Nutrition Therapist

Cyndi is a seasoned nutrition therapist with several decades of practice in the southeast. She remains on the cutting edge of evidence-based science keeping her finger on the pulse of the latest food & nutrition research.

Veering away from the typical regimented diet programs, Cyndi places great emphasis on working with individuals to tailor strategies specific to their medical, physical, and emotional needs. Her relaxed, empathetic approach has been successful for thousands of clients since 1981. Cyndi was named Aiken’s Choice Top Doc for Medical Weight Loss in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 and Top Doc Nutritionist in 2022.

“To lengthen thy life, lessen thy meals.” -Benjamin Franklin

Everthing in moderation --Aristotle

Food is medicine --Hippocrates, the father of medicine (960-357 BC)

A good diet is the most powerful weapon we have against disease and sickness. -- J. Colin Campbell, PhD & Thomas M. Campbell, co-author of The China Study

The greatest wealth is health --Virgil

Eat to live, and do not live to eat. --William Penn, 1693

Eat food, mostly plants, not too much --Michael Pollan

Eat food, not stuff that has a little food in it. --Michael Pollan

It's not food if it arrived through the window of your car --Michael Pollan

Being obese is like being 20 years older than you really are. It does more damage to your quality of life, causes more chronic medical conditions, and incurs more healthcare expenditures than either smoking or alcohol abuse. --Roland Stum, Economist, RAND Corporation

Nothing would be more tiresome than eating and drinking if God had not made them a pleasure as well as a necessity. - Voltaire

Shipping is a terrible thing to do to a vegetable. They probably get jet-lagged just like people do. - Elizabeth Berry

When diet is wrong, medicine is of no use. When diet is correct, medicine is of no need. - Ayurvedic Proverb