How we approach Nutrition at Ideal Human
Although everyone is unique, here is a general outline of how patient care proceeds at Ideal Human. You may heal faster or slower based on your individual health condition. The frequency of your visits and duration of treatment will be at the discretion of your provider and will be based on your health and vitality, progress, and health goals.
1//Initial Intake: This visit starts with you completing an extensive intake form detailing your health, goals, diet, preferences, and challenges. Then, after your registered dietitian has reviewed all of this information, you’ll have a 15 minute virtual visit to discuss findings and treatment recommendations. Within 24 hours, you will receive your first treatment plan which includes:
Complete meal plan - as structured or as loose as you and your dietician determined would be helpful
Supplement protocol
Recommended labwork
Mental health recommendations if appropriate
Lifestyle guidance
2//First follow up visit: Commonly referred to as a “check-in.” This typically happens 1 week after your initial intake. The goal is to smooth out any bumps, tweak caloric or macronutrient recommendations, and to make the necessary changes to make the treatment plan doable and enjoyable for you. Follow ups are when nutrition coaching becomes the most valuable, as you work to refine and continue to collaborate with your registered dietitian.
3// Subsequent follow ups: Check-in frequency varies based on your needs. You and your registered dietitian will discuss this frequency, most commonly this will be weekly in the early phases of your care as you rebuild your metabolism, address any health concerns, and learn more together about your body’s unique needs.
Check in format
Check-in visits are short and frequent, designed for maximum accountability, collaboration, and plan adaptation. Because of this, they are sometimes a multi-day process. For example, you may be struggling with a meal size and you may need to report the following day how the tweak to your plan changed that struggle. Thus for everyone’s convenience, follow up visits are conducted entirely online.
When you book a follow up appointment, you will receive an email 24 hours before your appointment time with a progress survey that needs to be filled out ANY TIME that day. Your appointment is not a meeting, but rather a commitment from you.
Example: if you book a 9am on a Thursday, it is expected that you complete your progress survey that day.
Within 24 hours of receiving your completed survey, you will receive an updated treatment plan and any follow up questions to your email.