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By analyzing your food habits and health assessments, Maria is able to put you on the right food program along with therapeutic doses of certain vitamin and mineral supplements that can enhance your health, endurance and metabolism.

Do you suffer from extreme cravings? It is not your fault. There are brain chemicals that cause these reactions. Maria can help you get on the right supplements to balance your brain chemistry and get you back on the path to success.

Here are what Clients had to say about my programs.

I first met Maria in November, 2010 at a networking meeting.  As I listened to her I thought “she knows her stuff, and her stuff makes a lot of sense”.  My husband has fibromyalgia and I have MS and we both needed to lose a few pounds.  I told him about everything Maria had said and how what we eat affects the way we feel.  He was willing to jump on board with me so I gave Maria a call.  I asked her if we were setting ourselves up to fail by starting this new way of eating  just before Thanksgiving and Christmas.  I mean, who wants to give up all that yummy food?!?  Her response was “no, I think you will have 15 pounds less to lose after the holidays by starting now.”   And she promised us that she would help us find other yummy foods that are much healthier for us.  Sooooo - - we met with Maria and started our journey of eating healthier and making better choices.  I now weigh 20 pounds less and my husband has lost 23 pounds.  We both feel much better and, I must say, look better too.  About 5 weeks ago I had hopes of spring coming soon so I decided to try on some of the capris that had been camping out on the shelf in our spare bedroom for a few years.  Guess what!!! - - THEY FIT!!!  I was like a little kid at Christmas - -I was so excited.  Then last week I decided that spring really would arrive soon so I tried them on again.  And guess what !!!  THEY ARE TOO BIG!!!   Now I get to go shopping for some new clothes, and I am sure it is going to be a lot more fun than it used to be because now I can buy a size 6 or 8 instead of a 10 or 12.  The best part about this process is that my husband no longer lives in constant pain and I have a lot more energy.  Another good part is that he has been having a BLAST cooking new dishes from Maria’s cookbooks.  And I have been having a blast eating them.  THANK YOU, MARIA!!!

I really do not think that I can express how much better I feel.  I have so much more energy which helps me get through the day with two little boys at home! I am more satisfied after meals and for longer in between.  It sounds cliché but knowledge really is power. Once you know how to eat you can actually apply it to your life and change it for the better.  I am beyond happy that I went through nutritional counseling with Maria.

My husband who was not focused on weight issues, lost 27 pounds during this time due to the diet changes we were implementing and our discipline in supporting each other during this lifestyle eating adjustment. I am seriously grateful for Maria Emmerich in my life! I will always follow the many dietary bits of advice I have learned from her knowledge. :-)

I was told by my doctor that if I didn't get gastric bypass surgery that I would die. I decided to try Maria's program first. Maria started easing me into her program by having me use supplements to help me sleep and changed to eating eggs for breakfast to kick start my metabolism. Just using these steps I lost 17 pounds in just 6 days! I know that I am on the right track now to a healthy lifestyle.

As a 41 year-old marathon runner, I was shocked when I found out that my blood sugar levels were really high. I thought I was a healthy eater, but after meeting Maria, my blood sugar is now under control! I feel better and my race times have gone down dramatically. Her knowledge on exercise science is so helpful!

Before meeting Maria, I had my menstrual cycle every 21 days; I was so frustrated. Maria helped decrease my "Estrogen Dominance" through food! I didn't know you could do that. Now, I have my cycle every 27 days and I feel Great!

Another Maria Moment...this one was with DIABETES. I myself have had my own success story with Maria's eating style...so I decided to introduce her recipes to my very picky, very diabetic father in-law.  I spend the summers at the lake with my in-law and decided that this year I was going to cook out of Maria’s cookbook exclusively.  I made some of my favorite banana walnut muffins and almond waffles and asked my father in-law if he would please try some.  He is not fond of trying new foods maybe due to being picky but also because he has had terrible diabetes for over 30 years.  My father in-law has large blood sugar swings even with his insulin pump.  

He tried the waffles and muffins and loved them.  Keep in mind he had butter on both and sugar free syrup on the waffle.  As we stood in the kitchen discussing how many units of insulin he should calculate for the food he ate, we come to the conclusion that he should take 5 units.  normally for the food he had just consumed he would have needed to take 8 but since Maria’s food is different we shot it on the lower side... my father in-law left for about 1 hr and came back out of sorts.  My mother in-law said “Tom are you ok...go check your blood."  He went and checked his blood and it had taken a huge nose dive...he had a blood sugar level of 45!  Now at this time only 2 units had gone into his body...not 5 and he had to stop the rest of the insulin from entering his system.  We couldn't believe it!  Here he had taken almost 4 times less than he normally would have and his levels were too low.

Ok, fast forward...about a week later his blood sugar was too low so my mother in-law said "tom why don't you have 2 almond waffles with butter and syrup to bring your blood sugars up a bit."  He decided he would do this but they had to decide how much insulin he should take...what they decided was that he would take NOTHING!!!! Now how crazy does that sound.  In all the years I have known him, which is 28 years I have NEVER seen him not adjust his levels when he eats something. So, Tom ate the waffles and hung out to see what happened and after about 1 and a half hours his levels were back in the normal range.  Not only did he not have to take any insulin, his levels were taking care of what needed to be done without huge swings and without adjusting for the food.  It was SO COOL!  Now it’s on to trying more of Maria’s recipes and working with his levels but after these results my father in-law is a believer in these recipes. Maria's way of eating does change lives...even lives that have only known diabetes for years.  Thank you again Maria for your help...here is just another moment where you have made a positive effect on someone’s life.  YOU ROCK GIRL!

One-on-One Consulting

There are several options for One-on-One services. Below is a list of services and their costs.

Service	Description	Cost
In-Person Package Deal	One phone consultation, HAQ assessment (retails for $50 online) , meal plans and supplement suggestions for your body, “virtual” grocery store visit, Trader Joe's visit, restaurant and dining out video, Maximize Your Metabolism Presentation, Food Mood Presentation, weekly check ups and videos on how to make FAST and EASY meals for you and your family, tips on baking/cooking, along with exercise suggestions for maximizing your body. You also get email support throughout themonth and we will do a 1/2 hour followup one month later to ensure you are on the right track!	$350
Remote Phone Package Deal	One phone consultation, HAQ assessment (retails for $50 online) , meal plans and supplement suggestions for your body, “virtual” grocery store visit, Trader Joe's visit, restaurant and dining out video, Maximize Your Metabolism Presentation, Food Mood Presentation, weekly check ups and videos on how to make FAST and EASY meals for you and your family, tips on baking/cooking, along with exercise suggestions for maximizing your body. You also get email support throughout themonth and we will do a 1/2 hour followup one month later to ensure you are on the right track!	$250
ON-DEMAND Maximize Your Metabolism Presentation	Want to boost your metabolism, lose weight and feel better?  In this two hour class you'll get a better understanding of what your metabolism is, how you can accelerate it and just what foods will rev it up or put the brakes on it.  Get inspired with Maria Emmerich, a wellness expert in Nutrition and Exercise Science, shares a passion for helping others reach their goals.   You will leave class armed with new information and a wealth of secrets that will shift your weight loss out of idle and into high gear.  Some topics covered: Diet, exercise, hormones, sleep, supplements and hidden metabolism slashers. Find out the biochemical problems with Low Fat Diets and why a breakfast of cereal and skim milk does not “do a body good.” Maria’s recipes and diet secrets have been featured on television programs, radio shows and magazine articles. She has also been interviewed many times on the importance of balancing your brain neurotransmitters and how that equates to weight loss success.	$25
Grocery Store Visit	Includes: Maria walks you through the grocery store and shows you great healthy alternatives to your grocery list.  Learn what ingredients to substitute in your everyday meals to make them healthier for you and your family.	$50
E-Mail Support	This is like a health journal that responds with suggestions and advise. Maria will give you e-mail support and feedback on recipe suggestions, nutritional advice and coaching plus much more. NEW! Before the initial meeting, Maria will have you fill out a Health Appraisal Questionnaire (HAQ) which is designed to pinpoint specific areas of imbalance. She then finds out which organ of the body may need a little “TLC” and provides you with specific foods, vitamins, minerals and supplements to address any imbalances that are discovered. This test retails for $50 online.	$50 per month

*Note: If you plan on meeting Maria anyplace greater than 15 miles from River Falls, there is an extra fee of $50 for All Inclusive and add on All Inclusive months are $299.

Group Consulting

Many of the same services listed above can be combined into a reduced "Group" price. So you and a friend, sister, Mother, etc can do a session or month together and you both get a reduced rate! Please call for details.