Nutrition Solutions

I heard amazing things about Kathy from a friend and even though we do not live in her area, my friend said she truly enjoyed Kathy's work. I booked a phone consultation with Kathy and hoped for an ongoing relationship to target some specific issues I have related to diet and nutrition. I had a wonderful one time call with Kathy ($300+) but then reaching her through her office manager, Angela, for follow up labs and appointments became far too complicated. There was a 7-8 week wait to schedule and no additional options other than the date/time that will be prescribed. In this busy day and age, we all need to have some flexibility. I also didn't appreciate a diagnostic code that I had in my teens, which may not even be true at all or anymore, be plastered on all the lab kits Kathy wanted me to send in. I get it, I want my insurance to cover too, but that's not really my diagnosis nor did I want you to disclose it all over my paper work when I told you about it somewhat tongue in cheek. In general, I think there's some snake oil for sale here.
Apr 25th, 2022

Overall negative experience. I have thought about writing this review for 3 years and it has been on my mind very regularly. My experience here has left me with a lot of debt and negative experiences to process years after. Overall Kathy and her team are very detail-oriented and want to give the best care possible, but there are massive blind spots and you should not be guilted into thinking Kathy’s approach to treatment is the only way. I spent $9000 at this office over the course of a few months as a broke and chronically ill college student, told that if I wanted the best treatment I needed to make those financial sacrifices. Kathy tells you she also went into credit card debt as well when she was trying to heal herself, and suggests this is the only way since that was the only way she was able to do it. Kathy is somewhat open minded to other approaches, but because she has not personally had success with other treatment strategies, she considers hers to be the only valid one. I was given a meal plan that limited my foods so much that meat was one of the only ways I could be satiated. When I had trouble digesting the food, they gave me hydrochloric acid pills to aid in digestion. When I told them it was hurting my stomach, Kathy told me to try again. When I told her it caused terrible burning, she chastised me for eating too much meat even though I only had essentially collard greens with no seasoning to eat otherwise. After this incident I couldn’t eat solid food for 2 weeks as I repaired my stomach lining. I could only eat oatmeal (which was against the diet plan), but I did not care because at least I could eat something. Once I indicated that the treatment was too intense for me and I needed a break, I stopped getting any communication. They would not return emails I sent requesting my labs. I am not saying people don’t get helped at this facility. I know several folks who were terribly ill and had their ongoing illnesses and symptoms managed through Kathy’s help. But please do not go here thinking this is the only way. Do not go into debt over this. I still am in debt and spent all my savings on this. I did this because I thought it was the only way, and was convinced by her that it was. Kathy’s approach is very Western (which I thought was the only legitimate route, until I literally got burned). This is not the only way. After feeling exasperated with Nutrition Solutions, I decided to try other things I had once deemed illegitimate. I have since found much more healing through going alternative routes. (I now have more energy than I’ve ever had, almost all of my original symptoms are gone, and my SIBO test came back negative.) Also: **I am not overweight and was fat-shamed from the moment I got weighed and they did the body scan. Everyone in the office is very thin and as someone who has studied disordered eating, there is an over-fixation on eating as little as possible, being as thin as possible, and controlling your body as much as possible. Folks with body issues beware.
Jul 25th, 2021

I went to Kathy because I suspected that I was in Adrenal Fatigue, and it was devastating my performance in my sport. I needed help finding out what I was going through, why it was happening, and how to get past it as quickly as possible. Kathy helped me systematically figure it all out, helped me recover, and taught me the skills to stay out of AF. Now, after 18 months from first working with her, I've been able to compete again and succeed at the highest levels of my sport. I can't thank Kathy enough, and I would happily refer her!
Nov 11th, 2019

I saw Kathy years ago for help with autoimmune disease.  Now I'm going back to her again for help with my son's autoimmune disease.  She does detailed tests that other doctors refuse to do, and uses the data to treat conditions that other doctors won't touch. If mentioning the word "autoimmune" is causing doctors to hang up on you, call Kathy.  She'll help.
Jul 31st, 2018

It took 1 week and 3 phone calls (from me) before I was finally able to speak to someone to make an appointment. Labor Day weekend was part of the reason, but there didn't seem to be any urgency to call me back. When I did finally speak to someone, the next available appointment was a little over 2 months away. I scheduled the appointment and was sent about 5 emails with documents to fill out, plus instructions on how to fill out more documents in their online portal. I logged into their online portal about 1 month prior to my appointment and spent about 3 hours over the course of 2-3 days to fill out all the information. I was very thorough and gave them information on: family history, medical history, symptoms, my diet and exercise, previous doctor's contact info, all the supplements I was taking, allergies etc. I then printed out all of the separate documents that needed to be printed and faxed to them, which was about another 10 forms. As I was filling out the forms that I needed to be faxed back, I noticed that most of it I had already filled out in the online portal; there is a large section that lists many types of foods and they asked that I tell them how often I eat each one. There was also one authorization form they wanted faxed back, even though I had electronically signed it in the portal. I went ahead and emailed Angela, the office manager, the documents that were not duplicates and explained that the other ones were filled out prior so that's why I didn't send them. She replied back with "this is perfect, thank you". Since I didn't need those extra forms I had already printed out, I went ahead and shredded them because some had my info on them. Shortly after, Angela emailed me to say they do still need those other forms, even though they look like duplicates, Kathy still wanted them. I didn't have anymore time to spend on these forms that day & was a little frustrated that this task was somehow still not completed, so I moved on with my day and planned to come back to it.Flash forward to the Friday before my appointment and I get a voicemail from Angela telling me that Kathy needed the rest of the documents no later than that weekend. A few minutes later, she forwards me the email she originally sent me about needing the rest of the paperwork, but didn't even write anything in the email... just forwarded the previous one. I replied back to the email letting her know I had already left town for the weekend and wouldn't be back until Monday so I wouldn't be able to send the forms, plus, my printer was now out of ink and I was not going to have time to deal with it before my appointment. I asked her to print out the rest of the paperwork for me to have ready when I got to my appointment so I could fill it out prior. Angela replied back with "Kathy will want to review these prior to your appointment. We may have to push out the appointment. Please let me know."At this point I was done jumping through hoops- I waited over 2 months to see a doctor that I was going to pay $350 per appointment for and they can't even be a little accommodating? Not to mention, the doctor had PLENTY of information on me in order to still have the appointment.I told Angela I wasn't impressed with how the situation was handled and I cancelled my appointment. I have already found another doctor and so far my experience has been night and day compared to this one.
Nov 27th, 2018