LRD NUTRITION SERVICES, L.L.C.
Meet Lori R. Lee, M.A., R.D., C.P.T. Lori R. Lee is a Registered Dietitian/Medical Nutritionist Therapist and Certified Personal Trainer in private practice as LRD Nutrition Services, L.L.C. for the past 18 years. She has more than 25 years of combined experience in corporate research and health promotion programs development in Fortune 100 health care and consumer product companies. In addition, she has provided medical nutrition and wellness counseling for individuals and groups in a variety of business and community sectors.Lori provides ongoing nutrition education and medical nutrition therapy programs to corporations, hospitals, physicians' offices, schools, colleges, restaurants, cooking schools, community organizations, and private clients. She has provided effective programs such as coporate food festivals, health fairs, wellness seminars and supermarket label reading and education tours. She has appeared on various television and radio programs, has been spotlighted in many newspsparer articles and frequently speaks for many interest groups.Lori was the host and producer of her own radio broadcast, Healthwise, a weekly consumer interactive talk show focusing on wellness, nutrition and holistic health on WMTR 1250AM/WWTR 1170AM. Her previous corporate consulting affiliation was with Novartis Pharmaceuticals in East hanover, NJ, where she was the corporate medical nutritionist and Pfizer (formerly Warner-Lambert Company) of Morris Plains, NJ. She also developed and authored an interactive online nutrition education site on the Warner-Lambert website. She was a consultant to the Joslin Diabetes Center of Saint Barnabas Medical Center and was the nutrition consultant for the Children's Center for Therapy and Learning in Cedar Knolls, NJ -a center for developmentally challanged children with multiple and complex medical and neurological conditions.Lori is an active member of the NJ Dietetic Association where she served multiple terms on the Western District Board of Directors as President, Past President and National Nutrition Month Chairperson. She has been a member of the American Heart Association where she has served terms on the Board of Directors West Essex Division. She is also a member of the American Dietetic and American Diabetes Associations, Nutrition Entrepreneur practice groups and Sports and Cardiovascular Nutritionists (SCAN). Lori holds a B.S. degree in Foods and Nutrition with a minor in Business from the College of St. Elizabeth in Morristown, NJ and an M.A. degree in Consumer Economics from Montclair State University in Upper Montclair, NJ. She obtained her R.D. credential upon completion of a comprehensive dietetic internship program at the Mountainside Hospital in Glen Ridge, NJ, and is certified by the American Heart Association as a Culinary Hearts Kitchen Instructor. Lori has been included in the National Register's Who's Who in Executives and Professionals since 2001.Lori's most recent accomplishment is creating and directing The Wellness Center of Northwest Jersey, a premier multidisciplinary facility based on the philosophy that we must commit to a lifestyle based on balanced nutritional care, regular exercise and ongoing positive behavorial strategies in order to achieve optimal wellness of mind and body.LRD Nutrition Services offers medical nutrition therapy for all ages and all health concerns including: obesity/weight management, diabetes, cardiac care, hypertension, pre - and post natal, eating disorders, pediatrics, osteoporosis and gastrointestinal disorders. We accept many insurance plans for those with a medical diagnosis. Please call 973-895-1212 for more information. WHY A REGISTERED DIETITIAN? That old expression "you are what you eat" has never seemed more relevant. Over the past several decades, nutrition scientists have shown that the choices we make about what to eat can have a profound impact on our health. We know that the healthy eater resists disease and other stresses better than a person with poor dietary habits. The choice seems simple enough - eat well and stay healthy. The difficulty becomes understanding just what is "eating well".There has been a steady stream of new findings about nutrition and healthy eating. It's easy to understand how consumers have been confused about how to translate the growing amount of nutrition information and the number of food alternatives that have entered the marketplace. Each addtional piece of nutritional news that comes along raises new concerns: Do diet pills work? Are pesticides posing a hazard? Which is better - butter or margarine?Unfortunately, some manufacturers and media outlets add to the confusion by offering health-conscious consumers unreliable products and misleading dietary advice. This problem is so wide spread that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has ranked false nutritional schemes and food products among the top ten health frauds.More and more people are turning to nutritionists to help them sort through the myriad of information out there, and to help them develop a life-long program of eating well. But can we be sure we are receiving reliable information? Unfortunately, many states do not have a legal definition of a "nutritionist", therefore it is possible for someone with little or no training to call themselves a "nutritionist." One way to be sure a nutritionist is truly accredited is to find out whether the person is a special type of nutritionist, known as a Registered Dietitian (R.D.).The R.D. is an especially meaningful credential. RDs are food and nutrition experts who have met the following very specific criteria to earn the RD credential:Complete a minimum of a bachelor's degree at a U.S. regionally accredited university or college and course work approved by the Commission on Accreditation/approval for Dietetic Education (CAADE) of the American Dietetic Association (ADA). Complete a CAADE-accredited or approved supervised practice program at a healthcare facility, community agency, or a food service coporation, or combined with undergraduate or graduate studies. Typically a practice program will run for six to twelve months in length.Pass a national examination administered by the Commission on Dietetic Registeration (CDR).Complete continuing professional educational requirements to maintain registration. R.D.s must complete a total of 75 credit hours in continuing education ever 5 years to maintain their credentials.
You can be confident that a Registered Dietitian has received the essential education and training to assure they have the skills to properly assess and individual's status and will provide accurate and reliable information.
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