Talking Joy with Allison Thibault, Licensed/Registered Dietitian Nutritionist & Founder of VivaTotalHealth
ABOUT: Allison Thibault, MS, RDN, LDN, CDN
Licensed/Registered Dietitian Nutritionist & Founder of VivaTotalHealth
Meet New Jersey’s Top Nutritionist!
Allison is committed to delivering excellence in everything she does. She is knowledgeable and passionate about helping others eat healthier to live a long, happy life. She does this by teaching others the importance of food for healing and nourishment. Allison’s extensive educational background, along with real world experience, will help make you and your body happy, allowing for you to feel and see results. Feel confident, and trust that you are receiving exceptional service by choosing VivaTotalHealth.
Trust her to guide you to improve your quality of life.
—The Talking Joy Podcast Interview with host Pam Rotelle Robertson
Learn to love yourself, increase your energy, and enjoy your life.
Allison’s philosophy is simple – being healthy is not participating in the latest fad diet, or eliminating food groups, such as carbs, from your diet. Healthy is understanding what nutrients your food is giving you and where your food is coming from. Healthy is trying new things – for example, green juices – and realizing you like them. Food should fuel and energize you – not make you feel lethargic.
“Through practice, patience, and experience I have learned that living a healthy lifestyle is not just about eating good quality food, exercising regularly, sleeping 7-9 hours per night, or drinking enough water. A healthy lifestyle is living a life with self love, mindfulness, gratitude, and positive energy. Life is a different experience with these important aspects. Choose to work with me and I will teach you to live a happier and healthier lifestyle.” ~Allison
Allison’s passion, drive, and ambition brought her to start VivaTotalHealth in February 2015, 2 months after graduating from the Nutrition and Dietetics Program at Montclair State University. Allison believes food heals. Food brings people together and can bring upon many emotions. “What we feed our body is what it will give to us in return”.
ALLISON’S BACKGROUND:
Allison Thibault is a highly qualified Licensed/Registered Dietitian Nutritionist, Lead Clinical Nutritionist at RWJBarnabas Health, and Certified Nutritional Therapist.
After receiving an undergraduate degree at Kean University, she decided to follow her true passion and studied in the accredited program by the Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND) of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Didactic Program in Dietetics, while in Master’s Program in Nutrition and Food Science from Montclair State University. During her studies, Allison had the opportunity to work alongside the extremely knowledgeable team of Dietitians and Certified Diabetes Educators (CDE) at the Diabetes Center at Overlook Hospital. During her training at the Diabetes Center Allison learned that optimizing a patients nutritional status can aide in the treatment of many disease states.
Allison continued her education by completing the Nutritional Therapy Program at the Nutrition Therapy Institute in Denver, Colorado.
Allison completed extensive Clinical and Medical Nutrition Therapy training through:
• Critical Care Nutrition Support at RWJ/Barnabas, Jersey City Medical Center
• Clinical Nutrition Therapy at RWJ/Barnabas, Jersey City Medical Center
• Medical/Surgical Nutrition Therapy at RWJ/Barnabas, Jersey City Medical Center
• Burn Nutrition at St. Barnabas Hospital Burn Healing Unit
• Dialysis Nutrition at RWJ/Barnabas, Jersey City Medical Center and Fresenius Kidney Care
• Diabetes Type 1 and Type 2 Nutrition at St. Joseph’s Hospital
• Pediatrics Nutrition at The Children’s Hospital at St. Joseph’s Hospital
• Bariatric Nutrition at The New Jersey Bariatric Center
• Rehabilitation Nutrition at The Kessler Institute of Rehabilitation
• Older Adult and Long Term Term Care Nutrition at Regent Care Center
• Community Nutrition at Rutgers Cooperative Extension
• Community Nutrition at Head Start
• Food Service Management at Hackensack University Medical Center and Maywood Center for Health and Rehabilitation
Pam’s Favorites: l love Allisons top picks for healthy food choices! She even links to amazon on her website. I enjoy her YouTube cooking videos, recipes and nutritional knowledge!
• Nutrition Consultation with Allison:
• Analysis of health, medical, and nutrition history
• Analysis of current diet and nutritional intake
• Digestive and Lifestyle Status
• Socioeconomic and Lifestyle Status
• Nutrition Education
• Make achievable and specific goals
• Nutrition Counseling
• Tailored to your specific needs, wants and goals
• Meal Planning
• 24/7 Access to Licensed/Registered Dietitian Nutritionist
• Digital Food Journaling
• Recipes
• Food Shopping List
• Nutrition Education
“Through practice, patience, and experience I have learned that living a healthy lifestyle is not just about eating good quality food, exercising regularly, sleeping 7-9 hours per night, or drinking enough water. A healthy lifestyle is living a life with self love, mindfulness, gratitude, and positive energy. Life is a different experience with these important aspects. Choose to work with me and I will teach you to live a happier and healthier lifestyle.” ~Allison
“I work hard to make sure that we always satisfy your nutritional and health needs.”
Testimonial: Bruce
I signed up with Allison, and I’ve made it my mission to not just lose weight, but to find out why I’m gaining weight in the first place. I am examining every aspect of my life, not just the food and exercise, but stress, time management, and personal fulfillment. I’ve learned so much, and I’ve done something I’ve never done in all these years of losing and gaining, I’ve started to address the root cause of the excessive eating.
I don’t consider this a diet. I’m not counting calories or wiping out entire food categories to bring the weight down. I’ve finally learned what food is, and what food isn’t. As much as this is about me and the comfort I derive from food, it’s also about looking at what food’s purpose really is.
I’ve set very ambitious short term goals that I have until Mid December to achieve. After I know that I will never be finished. This is now a life long process. When I tell people this, they sound sad, as if a friend died, but I can’t imagine going back to the hamster wheel I’ve been on for most of my life.
Connect with Allison here:
Website:https://vivatotalhealth.com
Insta: https://www.instagram.com/p/CFlDlHvlBki/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEDBs4QqBxc4QyFC-xGvOrg
Allison’s Favorite QUOTE:
Advice From A Tree
Stand tall and proud.
Sink your roots into the Earth.
Be content with your natural beauty.
Go out on a limb. Drink plenty of water.
Think long term.
Enjoy the view!