Coach Rick, the founder of Help.Fit, is a nutritionist, health and wellness coach, and a father of children with autism. At Help.Fit we specifically aim to help children, and especially children with autism spectrum disorder or development of disabilities, with perfecting their nutrition.
\nWhat most people don’t realize is that biochemistry drives behavior. If a child is not doing well in school, is prone to emotional outbursts, and seems generally unhappy this can be a sign of illness but it can also be a sign of malnutrition. Sometimes a person isn’t sick at all, but they’re actually just deficient in certain nutrients. Children with autism and other developmental disabilities are sometimes nonverbal and cannot advocate for themselves clearly. It’s up to parents to help their children be the best that they can be nutritionally.
\nWhile parents can easily eat whatever food they please whenever they want to, children are at the mercy of their parents and can only eat what is provided for them. <\/p>\n
Help.fit serves as a resource for parents who are looking for the most optimal nutrition possible to help their children thrive. We provide recipes and alternative ingredient ideas for even the pickiest child to enjoy. We track progress with much more than the weight of a scale, using biofeedback markers and measurements of emotional wellness. <\/p>\n
While we aim to focus our attention on children in an “upstream” approach (Public Health jargon), we find that we are able to help the parents as well along the way. Imagine you are buying new ingredients or making specific meals to help your child overcome food aversions and increase the nutrient profile of their foods. It’s very unlikely that parents will want to cook separate meals for themselves and they will end up eating what their children eat instead. <\/p>\n
(And there is the madness behind the method!)<\/p>\n
Adults may not want to make changes to their diets, but we are banking on the fact that the love of their children will help the parents overcome their own food addictions in the process. The upstream approach has a ripple effect that reaches the parents downstream as well. <\/p>\n
Aside from pediatric nutrition and adult health and nutrition, we also help people of any demographic with weight loss programs. If we can help children overcome their aversions to eating foods of specific colors or textures, We can also customize recipes for even the pickiest adult! We don’t hand out generic meal plans and wish people good luck. Instead, we sit down for a long 45 minutes meeting (typically over the Zoom platform online) and really try to understand exactly what foods you love the most and what foods you absolutely hate. Most of the time, weight loss programs are just a matter of getting people to eat more, not less! If there is a calorie deficit in a short-term weight loss phase, We make sure to plan out meals that people actually love and foods that they find satiating and satisfying. Who knew that a diet could actually be something enjoyable? <\/p>\n
Ultimately, the goal of help.fit is all about impact on society with happy children who thrive and parents with the best health outcomes possible.
\nOur long-term goal is to impact the lives of 50,000 families within the next 5 years, increasing longevity and creating better health outcomes for all. Eventually we hope to impact people in countries outside of the USA and impact public health abroad, donating time and resources for projects in third world countries.<\/p>\n","url":"https:\/\/help.fit\/","url_text":"help.fit","main_services":"Pediatric Nutrition, Adult Health and Nutrition , Weight Loss Programs ","image_1":"https:\/\/diib.com\/featuredmembers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Cover-Help.Fit_.jpg","client_review":"","why_we":"","history":"","image_2":false,"image_3":false},"yoast_head":"\n