Heart Health Nutritionists and Dietitians in West Orange, NJ
Dr. Mavis Ermakov is an advocate for health and wellness, keen on promoting health literacy and access to healthcare for all. I have been trained as a Registered Dietitian, with multidisciplinary training as a Board Certified Family Nurse Practitioner, and Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist. In conjunction with more than thirty years of experience in healthcare in various settings, she has essential diabetes skills to adapt care and nutrition intervention that is culturally sensitive to meet a wide variety of health needs from infancy to senior care. She has a passion for taking care of patients with diabetes mellitus.
Dr. Mavis Ermakov is an advocate for health and wellness, keen on promoting health literacy and access to healthcare for all. I have been trained as a Registered Dietitian, with multidisciplinary training as a Board Certified Family Nurse Practitioner, and Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist. In conjunction with more than thirty years of experience in healthcare in various settings, she has essential diabetes skills to adapt care and nutrition intervention that is culturally sensitive to meet a wide variety of health needs from infancy to senior care. She has a passion for taking care of patients with diabetes mellitus.
Are you struggling to navigate the confusing and toxic food environment in which we live? Do you feel bloated, tired, or struggle with your weight? We've all been there at some point in our lives and know how difficult it can be to get back on track. Whether you want to address a specific illness or symptom, or simply need a little kick-start, I will meet you wherever you are in your journey to good health. All appointments and plans are customized to your individual needs. Face to face and virtual appointments are available, so we can work together no matter where you live!
Are you struggling to navigate the confusing and toxic food environment in which we live? Do you feel bloated, tired, or struggle with your weight? We've all been there at some point in our lives and know how difficult it can be to get back on track. Whether you want to address a specific illness or symptom, or simply need a little kick-start, I will meet you wherever you are in your journey to good health. All appointments and plans are customized to your individual needs. Face to face and virtual appointments are available, so we can work together no matter where you live!
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A Registered Dietitian is a nutrition professional that can transform your life by providing you with the tools needed to create a positive relationship with food for optimal health. Elisa has experience in a variety of settings with clinical specialties in oncology, weight management, cardiovascular disease and diabetes management. Through Medical Nutrition Therapy paired with motivational interviewing techniques, Elisa has helped individuals sustain positive behavior changes and achieve their personal wellness goals.
A Registered Dietitian is a nutrition professional that can transform your life by providing you with the tools needed to create a positive relationship with food for optimal health. Elisa has experience in a variety of settings with clinical specialties in oncology, weight management, cardiovascular disease and diabetes management. Through Medical Nutrition Therapy paired with motivational interviewing techniques, Elisa has helped individuals sustain positive behavior changes and achieve their personal wellness goals.
I create individualized, realistic, and sustainable diet and exercise plans to reach your health and fitness goals. Along the way, I will support you in a way to make you feel empowered to make the changes needed, and help you develop the behavior modification techniques to overcome your personal barriers.
I create individualized, realistic, and sustainable diet and exercise plans to reach your health and fitness goals. Along the way, I will support you in a way to make you feel empowered to make the changes needed, and help you develop the behavior modification techniques to overcome your personal barriers.
Madeline is a registered dietitian who is passionate about empowering individuals to achieve their personal goals and feel in control of their own nutrition journey. She has experience in all levels of eating disorder treatment across all age groups. Madeline has a background in athletics and utilizes this to foster resilience and strength in her clients. She approaches each session with curiosity and drive to understand her clients struggles. She provides a safe space for all individuals to create and define their own definition of health and sustainable change.
Madeline is a registered dietitian who is passionate about empowering individuals to achieve their personal goals and feel in control of their own nutrition journey. She has experience in all levels of eating disorder treatment across all age groups. Madeline has a background in athletics and utilizes this to foster resilience and strength in her clients. She approaches each session with curiosity and drive to understand her clients struggles. She provides a safe space for all individuals to create and define their own definition of health and sustainable change.
Hi, this is Jalpa Sheth, a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist with a Master's degree in Health & Nutrition and founder of Jalpa Sheth Nutrition & Wellness LLC - A growing, multi-location nutrition practice currently present in Jersey City, New York City and Miami. Here, we are committed to empower our patients with the nutrition related knowledge and ready to implement tools they need to take charge of their health & fitness and meet their goals.
Hi, this is Jalpa Sheth, a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist with a Master's degree in Health & Nutrition and founder of Jalpa Sheth Nutrition & Wellness LLC - A growing, multi-location nutrition practice currently present in Jersey City, New York City and Miami. Here, we are committed to empower our patients with the nutrition related knowledge and ready to implement tools they need to take charge of their health & fitness and meet their goals.
Haleigh is a registered dietitian who is passionate about helping her clients discover their love for food and their bodies. Haleigh provides evidence-based nutrition education and works to empower clients to make realistic changes that work with their unique lifestyles and preferences. Haleigh approaches each client personally and individually. She has an anti-diet, all-foods-fit, trauma-informed approach to care. She enjoys the challenge of working closely with each client to meet their goals and live their best life while building a healthier relationship with food and their body.
Haleigh is a registered dietitian who is passionate about helping her clients discover their love for food and their bodies. Haleigh provides evidence-based nutrition education and works to empower clients to make realistic changes that work with their unique lifestyles and preferences. Haleigh approaches each client personally and individually. She has an anti-diet, all-foods-fit, trauma-informed approach to care. She enjoys the challenge of working closely with each client to meet their goals and live their best life while building a healthier relationship with food and their body.
I offer personalized nutrition and wellness services to support heart health, menopause, weight loss, diabetes management, and overall vitality.
With compassionate guidance, education, and ongoing support, we'll work together to create a personalized plan that fits your lifestyle, strengths, and challenges. No restrictive diets—just simple, sustainable changes that provide lasting results.
If subconscious patterns are holding you back, hypnoCounseling can be added to help reach your goals.
I offer personalized nutrition and wellness services to support heart health, menopause, weight loss, diabetes management, and overall vitality.
With compassionate guidance, education, and ongoing support, we'll work together to create a personalized plan that fits your lifestyle, strengths, and challenges. No restrictive diets—just simple, sustainable changes that provide lasting results.
If subconscious patterns are holding you back, hypnoCounseling can be added to help reach your goals.
I believe finding the right motivation and support is the key to your success. Not only will I focus on what you eat but why you eat. Emotional eating has become a much more prevalent issue for many people. My clients will have the opportunity to explore the triggers that perpetuate these unhealthy eating habits. I have over 20 years of experience. Let me be your health coach and lead you to a permanent, healthy way of eating.
I believe finding the right motivation and support is the key to your success. Not only will I focus on what you eat but why you eat. Emotional eating has become a much more prevalent issue for many people. My clients will have the opportunity to explore the triggers that perpetuate these unhealthy eating habits. I have over 20 years of experience. Let me be your health coach and lead you to a permanent, healthy way of eating.
Do you love a family meal and can't find the time or easy meals to keep your family home for dinner? Or are you tired of FAD diets aka "False Affects of Dieting? Barbara, a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN), and Fellow of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, helps build a healthier you ...one meal at a time! She works with corporations and busy parents who want to become their own "MVP" restoring more quality time, energy and vitality by making healthier food choices that also taste great! Barbara will guide you through food choices for Moderation, Variety and Planning to improve health and achieve a healthier weight.
Do you love a family meal and can't find the time or easy meals to keep your family home for dinner? Or are you tired of FAD diets aka "False Affects of Dieting? Barbara, a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN), and Fellow of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, helps build a healthier you ...one meal at a time! She works with corporations and busy parents who want to become their own "MVP" restoring more quality time, energy and vitality by making healthier food choices that also taste great! Barbara will guide you through food choices for Moderation, Variety and Planning to improve health and achieve a healthier weight.
Specialties include: wellness, weight management, Pre- diabetes, Diabetes, heart disease, inflammation, women’s health (PCOS, menopause) Nutrigenomics (genetic testing) and much more.
I am a functionally trained, bilingual Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN) and Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist (CDCES), as well as the founder of Eating Right Matters. As your personal concierge dietitian, I specialize in sustainable weight loss and metabolic health, helping you unlock your body’s potential through the power of personalized nutrition.
Specialties include: wellness, weight management, Pre- diabetes, Diabetes, heart disease, inflammation, women’s health (PCOS, menopause) Nutrigenomics (genetic testing) and much more.
I am a functionally trained, bilingual Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN) and Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist (CDCES), as well as the founder of Eating Right Matters. As your personal concierge dietitian, I specialize in sustainable weight loss and metabolic health, helping you unlock your body’s potential through the power of personalized nutrition.
Nutrition is powerful. It can have a positive or a negative impact on your health. Together, as a team we will develop a plan to get you eating the foods that will make you feel better (or even great). To harness the power of nutrition, we work to understand what foods are right for you. Good nutrition is not only about elimination but often about education. Many chronic diseases; diabetes, hypertension, obesity, autoimmune diseases, leaky gut, digestive and weight issues can be conquered or mitigated by your food choices. The changes you see while still enjoying delicious foods will amaze you.
Nutrition is powerful. It can have a positive or a negative impact on your health. Together, as a team we will develop a plan to get you eating the foods that will make you feel better (or even great). To harness the power of nutrition, we work to understand what foods are right for you. Good nutrition is not only about elimination but often about education. Many chronic diseases; diabetes, hypertension, obesity, autoimmune diseases, leaky gut, digestive and weight issues can be conquered or mitigated by your food choices. The changes you see while still enjoying delicious foods will amaze you.
Why would someone want to work with me? What makes me different? I believe that each client is a person not what ails them at the time they are seeking help. Clients I treat as individuals and there is not one protocol or approach for each person. I usually see clients who have already tried mainstream medical care and are just not finding the relief they sought. They know there is more work to do however, they are possibly not being heard by their current healthcare providers or not at their optimal state of health that they know they can feel or once felt.
Why would someone want to work with me? What makes me different? I believe that each client is a person not what ails them at the time they are seeking help. Clients I treat as individuals and there is not one protocol or approach for each person. I usually see clients who have already tried mainstream medical care and are just not finding the relief they sought. They know there is more work to do however, they are possibly not being heard by their current healthcare providers or not at their optimal state of health that they know they can feel or once felt.
I am passionate and committed to improving health and wellness through Integrative and Functional Nutrition principles and guidelines, which include in-depth nutrition history, assessment and providing personalized nutrition care plans that include- appropriate diet/meal plan, supplement recommendations, and life style modifications,etc. In the past 25 years I have helped many patients with Diabetes, Cardio Metabolic Syndrome, Weight management & Bariatric nutrition, Gastrointestinal disorders ,Food sensitivities, Chronic fatigue syndrome, etc . I am a believer of the Ayurvedic saying: "When the Diet is Wrong, Medicine is of No Use. When the Diet is Right, Medicine is of No Need."
I am passionate and committed to improving health and wellness through Integrative and Functional Nutrition principles and guidelines, which include in-depth nutrition history, assessment and providing personalized nutrition care plans that include- appropriate diet/meal plan, supplement recommendations, and life style modifications,etc. In the past 25 years I have helped many patients with Diabetes, Cardio Metabolic Syndrome, Weight management & Bariatric nutrition, Gastrointestinal disorders ,Food sensitivities, Chronic fatigue syndrome, etc . I am a believer of the Ayurvedic saying: "When the Diet is Wrong, Medicine is of No Use. When the Diet is Right, Medicine is of No Need."
With 20+ years of experience in nutrition counseling for management of weight, diabetes, obesity, heart disease and other medical conditions, I'm dedicated to helping you achieve healthy eating and lifestyle habits.
Your health is #1 priority. I always take the time to understand your nutrition and health concerns, explain my recommendations to you, and make sure that the personalized diet plan is working for you. I'm a great listener, very easy to work with, and love to make people smile!
With 20+ years of experience in nutrition counseling for management of weight, diabetes, obesity, heart disease and other medical conditions, I'm dedicated to helping you achieve healthy eating and lifestyle habits.
Your health is #1 priority. I always take the time to understand your nutrition and health concerns, explain my recommendations to you, and make sure that the personalized diet plan is working for you. I'm a great listener, very easy to work with, and love to make people smile!
Her primary focus has been bariatric support, diabetes, IBS, and plant based nutrition, but her background also includes kidney disease, heart health, gut issues and malnutrition.
Specialities include: Bariatric Support, Weight Management and Weight Loss Medications, Diabetes, Kidney Disease, Plant-Based Eating, Heart Health and Mindful Eating.
Her primary focus has been bariatric support, diabetes, IBS, and plant based nutrition, but her background also includes kidney disease, heart health, gut issues and malnutrition.
Specialities include: Bariatric Support, Weight Management and Weight Loss Medications, Diabetes, Kidney Disease, Plant-Based Eating, Heart Health and Mindful Eating.
Still dealing with bloating, fatigue, hormone shifts, metabolic concerns, or symptoms that don’t make sense — even though you’re doing “all the right things”? I work with people who feel stuck between wanting answers and wanting something that actually fits real life. That perspective comes from experience: years spent navigating autoimmune symptoms and conflicting advice taught me that learning how to understand your body — not just manage diagnoses — is what actually helps you feel better. Today, I support people seeking clarity, relief, and sustainable support.
Still dealing with bloating, fatigue, hormone shifts, metabolic concerns, or symptoms that don’t make sense — even though you’re doing “all the right things”? I work with people who feel stuck between wanting answers and wanting something that actually fits real life. That perspective comes from experience: years spent navigating autoimmune symptoms and conflicting advice taught me that learning how to understand your body — not just manage diagnoses — is what actually helps you feel better. Today, I support people seeking clarity, relief, and sustainable support.
I am a Certified Nutrition Specialist CNS and Certified Health Coach CHC with a MS in Human Nutrition and 7 years of experience as a nutritionist and health coach. I am passionate about helping clients achieve optimum health naturally. My areas of expertise are weight management, diabetes management and prevention, hormone balancing, anti-inflammatory diets, and autoimmune and digestive disorders. I believe restoring gut health is fundamental to improving all kinds of chronic conditions so this is a major focus of my practice. I have helped many clients who are frustrated and don't know what to eat improve or eliminate digestive
I am a Certified Nutrition Specialist CNS and Certified Health Coach CHC with a MS in Human Nutrition and 7 years of experience as a nutritionist and health coach. I am passionate about helping clients achieve optimum health naturally. My areas of expertise are weight management, diabetes management and prevention, hormone balancing, anti-inflammatory diets, and autoimmune and digestive disorders. I believe restoring gut health is fundamental to improving all kinds of chronic conditions so this is a major focus of my practice. I have helped many clients who are frustrated and don't know what to eat improve or eliminate digestive
Specialities include: Weight Management, Sports Nutrition, PCOS, General Lifestyle and Nutrition, Mindful Eating, Intuitive Eating, High Cholesterol, Heart Health, High Blood Pressure, Weight Gain, Anti-Inflammatory, Pre-Diabetes, and Type 2 Diabetes.
Elise is a dietitian who focuses on using realistic approaches to help you improve your health through nutrition, exercise, and other lifestyle practices. Her approach to nutrition is holistic and client centered. She takes the time to fully understand your unique lifestyle, preferences, and challenges to create a realistic nutrition plan together as a team. Elise believes in the power of using high quality nutrient dense foods to support all aspects of your health and wellbeing.
Specialities include: Weight Management, Sports Nutrition, PCOS, General Lifestyle and Nutrition, Mindful Eating, Intuitive Eating, High Cholesterol, Heart Health, High Blood Pressure, Weight Gain, Anti-Inflammatory, Pre-Diabetes, and Type 2 Diabetes.
Elise is a dietitian who focuses on using realistic approaches to help you improve your health through nutrition, exercise, and other lifestyle practices. Her approach to nutrition is holistic and client centered. She takes the time to fully understand your unique lifestyle, preferences, and challenges to create a realistic nutrition plan together as a team. Elise believes in the power of using high quality nutrient dense foods to support all aspects of your health and wellbeing.
Making a change that actually sticks can be daunting. Getting healthy can be hard especially when there is so much information out there that is contradicting. My role always begins with being a strong support for anyone taking on the challenge of improving their eating habits, no matter how big or small. We are all human at the end of the day! I combine evidence based nutrition with behavior change strategies to help my clients achieve their goals one step at a time.
Making a change that actually sticks can be daunting. Getting healthy can be hard especially when there is so much information out there that is contradicting. My role always begins with being a strong support for anyone taking on the challenge of improving their eating habits, no matter how big or small. We are all human at the end of the day! I combine evidence based nutrition with behavior change strategies to help my clients achieve their goals one step at a time.
Heart Health Nutritionists and Dietitians
How does nutrition affect heart health?
Nutrition plays a significant role in heart health, affecting conditions such as heart disease, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol. Consuming too much saturated and trans fats can raise "bad" cholesterol levels, potentially leading to clogged arteries and heart disease. In addition, high-sugar and refined carb foods, common in the American diet, are often high in calories but low in nutrients. Abundant consumption of such foods can lead to conditions such as weight gain and diabetes, which put extra strain on the heart. Excess sodium intake is yet another dietary component that can impact heart health. Consumption of too much sodium can raise blood pressure, making the heart work harder. Conversely, eating plenty of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, lean proteins, and healthy fats helps support heart health through the maintenance of healthy cholesterol levels and the reduction of inflammation.
What diet is best for heart health?
In general, experts recommend a plant-based diet high in fiber, healthy fats, and lean protein as the best nutrition approach to a heart healthy diet. The "Mediterranean diet," characterized by the consumption of lots of healthy fats, vegetables, beans, and whole grains is one common diet with abundant evidence supporting its efficacy in reducing blood cholesterol levels and preventing cardiovascular and metabolic diseases. The Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet is another common diet shown to reduce blood pressure and positively impact heart health; the DASH diet emphasizes the consumption of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and low fat dairy products with a particular focus on reducing the consumption of saturated fats. Conversely, diets that include the consumption of large amounts of protein and fats—such as the keto diet and atkins diet—are generally not recommended for those with heart conditions or high cholesterol levels due to the high levels of saturated and trans fats such diets can include.
What foods increase one's risk of heart disease?
Foods high in saturated and trans fats, such as fatty meats, cream, butter, and pastries, can have a very negative impact on heart health. In addition, sweets, high-sugar drinks, and refined carbohydrates like white bread and pasta are usually good to avoid in order to positively impact heart health. Replacing saturated fats with unsaturated fat alternatives, such as consuming lean fish high in omega-3 fatty acids instead of red meat, is often a good strategy, as is replacing highly-processed and sugar-rich foods with alternative carbohydrates, such as fruits, vegetables, and whole grains.
Why should someone with heart disease see a dietitian?
Dietitians are specifically trained to use diet modifications to manage health, so individuals with heart disease may greatly benefit from seeing a dietitian to improve their cardiac health. Dietitians can help clients identify foods that support heart health, such as whole grains, as well as help clients eliminate foods that can place a strain on the heart when consumed in large quantities over time, such as saturated and trans fats. Dietitians can also help hold clients accountable for their nutrition and provide resources for other lifestyle modifications that support heart health, such as exercise, smoking cessation, and alcohol consumption reduction. Additionally, dietitians can assist in managing other chronic diseases often associated with heart disease, such as kidney conditions or diabetes.