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A Little Nutrition

makes a big difference

There’s a better way to improve your health!

Finally, learn to eat without guilt and have a good relationship with food & body!

Feel the difference with A Little Nutrition!

Balanced nutrition is no longer about calories in/ calories out and depriving yourself. 

Learn how uncomplicated feeling good about your nutrition can be!  

Life is challenging.

Getting healthy can feel overwhelming at times. 

Discover a new way of approaching health & wellness.

One that puts you at the centre of care.

Do you struggle with 

  • Knowing what to eat and how much.
  • A poor relationship with food.
  • Feeling overwhelmed with nutrition advice and food choices.
  • Not truly connecting with your hunger and fullness.
  • Making health changes that stick.
  • Feeling embarrassed about how you feed yourself or your family.
  • Unexplained digestive symptoms that are interfering with life.
  • Emotional or stress eating.
  • Grocery shopping, deciphering food labels, and getting out of a “food rut”.
  • Meal planning and finding snacks that are satisfying.
  • Knowing what balanced and normal eating looks like.
  • Forming health habits around food choices and movement.

Over the years we have realized that improving nutrition is more than just “what to eat” advice. We understand the many challenges people face when it comes to eating well, both lifestyle barriers and emotional underpinnings. Our team helps you learn how to implement the changes you want to make to your health in a way that feels in line with your lifestyle. We help you get to the root of those barriers to change and find positive solutions improving your health & relationship with food. Our clients don’t fall off the wagon, and you won’t either!” ~Susan Watson, RD, CIEC, Owner of A Little Nutrition.

WE KNOW THIS MEANS EVERYTHING

Our team of highly experienced registered dietitians and therapists provides you with the help you need to bounce back or thrive, no matter what your health goals are or what stage of life you are in.

We practice with a non-diet approach that is weight inclusive and health affirming!

What Makes Us Different

Our Dietitian + Therapist Team

Madelaine Morrish Winnipeg Digestion Registered Dietitian

Do you ever wonder why making health changes is so hard?

Many people struggle to make lasting changes because they don’t address the emotional underpinning that gets in their way to full food freedom! Seeking quick “diet” fixes to health only leads to the following outcomes:

  • rigid diet plans that continue to fail at helping you improve your health
  • decreased quality of life
  • feelings of low self-worth
  • lower body trust
  • dulled sense of hunger and fullness
  • reactive or rebound eating
  • digestive problems
  • weight instability
  • increased food thoughts
  • social isolation
  • food stress + anxiety
Kristy Rebenchuk, Registered Social Worker, eating disorder therapist
Kristy Rebenchuk, Registered Social Worker, eating disorder therapist

Benefits Of Trusting Your Health With A Little Nutrition

Everyone deserves to be healthy, happy and guilt-free when eating!

Nutrition Across The Life Span

We have a registered dietitian that has experience working with your unique health concern. Stop searching and start working on your health!

Psychology & Mental Wellness

We know that making change is hard, especially with the emotional underpinnings life can throw your way. Our therapists support your mental wellness in your health journey.

Customized Care

We care about empowering you to achieve personal positive change. We will work with you to develop a tailored care plan specific to where you are to where you want to be! 

Our Approach

We recognize there is no 1-size-fits-all when it comes to your nutrition. We take an individualized approach to best support your health goals. We will work alongside you to help you with:

  • Building out a personalized eating structure that suits your lifestyle.
  • Normalizing eating and food habits and beliefs about food.
  • Learning how emotions are linked to your eating habits and interfere with your health goals.
  • Provide accurate advice on eating, food, and health myths.
  • Empower you to manage your health by understanding how to grocery shop, read nutrition labels, and prepare meals that you/your family enjoy.
  • Provide you with cooking tips, meal prep guidance, recipe modifications, and snack ideas.
  • Advocate and/or communicate with your primary healthcare team, doctor, or specialist.

Our Services

You don’t have to settle when it comes to your health!

After practicing for more than fifteen years and helping hundreds of people find meaningful solutions to their nutritional health and relationship with food, our team is committed to helping you get the care and guidance you need to achieve your health potential.

Nutrition Counselling

Eating Disorders

Therapy / Counselling

Intuitive Eating: Improving Relationship With Food

Digestion, Food Allergies + Intolerances

Infant, Toddler & Kids Nutrition

Fertility, Pregnancy, Hormones, Bone Health + Inflammation

Workplace Presentations

Online Support Groups

3 Easy Steps To Empowered Nutrition Care

Insurance Accepted

 

Frequently Asked Questions

What are your fees?

Dietitian: $190 for 80-minute initial assessment and $135 for 50-minute follow-up appointments. Therapy services are $145 for 50 mins. Occupational Therapy services are $140 for 50 mins.

Do you direct bill?

Yes, fill out your form here, and we will let you know if we can direct bill your appointment.

Clients are responsible for knowing their coverage details, understanding their benefits, and keeping track of their usage from their insurance company. 

Before your visit, please call your insurance company and ask:

  • For nutrition help: Is registered dietitian for nutrition counseling covered? 
  • For therapy or counselling help: Are registered social workers covered for counseling/therapy?
  • Do I need a physician referral or prior authorization? (usually for Blue Cross & Claim Secure)
  • What is the yearly plan coverage amount?
  • Is there a co-pay amount (Ex. They pay 80% you pay 20%)
  • Do I have a deductible to meet before insurance pays?

Insurance company phone numbers:

  • Manitoba Blue Cross: 204-775-0151
  • Canada Life: 1-800-957-9777
  • Green Shield/SSQ: 1-888-711-1119
  • Chambers: 1-800-665-3365
  • Maximum Benefit: 1-800-893-7587
  • Claim Secure: 1-888-513-4464
  • Medavie (National Blue Cross): 1-888-873-9200  OR 204-775-9261    
  • Sirius Benefits: (204) 488-7600
  • Peoples Corp: (204) 940-3900

***Manitoba Blue Cross: Requires a medical illness or health condition to be present for coverage (even if your plan doesn't require a referral).

These insurance companies have dietitian/therapy coverage, but do not allow for direct billing: Sunlife, Manulife, DesJardins and Equitable Life.

Finding out these details will help ensure you get the most out of your health insurance benefits and avoid financial surprises!

Do I need a doctors referral?

No, you can self-refer. However, your insurance company may require a physicians referral to use your health benefits. ***If you have Manitoba Blue Cross, then your insurance requires a medical illness or health condition to be present for coverage. 

If your insurance company requires a referral for coverage, we require this in advance to your appointment to make sure we can direct bill for you. If you have obtained a referral, you can email it to our office at admin@alittlenutrition.com. We will review it and make sure it satisfies insurance requirements. If you do not have a referral, and your insurance company requires one, you can easily obtain one at either of these Walmart Medical Walk-In Clinics: Taylor, Kenaston or Lakewood.  Doctors or medical clinics can fax your referral directly to us at 1-204-515-7479.

How many appointments do I need?

Most of our clients report seeing remarkable changes in their eating and health after 3 to 5 appointments spaced out over 3 to 6 months. However, some clients require appointments every 2 weeks until they can get the hang of their new pattern of eating and to work through the challenges they are facing. Some clients only need 1 or 2 appointments. Your dietitian or therapist will give you a recommended treatment plan at your initial appointment.

***If you are working on healing your relationship with food or recovering from an eating disorder treatment length time will vary and usually requires more frequent appointment times. 

Do you provide meal plans to follow?

Yes and no. It will depend on your nutrition or health concern.

  • If you are struggling with an eating disorder or your relationship with food, we may work with you to develop a mechanical meal plan to help stabilize your eating and health. The goal would be to move away from this and learn to eat intuitively when indicated. 
  • For others, we will help you learn the necessary skills to make an individual or family meal plan and provide assistance to you each step of the way. We believe teaching you "how" to nourish yourself is far better than handing you a meal plan that you will likely only be able to follow for a few weeks. We help you learn the skills of meal planning, meal prep, grocery shopping and preparing simple meals that you enjoy.
  • Still want a meal plan? If you subscribe to our email list, we send out meal plans for recipe inspiration on a regular basis, but these are intended to help our clients stay excited about eating well (and is not a rigid meal plan).
Do you offer blood test to determine vitamin deficiency & hormone levels?

Dietitians don’t have access to ordering lab work in Canada. If you are looking to find out about food sensitivities we do not recommend the one from naturopaths (IgG tests) as they are only 50% accurate and leave many people more confused about what to eat than before the test. Alternatively, if you are having GI issues, we would recommend getting the blood screening test for celiac by your family doctor.

We work with clients to find out their food sensitivities by doing a nutrition assessment and detective work based on their symptoms. We have a variety of approaches to help you with symptom management and would help you put together an eating plan that would aim to reduce symptoms and suit your lifestyle and food preferences.

Can you help me lose weight?

We are here to support you with your weight and body concerns. However, to be fully transparent, we cannot guarantee weight loss because your weight is not a behaviour. Weight loss may be an OUTCOME of behaviour and can be based on how one nourishes their body, lifestyle, genetics, activity level, hormones, DNA, previous dieting history and relationship with food. 

We know that HEALTH is not solely determined by ones weight. We believe a persons healthy weight is achieved by creating a balanced relationship with food, joyful movement and rest. When we care for our bodies through balanced nutrition, movement and rest, our weight will naturally settle at is most comfortable weight range. This range has been determined by our DNA - our heredity, or our "natural weight". 

We provide an alternative to restrictive dieting by offering weight neutral care. That means we help clients move on from focusing on the number on the scale to what actually matters. That might be lowering your blood pressure, having more energy to get around, or just feeling good about how you are nourishing yourself and/ or family. We can choose to appreciate the body we are living in, adopt good health habits and let our weight fall where it will naturally.

Why we do not weigh clients

All THE REASONS WHY WE DON’T WEIGHT CLIENTS - You are so much more than a number!

  • Seriously, who likes to be weighed? The act of being weighed creates a lot of anxiety with most folks, and doesn’t initiate a positive relationship with your dietitian? Being weighed can contribute to feelings of low self worth.

  • Most people who have ever been on a diet, done a wellness program, or participated in a commercial weight loss program can tell you that their experience with the scale is traumatizing.

  • The number on the scale doesn’t reflect your health or the hard work you put into being a healthier person.

  • Anticipated “weigh ins” can loom heavy on folks minds prior to a appointment.

  • Nothing ruins a nutrition session faster than being weighed and the number not being what one may hope for or expect. Folks may have worked really hard at shifting their health habits, meal planning, eating out less, and moving more. However, the number on the scale can make one feel like a failure if it isn’t what was expected.

  • Weighing yourself frequently can contribute to an unhealthy relationship with food and your body, create stress, and isn’t even that accurate.

  • The number on the scale is external data or cue. We know that focusing on external cues are barriers to getting back in touch with internal cues, like hunger/fullness, how food makes you feel, and satisfaction.

 

 

 

 

 

 Our Certifications, Training & Affiliations

Intuitive Eating Registered Dietitians Winnipeg

What Our Clients Say

★★★★★

Professional, personal, educated, and individualized care. Each of the staff at A Little Nutrition are amazing! I’ve worked with them for a variety of issues and concerns over the years and I am very grateful for the service and guidance they provide myself and my family.”

Jacqui Giesbrecht

★★★★★

IBS sufferers, listen up!
Wonderful, caring professional who can help you figure out what you can eat and in what amounts. Madelaine also helped me become more aware of my body’s hunger/satiety signals as well as learning to identify stress and emotional eating. High praise for these wonderful dietitians and their well-run business.

Claudia Keating

★★★★★

Talked with Jessica, she was excellent, very patient, compassionate & professional. She explained medical information very clearly and in easy terms to understand. I definitely would recommend her to family & friends ‼️
Thank you 😊.”

Lauren Andrushko

★★★★★

I would recommend this service to anyone out there who has always wanted answers to their nutritional questions, but were too shy or afraid to ask! Susan is easy to talk to, there truly are no silly questions, and she makes you feel very comfortable about whatever it is you are inquiring about.
Since working with Susan for the past year or so
I have noticed quite an improvement in my health. I don’t walk around bloated ,gassy or uncomfortable. My only true regret is not having done this sooner !
We all owe it to ourselves to have the best quality of life.
I’m grateful that I took the initiative to get answers to the questions I had, I can now enjoy other areas of life more fully!

Dragana Viallet

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You Don’t Have To Lose Another Day Missing Out On Feeling Great!

If not knowing what to eat is holding you back from the life you crave, we believe you deserve better.

Let’s go beyond the typical restrictive dietary advice and live your best life!

A Little Nutrition Inc.

103-605 Des Meurons St. Winnipeg, MB R2H 2R1

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