WHY IT WORKS
A lot of patients struggle with mixed and incorrect information about nutrition strategies for weight loss and diabetes management. They start to believe that eating less and moving more is the solution to their problem. But, often it’s not that simple as many other factors play a role in weight loss and chronic illness management. Therefore, we have included culturally tailored and individualized meal plans with recipes in our programs to teach patients about simple, but very important concepts such as balanced meals and snacks, exercising fueling meal ideas, and appropriate bedtime snacks, if applicable. Our patients enjoy the meal plans and over time learn to come up with balanced meal ideas on their own.
Patients often come to us after trying many diets without much long-term success. The downfall with a lot of diets is that they tell the patients what to do instead of teaching them the “HOW TO”. In our programs, we focus on teaching our patients the “how to” and “why” instead of just TELLING them what to do and handing them a generic solution.
As health care experts, we know that self-efficacy comes with knowledge, consistent action, understanding the “WHY” behind those actions, and overcoming roadblocks and challenges along the way. Hence, our dietitian ensures that our patients become confident in their ability to sustain the weight loss or manage their diabetes even after the program ends. We do this by providing unlimited email support and biweekly one-on-one nutrition consultations with our dietitian.
We all know that we are more likely to succeed when we have peer to peer and peer to coach accountability. How many times have you experienced that motivation has run out and you fell back into your old eating habits? That’s exactly when the most important, under rated “accountability” plays an important role in helping you stay on track with your goals. This is why we have built in “accountability” in all of our programs so that our patients feel supported every step of the way.
Our Specialists
Dr. Nikhil Gupta
Dr. Gupta is a specialist in Diabetes, Endocrinology, Obesity and Metabolism. Dr. Gupta’s clinical interests include Diabetes, Weight Management, Thyroid disorders, Thyroid cancer, Osteoporosis, Pituitary, Adrenal and other endocrine conditions. He completed his Internal Medicine and Endocrinology training at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) in USA, before moving to GTA.
Dr. Matthew Tam
Dr. Tam is an endocrinologist who completed his training at the University of Cincinnati, USA. Raised in Toronto, he completed his medical school in the United Kingdom. He moved to the USA to complete his internal medicine residency and endocrinology fellowship. He has presented posters at the Endocrine Society and ACP meetings. Dr. Tam sees patients with all endocrine conditions, including diabetes, thyroid disease, osteoporosis, lipid disorders, along with special interests in adrenal and pituitary disorders. His practice aims to improve his patients' understanding of their conditions to achieve better health.
Dr. Muddassir Salyani
Dr. Salyani specializes in Internal medicine. He completed his residency training at Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Maryland, where he was appointed Chief resident and also served as junior faculty. After completing residency he practiced as an Internist in the United States. Dr. Salyani practice specializes in the care of complex general medical conditions. His interests also include obesity and weight management. Dr. Salyani believes in working closely and collaboratively with patients and their family physicians to help patients achieve their health care needs.
Dr. Shweta Mehta
Dr. Shweta Mehta (Expert in Lipids management, Metabolic disorders and Weight Management at CanMed Clinics) is a medical biochemist who completed her specialist training from the United Kingdom. She also did her Masters in Clinical Biochemistry from King’s College, UK and Masters in Diabetes from Cardiff University, UK where she was the recipient of the ‘Silver Award’.
Jenifer Tharani
Ms. Jenifer Tharani (Registered Dietitian at CanMed Clinics Ltd.) has completed master’s degree in Human Nutrition from Texas State University and dietetics training from Emory University Hospitals in El Paso, TX before moving to Canada. Jenifer has a special interest in weight management. She enjoys helping patients lose weight and achieve non-scale goals through combining cultural.
Tedi Nikova
Tedi’s approach to nutrition care utilizes motivational, and cognitive behavioural coaching techniques to impower clients to gain and apply learned nutrition knowledge into their daily lives.