Digestive and
Gastrointestinal Disorders
and other medical nutrition needs

Providing gastrointestinal nutrition support for a wide variety of diagnoses, including IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome), IBD (Inflammatory Bowel Disease), GERD (Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease), Gastroparesis, Celiac Disease, Food intolerances, MCAS (Mast Cell Activation Syndrome), EoE (Eosinophilic Esophagitis), Dyspepsia. 

Reviewing your labs, medications, and health history. This thorough and personalized nutrition consultation takes your entire health picture into account. 

Deciding what to eat. Identifying foods that will not only be gentle on your digestive system but communicating these recommendations in a way that alleviates confusion and overwhelm. Addressing food sensitivities and intolerances, like lactose or histamine.

Creating an improved meal and snack schedule. Timing meals and snacks appropriately can significantly improve symptom management. 

​Falling into rigid eating patterns. Adrienne will focus on the interplay between the brain and the gut (our enteric nervous system) to relax and prime the digestive system and promote more food flexibility, and overcome food neophobia (fear of trying new foods). 

Avoiding social eating, eg. parties and restaurants. Offering specific strategies, including food plans and the appropriate use of digestive enzymes and supplements.

Feeling appropriate hunger and fullness signals. Hunger and fullness signals can be disrupted due to a combination of gut hypersensitivity, altered motility, and the gut-brain axis dysfunction.

Choosing digestive enzyme, fiber, and other supplements that are effective and learning how and when to take them. 

Managing medication side-effects, particularly as they relate to appetite and bowel habits and collaborate with your prescribing physician for wrap-around care.