The relationship between nutrition and good health is unquestionable. However, there is no particular diet that is right for everyone. If it were, we would all be on it. Have you ever wondered why two siblings raised under similar conditions and fed similar diets can have different body types and metabolisms? We are each biochemically and metabolically unique. Therefore, our nutritional requirements are unique.

Whether your goal is weight loss, increased energy, prevention of disease, improved level of fitness, better performance for a specific sport or activity, recovery from an injury or surgery, preparation for surgery, decreased stress, or simply an improved feeling of well-being, modifying your nutritional habits can be the key to achieving your desired results.

Nutritional Consulting at the Big Vanilla is provided by Michael Sallustio, CNC. Michael has studied nutrition extensively for over 15 years, and has used nutrition as part of his holistic approach for the 10 years he has been in practice. As a certified nutritional consultant and personal fitness trainer, Michael has helped thousands of individuals achieve healthy weight loss, increased energy, and optimal health. He has also taught seminars and workshops on nutrition, fitness, and wellness to both small groups and large corporations, as well as teaching courses on nutrition at Anne Arundel Community College. Michael is one of only 50 practitioners in the United States and the only practitioner in Maryland trained in the Ultra-Lite Weight Loss for Life system.

Michael specializes in helping you determine your body’s specific nutritional needs so that you can achieve your goals more quickly. He uses state-of-the-art technology to identify nutritional deficiencies or imbalances. His holistic and comprehensive approach takes the guesswork out of attaining better health. Michael will even help you review your priorities to determine your willingness to make changes and the rate at which you are ready to make them. Whether you want to make wholesale changes or take it one step at a time, Michael will work with you at the pace you want to keep.

The result is a nutritional plan tailored to your individual metabolism, values and priorities. Michael’s approach is a personalized, results-oriented approach that will help you reach a new level of health and well-being---to help you feel good every day.

Fee: Initial consult (includes full health history review and recommendations) $120. Follow-ups $90/hr.
Additional fees associated with any recommended or elected lab tests are not included in the fees stated here.

We are featuring a weight loss program recently brought to the United States from Australia. The program is administered by our nutritional consultant, Michael Sallustio, who is the only practitioner in Maryland and one of only a few trained in the U.S. to use this system. The program is called Ultra Lite, and the reason over 500,000 people have experienced real success with this program is because it addresses the key issues that typically keep people from succeeding with weight loss over time. They include:

1. Determining the precise combination of proteins, carbohydrates, and fats that keep you in the optimum fat-burning zone.
2. Ensuring the weight lost is fat loss, while protecting the body's muscle mass.
3. Losing this fat eating normal foods, so that people get educated about the "good, the bad and the ugly" of food so they do not go back to bad eating habits.
4. Participants do not experience the typical problems of hunger, low energy, bad moods and cravings for sweets as many do when they go on “a diet.”
5. The program incorporates a weekly monitoring system, is totally structured and easy to administer, with simple guidelines and no guesswork.
6. Ensuring long term success by pinpointing food sensitivities or other health conditions that if not addressed can bring back the lost weight.