Cleveland Nutrition - David Gutman, MD - Beachwood

Reposting my review so it's reflected in both locations:

I would love to personally recommend the Cleveland Nutrition team and program.

Favorite aspects of the program:

- Accountability! Customized, personal attention from Sophie (the dietitian) for minimum 2 weeks - almost immediate feedback about nutrition choices, ways to improve, reset, think about overall diet and health, etc…having this almost immediate feedback at the start of the program was really the key to building the healthy habits early

- The courses/modules Dr. Gutman created to view throughout the program; I thought the content was very engaging and thought provoking - lots of wild research presented and evidence based answers to questions like “how to lower my cancer risk? ” “how much protein do humans need? ” etc. It added an objective answer to “why am I doing this? ” and that helped reinforce the concepts that were already being acted on.

- I lost weight! I feel better! I saved money!

- Sophie was great about doing many of my nutrition follow ups over Zoom - saved driving time and was still very effective! By the way, Sophie was a huge cheerleader throughout the program and a wonderful, optimistic, positive force.

Least favorite aspects of the program:
- I didn’t like the user interface of the recipes. There are over 1200 recipes listed but I am more of a visual person and didn’t care to read through the text. Sophie recommended the PlantYou cookbook which I loved and made many, many recipes from.

Overall, I was absolutely thrilled with the program and look forward to continuing on the journey.

If you want to regain control of your health and your weight, I highly recommended Cleveland Nutrition. Earlier this year, I went to a new Primary Care doctor. Because I was so overweight, I requested a referral to a a nutritionist but she, instead, referred me to a bariatric surgery center. It was soul killing to think that I was so far gone and that she believed that my only weight loss option was surgery. Despite being incredibly frustrated and discouraged, I wasn’t convinced that such an extreme choice was for me. I didn’t choose that route. Instead, I did my own research and found Cleveland Nutrition. Dr. Gutman and Sophie have both been wonderful and supportive. With their help, I have been able to lose weight and make significant changes by following their recommendations.

Cleveland nutrition helped change my health. Visited Dr. Gutman and Sophie with my health struggles and in four short days i had started seeing results. My blood pressure was 154 over 94 when i visited for the first time and that is after my doctor doubled my blood pressure. After following the program they put together for me my blood pressure dropped to 104 over 54 in just 4 short days. Two days later in an email to Dr. Gutman he advised going off medication for a few days to see what happens. Six days after stoppong meds i have never taken another blood pressure pill and it is now over one year. I have dealt with ulcerative colitis for about 20 years. Had to have colonoscopy evey 2 years because of higher risk for colon cancer. Six months after starting cleveland nutrition program i was scoped. My doctor a biologist said whatever you are doing keep doing it. For the first time in all these years you are in total remission. He also stated i do not see any signs of the disease. He said since everything looks normal i will see you in not 2 years but i will see you in 5 years. Cholesterol for the first time in my life was well under 200. More energy than i can remember. Sophie is fantastic. She was very encouraging and extremely helpful. In the beginning of this review i stated that this program helped change my health should of said it changed my life. God bless this program and the whole staff. Thank you cleveland nutrition.