS
• Help minimize nutritional deficiencies

Watch: Video of dietitian and sports nutritionist Alana