Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) Nutritionists and Dietitians in Patchogue, NY
In today’s world of conflicting diet trends, finding reliable, science-backed advice can be tough. As a Registered Dietitian, Certified Nutritionist, and Certified Diabetes Educator, I help you cut through the noise and build a sustainable, healthy lifestyle tailored to YOU. My mission is simple: to help you feel better, live healthier, and achieve your wellness goals with confidence. I provide evidence-based strategies that are practical and easy to incorporate into your daily life, whether managing diabetes, weight, or other health needs.
In today’s world of conflicting diet trends, finding reliable, science-backed advice can be tough. As a Registered Dietitian, Certified Nutritionist, and Certified Diabetes Educator, I help you cut through the noise and build a sustainable, healthy lifestyle tailored to YOU. My mission is simple: to help you feel better, live healthier, and achieve your wellness goals with confidence. I provide evidence-based strategies that are practical and easy to incorporate into your daily life, whether managing diabetes, weight, or other health needs.
More Dietitians and Nutritionists Nearby
Rebecca is a Registered Dietitian with a passion for helping others develop a deeper, realistic understanding of nutrition concepts. Rebecca’s counseling style is compassionate and exploratory. She feels strongly there is no one-size-fits-all approach to nutrition, and finds most success through a collaborative approach. Rebecca practices from a weight-neutral and functional lens, always searching for the root causes of her patient’s symptoms.
Rebecca is a Registered Dietitian with a passion for helping others develop a deeper, realistic understanding of nutrition concepts. Rebecca’s counseling style is compassionate and exploratory. She feels strongly there is no one-size-fits-all approach to nutrition, and finds most success through a collaborative approach. Rebecca practices from a weight-neutral and functional lens, always searching for the root causes of her patient’s symptoms.
Real You Nutrition is a nutritional counseling practice that specializes in intuitive eating, eating disorders, chronic illness, and women’s health. We offer a non-diet treatment plan that helps people establish healthy eating patterns that align with their values. We believe by nurturing your physical, mental and emotional well-being, you can become the best REAL version of yourself, reduce your risk of chronic disease, have more energy, and feel good about yourself. We offer extensive gastrointestinal dysfunction and hormonal testing to get to the root causes and personalize and customize a protocol to address these needs.
Real You Nutrition is a nutritional counseling practice that specializes in intuitive eating, eating disorders, chronic illness, and women’s health. We offer a non-diet treatment plan that helps people establish healthy eating patterns that align with their values. We believe by nurturing your physical, mental and emotional well-being, you can become the best REAL version of yourself, reduce your risk of chronic disease, have more energy, and feel good about yourself. We offer extensive gastrointestinal dysfunction and hormonal testing to get to the root causes and personalize and customize a protocol to address these needs.
Meeting with Ann Silver to address your nutritional issues and goals involves allowing Ann a window into your life. Changing one's eating style or food choices is not only about selecting different foods but looking at all aspects of your life that impacts your eating. The questions that need to be explored are why do you eat, when do you eat, where do you eat, how do you eat, what do you eat and how much do you eat.
Meeting with Ann Silver to address your nutritional issues and goals involves allowing Ann a window into your life. Changing one's eating style or food choices is not only about selecting different foods but looking at all aspects of your life that impacts your eating. The questions that need to be explored are why do you eat, when do you eat, where do you eat, how do you eat, what do you eat and how much do you eat.
If you are struggling with your relationship with food, movement or your body, we might be a good fit to work together! I am a registered dietitian based in New York City who specializes in disordered eating and eating disorder treatment as well as other nutrition-related issues, like diabetes and GI nutrition. If you often feel pre-occupied with food or your body, struggle with feeling chaotic or in control around food, or if it feels hard to feel confident in your food choices, we can do this work together! I am here to support you in finding peace with food and your body. My goal is to help you do sustainable work with support!
If you are struggling with your relationship with food, movement or your body, we might be a good fit to work together! I am a registered dietitian based in New York City who specializes in disordered eating and eating disorder treatment as well as other nutrition-related issues, like diabetes and GI nutrition. If you often feel pre-occupied with food or your body, struggle with feeling chaotic or in control around food, or if it feels hard to feel confident in your food choices, we can do this work together! I am here to support you in finding peace with food and your body. My goal is to help you do sustainable work with support!
I also have 16+ years of experience working with diabetes, prediabetes, PCOS, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, fitness/sports nutrition, GI disorders, and more.
I use a proven formula in my meal plans and programs that results in weight loss, balancing blood sugars, increasing energy, and sleeping better. My program includes unlimited support and accountability, private online support group, metabolic testing, and body fat testing. These tools help me tailor your program.
I also have 16+ years of experience working with diabetes, prediabetes, PCOS, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, fitness/sports nutrition, GI disorders, and more.
I use a proven formula in my meal plans and programs that results in weight loss, balancing blood sugars, increasing energy, and sleeping better. My program includes unlimited support and accountability, private online support group, metabolic testing, and body fat testing. These tools help me tailor your program.
I have over 20 years experience in womens hormonal health, weight loss, anxiety and nutrition. I am a 9 year Breast Cancer survivor, treating my stage 2 holistically. I help Survivors recover and prevent reoccurrence. Together we uncover the root cause of your health condition. I will give you a nutrition and lifestyle protocol so your body can heal naturally without medication. I teach you my life’s challenges coping skills. My clients lose an average of 12-15 lbs on my on-line program. I love and support you through every step, holding your hand until you’re ready to flourish on your own! I am very caring, dedicated, compassionate
I have over 20 years experience in womens hormonal health, weight loss, anxiety and nutrition. I am a 9 year Breast Cancer survivor, treating my stage 2 holistically. I help Survivors recover and prevent reoccurrence. Together we uncover the root cause of your health condition. I will give you a nutrition and lifestyle protocol so your body can heal naturally without medication. I teach you my life’s challenges coping skills. My clients lose an average of 12-15 lbs on my on-line program. I love and support you through every step, holding your hand until you’re ready to flourish on your own! I am very caring, dedicated, compassionate
I also help women with PCOS, prenatal, perinatal, postpartum, and lactating nourish their bodies.
I help my clients and patients prevent and manage diabetes, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia through personalized nutrition.
I also help women with PCOS, prenatal, perinatal, postpartum, and lactating nourish their bodies.
I help my clients and patients prevent and manage diabetes, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia through personalized nutrition.
I know what it feels like to be frustrated & sad about your physical condition. One pill after another is not the answer. Through 20 years of education and experience in nutrition and functional medicine, I have learned how to find the root cause of imbalance and work together with patients using an online platform to transform and restore good health. Health & weight issues are most often related to gut, hormone, or immune imbalance. A uniquely designed food and lifestyle modification plan can & will change your health status. Do not lose hope. My process works for even the most challenging of cases.- Stacy Seslowsky, RD, LDN, MS
I know what it feels like to be frustrated & sad about your physical condition. One pill after another is not the answer. Through 20 years of education and experience in nutrition and functional medicine, I have learned how to find the root cause of imbalance and work together with patients using an online platform to transform and restore good health. Health & weight issues are most often related to gut, hormone, or immune imbalance. A uniquely designed food and lifestyle modification plan can & will change your health status. Do not lose hope. My process works for even the most challenging of cases.- Stacy Seslowsky, RD, LDN, MS
My philosophy centers on one simple, powerful truth: the gut is the foundation of health.
You’re not alone if you feel trapped by symptoms yet routine labs were normal. Or you’ve been given medication, acid blockers, antidepressants or vague advice like “try eating better” without anyone asking why you have symptoms in the first place.
I’ve been there too and I know a better way.
My approach focuses on finding the root cause of your health concerns through deeper testing to answer key questions:
What’s driving the inflammation?
Is the gut lining compromised?
Is the microbiome balanced?
Is the body absorbing nutrients properly?
My philosophy centers on one simple, powerful truth: the gut is the foundation of health.
You’re not alone if you feel trapped by symptoms yet routine labs were normal. Or you’ve been given medication, acid blockers, antidepressants or vague advice like “try eating better” without anyone asking why you have symptoms in the first place.
I’ve been there too and I know a better way.
My approach focuses on finding the root cause of your health concerns through deeper testing to answer key questions:
What’s driving the inflammation?
Is the gut lining compromised?
Is the microbiome balanced?
Is the body absorbing nutrients properly?
As a Registered Dietitian (RD, CDN), I help clients move beyond diets, confusion, and quick fixes into a sustainable, empowered relationship with food and body. My approach blends evidence-based nutrition with holistic practices rooted in neuroscience, mindset, and embodiment. Together, we uncover patterns that keep you stuck, calm the inner voice of doubt, and build trust in your body’s signals. Clients often arrive frustrated or disconnected; I guide them toward food freedom, body acceptance, and a clear, confident path to lasting wellness.
As a Registered Dietitian (RD, CDN), I help clients move beyond diets, confusion, and quick fixes into a sustainable, empowered relationship with food and body. My approach blends evidence-based nutrition with holistic practices rooted in neuroscience, mindset, and embodiment. Together, we uncover patterns that keep you stuck, calm the inner voice of doubt, and build trust in your body’s signals. Clients often arrive frustrated or disconnected; I guide them toward food freedom, body acceptance, and a clear, confident path to lasting wellness.
The Registered Dietitians at Nutrition in Motion, P.C. share a philosophy of using food to fuel, nourish and strengthen one's body. We treat each patient as an individual in order to collaboratively create a plan to reach the individual's goals. We believe in the use of behavior modification in conjunction with nutrition counseling, rather than attempting to follow an unsustainable diet. This helps clients make more attainable and enduring lifestyle changes. All foods can have a place as a part of a healthy lifestyle, and we are here to help you make them fit.
The Registered Dietitians at Nutrition in Motion, P.C. share a philosophy of using food to fuel, nourish and strengthen one's body. We treat each patient as an individual in order to collaboratively create a plan to reach the individual's goals. We believe in the use of behavior modification in conjunction with nutrition counseling, rather than attempting to follow an unsustainable diet. This helps clients make more attainable and enduring lifestyle changes. All foods can have a place as a part of a healthy lifestyle, and we are here to help you make them fit.
Online Dietitians and Nutritionists
Creating Wellness for Individuals and Businesses. As a Masters level Registered Dietitian Nutritionist, I've maintained a private counseling practice and consulting business for over 25 years. Drawing on my comprehensive knowledge of nutrition throughout the life cycle, I have a broad perspective when speaking, counseling, consulting and writing; I truly specialize in Nutrition for Wellness. As a Consulting Nutritionist, I keep up-to-date on all areas of health: from Head Start to Assisted Living with Weight Loss and Wellness in between. I'm now accepting more insurances. Please inquire!
Creating Wellness for Individuals and Businesses. As a Masters level Registered Dietitian Nutritionist, I've maintained a private counseling practice and consulting business for over 25 years. Drawing on my comprehensive knowledge of nutrition throughout the life cycle, I have a broad perspective when speaking, counseling, consulting and writing; I truly specialize in Nutrition for Wellness. As a Consulting Nutritionist, I keep up-to-date on all areas of health: from Head Start to Assisted Living with Weight Loss and Wellness in between. I'm now accepting more insurances. Please inquire!
Our patients are often overwhelmed, frustrated, and tired of nutrition plans that don’t work. Many are dealing with symptoms like bloating, fatigue, migraines, blood sugar swings, or weight changes—and want clear answers.
They come to us for clarity, relief, and a sustainable way to eat that fits real life.
We simplify nutrition with personalized, realistic plans based on how their body responds to food—helping them feel better, understand triggers, and build habits that last.
Our patients are often overwhelmed, frustrated, and tired of nutrition plans that don’t work. Many are dealing with symptoms like bloating, fatigue, migraines, blood sugar swings, or weight changes—and want clear answers.
They come to us for clarity, relief, and a sustainable way to eat that fits real life.
We simplify nutrition with personalized, realistic plans based on how their body responds to food—helping them feel better, understand triggers, and build habits that last.
Dr. Heard is a Licensed and Board Certified Doctor of Clinical & Functional Nutrition, and Certified Nutrition Specialist. She coaches women who want to improve their health and wellness. Dr. Heard has many years of experience working with people who have a wide range of health conditions. She primarily works with women ages 18+.
Dr. Heard is a Licensed and Board Certified Doctor of Clinical & Functional Nutrition, and Certified Nutrition Specialist. She coaches women who want to improve their health and wellness. Dr. Heard has many years of experience working with people who have a wide range of health conditions. She primarily works with women ages 18+.
If you have IBS, poor energy levels, PMS, PCOS, endometriosis, or fertility issues, you are not alone.
Our virtual 1:1 meetings are all about YOU. You'll have access to my online courses all about nutrition, wellness, gut health, and hormone health, a recipe library of over 200 recipes, and detailed food journal review. Unlike most practitioners, you have access to me in between sessions, so you don't have to wait 2 weeks to have your questions answered.
If you have IBS, poor energy levels, PMS, PCOS, endometriosis, or fertility issues, you are not alone.
Our virtual 1:1 meetings are all about YOU. You'll have access to my online courses all about nutrition, wellness, gut health, and hormone health, a recipe library of over 200 recipes, and detailed food journal review. Unlike most practitioners, you have access to me in between sessions, so you don't have to wait 2 weeks to have your questions answered.
Nearly 95 percent of my insurance clients pay $0 out of pocket for their sessions! I'm a Columbia University-trained Registered Dietitian. I specialize in gentle weight loss, gut health and digestion, diabetes, gestational diabetes, pregnancy nutrition, bariatric nutrition, and heart health. When we work together I'll give you the tools needed to feel confident in your food choices and in control around food. I'll guide you through creating a plan that works for YOU, based on your body's needs, lifestyle, and food preferences.
Nearly 95 percent of my insurance clients pay $0 out of pocket for their sessions! I'm a Columbia University-trained Registered Dietitian. I specialize in gentle weight loss, gut health and digestion, diabetes, gestational diabetes, pregnancy nutrition, bariatric nutrition, and heart health. When we work together I'll give you the tools needed to feel confident in your food choices and in control around food. I'll guide you through creating a plan that works for YOU, based on your body's needs, lifestyle, and food preferences.
I help simplify nutrition so you can eat smarter and optimize your body, mind and health. I am a realist and believe your food plan should fit your lifestyle - whether you’re managing an illness like epilepsy, trying to lose weight, lower your cholesterol, or just want feel and look your best. I get it; we are all constantly bombarded with different diets and workouts that guarantee weight loss or health cures. Most of the time, they lead to feeling overwhelmed, cyclical dieting and feeling deprived. With my help, you can learn how to put an end to your health struggles and start to look and feel your best starting today.
I help simplify nutrition so you can eat smarter and optimize your body, mind and health. I am a realist and believe your food plan should fit your lifestyle - whether you’re managing an illness like epilepsy, trying to lose weight, lower your cholesterol, or just want feel and look your best. I get it; we are all constantly bombarded with different diets and workouts that guarantee weight loss or health cures. Most of the time, they lead to feeling overwhelmed, cyclical dieting and feeling deprived. With my help, you can learn how to put an end to your health struggles and start to look and feel your best starting today.
Do you want to eat healthier, lose weight, or simply feel better? Yes, it's possible and I can help you. I am an internationally recognized registered dietitian nutritionist, adjunct professor at NYU, & author of Finally Full, Finally Slim & The Portion Teller Plan. I counsel adults, children and families on weight loss, a range of medical nutrition issues, wellness, and behavior modification (VIRTUAL appointments available.) I design individualized programs unique to YOU based on your health & medical needs, lifestyle, and food preferences. As a seasoned professional, I focus on the whole person, integrating mind, body and spirit.
Do you want to eat healthier, lose weight, or simply feel better? Yes, it's possible and I can help you. I am an internationally recognized registered dietitian nutritionist, adjunct professor at NYU, & author of Finally Full, Finally Slim & The Portion Teller Plan. I counsel adults, children and families on weight loss, a range of medical nutrition issues, wellness, and behavior modification (VIRTUAL appointments available.) I design individualized programs unique to YOU based on your health & medical needs, lifestyle, and food preferences. As a seasoned professional, I focus on the whole person, integrating mind, body and spirit.
My practice focuses on helping patients create and sustain new eating and lifestyle behaviors that can effectively improve their medical conditions, support immunity, increase energy and well being. I specialize in nutrition counseling for adults, adolescents and children regarding weight control, eating disorders, cholesterol abnormalities, auto-immune conditions, hypertension, diabetes, irritable bowel syndrome, inflammatory bowel disease, pre/post bariatric surgery counseling, food allergies/ sensitivities, and a number of additional medical conditions. I provide accurate information regarding the impact of nutrition on a patient's medical condition(s). This is the cornerstone in creating permanent and effective nutrition/lifestyle changes.
My practice focuses on helping patients create and sustain new eating and lifestyle behaviors that can effectively improve their medical conditions, support immunity, increase energy and well being. I specialize in nutrition counseling for adults, adolescents and children regarding weight control, eating disorders, cholesterol abnormalities, auto-immune conditions, hypertension, diabetes, irritable bowel syndrome, inflammatory bowel disease, pre/post bariatric surgery counseling, food allergies/ sensitivities, and a number of additional medical conditions. I provide accurate information regarding the impact of nutrition on a patient's medical condition(s). This is the cornerstone in creating permanent and effective nutrition/lifestyle changes.
Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) Nutritionists and Dietitians
What is Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS)?
Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) is a condition characterized by hormonal imbalance, leading to symptoms such as irregular or absent periods, weight gain, excess hair growth, infertility, and acne. The exact causes of PCOS are not well understood, but it is believed to result from a combination of genetic and lifestyle factors, including stress and nutrition.
How is PCOS treated?
PCOS is typically treated with a combination of medication and lifestyle changes. Many individuals with PCOS are prescribed birth control medication to help regulate the abnormal hormone levels associated with the condition. With regard to lifestyle modifications, healthcare professionals often recommend maintaining a balanced, healthy diet and engaging in regular physical activity. This is particularly important for women diagnosed with obesity or diabetes, as weight loss and improved insulin regulation can significantly alleviate PCOS symptoms.
What diet is best for people with PCOS?
In general, experts recommend a plant-based diet high in fiber, healthy fats, and lean protein as the best nutritional approach to managing PCOS. Because women diagnosed with PCOS are at a higher risk of specific conditions, such as type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and heart problems, a diet that helps prevent such conditions can be highly effective. The "Mediterranean diet," characterized by the consumption of lots of healthy fats, vegetables, beans, and whole grains is one common diet with evidence supporting its efficacy in preventing cardiovascular and metabolic diseases. In addition, other lifestyle modifications that support weight management and healthy insulin levels—such as exercise, smoking cessation, and alcohol consumption reduction—are often also incorporated into PCOS treatment.
What foods should people with PCOS avoid?
Due to the high blood sugar levels and insulin resistance characteristic of PCOS, experts typically advise individuals with PCOS to avoid foods that cause large blood sugar spikes, such as sugary snacks and refined carbs like white bread. Instead, they recommend consuming foods rich in healthy fats, whole grains, and fiber, which can help stabilize blood sugar levels. Individuals with PCOS may also find that certain foods trigger their symptoms. Therefore, identifying and avoiding these specific foods can be important for reducing symptom severity on an individual level.