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[quote=Anonymous]This is not my career.  I do coach individually. I also do group classes.

there are a lot of pretty famous authors and speakers.   Some are hired by doctors or dietitians to help support their patients.  dietitians use guidance from the usda to limit calories, count macronutrients and micronutrients, etc.  A health coach is different in that they help individuals and families who want to change their lifestyle. Of course, if there were a perfect diet there would be no disease or obesity.  So health coaches use what they learned at integrative nutrition to help people in a variety of ways: 
Low inflammation diets (heart disease etc) 
Transitioning to a Plant based diet healthfully 
Diabetes 
Gluten free
Whole food diets 
Autoimmune disease diets
Autism diets

Our scope of practice is not to diagnose or treat. We often provide meal plans, goal counseling, emotional support. Functional medicine, though, is a true MD, as is a pediatrician or cardiologist.

All of our training can be found on the Internet! Lol. But we heard lectures from the source.  We learned about every possible diet out there. As a client, it's nice to ask a question to a coach who has experience vs. reading all the diet books, reading all the studies, joinubg support groups.

As you know one diet doesn't work for everyone, especially "my plate" by the usda.  So we help people find the diet that works for them. This usually means going back to cooking at home and eating whole foods. This is challenging for most so we help people find the tools to get to the next level. 
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