Weight Loss with an Inclusive Practice Panel with Fatimah Fakhoury & Sarika Shah

In today’s episode, Libby is talking with Fatimah Fakhour and Sarika Shah. 

Fatimah Fakhoury is a Registered Dietitian providing virtual nutrition coaching services to people living with paralysis and spinal cord injury. She was inspired by her husband, who was injured in a car accident many years ago, to focus on providing nutrition services specifically to people living with paralysis, who are often left out of popular wellness culture.Fatimah empowers people living with paralysis to manage their weight and improve their bowel health by providing support to make healthier choices, without restrictive dieting. By combining her professional expertise as a dietitian with her personal experience of being married to someone living with a spinal cord injury, her coaching program has allowed people with paralysis to regain control of their weight and bowel issues so they can feel more confident and live longer, happier lives.   

Sarika Shah is a Registered Dietitian who inspires healthy habits & weight loss among Indian Americans. Sarika has almost 20 years of experience in counseling and over hundreds of clients. Sarika is born and raised in America but her parents are immigrants and found it super important to instill strong Indian cultural traditional family values. As a mother, Sarika can appreciate what was taught and value it to pass down to her two children. Sarika says: You don’t have to give your favorite Indian foods to lose weight and live your best life.

“I bring the diversity to the dietetics. I am the dietitian that they don't get to see in through their health insurance. I'm the dietitian that they can't log with on MyFitnessPal or Lose It. Their foods aren't there. So, to lose weight, if they're trying to do it on their own, they can't necessarily calorie count on those applications because our foods aren't there. So, it's a pure guesstimate like a roti or chapati ends up becoming a tortilla.” - Sarika Shah

Guest Resources:

Fatimah’s Instagram: @paralysis.nutrition

Fatimah’s Website:: https://paralysisnutrition.com/

Sarika’s Instagram: @indian.nutritionist 

Sarika’s Website: http://www.thenourishedrd.com 

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