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Timi Gustafson, RD
Dietitians on the Web:
by Cynthia York-Camden MS, RD, LD
Webpage Title: Cyberdiet
- Timi Gustafson, RD
URL: http://www.CyberDiet.com/
Description: The
site offers "highly interactive modules that allow its users
to customize a program to achieve their specific goals as well as
providing vast nutritional information at the click of a mouse".
It is described as "the best place on the Internet for diet,
nutrition, exercise and motivation!" Visitors will find accurate,
reliable and scientifically based answers to nutrition questions,
weight questions, diet questions, dieting advice and questions to
the dietitian.
About : Timi Gustafson,
RD and Cynthia Fink are co-founders of CyberDiet, which they describe
as "The best place to go to answer all your questions about
adopting a healthy lifestyle". Timi is a registered dietitian
who started the website as an extension of her own in private practice.
Timi provides her expertise in nutrition and Cynthia Fink is the
Chief Technical Officer, who designs the easy to use format.
What to look for:
The Nutritional Profile
which provides personalized daily calorie and nutrient information
based on individual needs and goals. Tools
Assessment allows users to get additional information such as
target heart rate, waist/hip ratios, and body fat distribution,
body mass index, and calories burned during excercise, in order
to be better informed about physical health. Food Court
provides shopping lists, recipes, and printouts to make meal planning
easier. Daily Food Planner allows users
to select specific breakfast, lunch and dinner modules, keep a running
total of daily or weekly calorie and fat grams and make adjustments
accordingly. Food Facts is
a type of cyber-news article which answers various nutrition questions
such as how to read food labels, the benifits of eating soy products,
eating out guidelines and more. Fast Food Quest offers
visitors a chance to compare fast food nutritional information from
3 different restaurants at the same time. CyberDiet also provides
its users with Diet Preservers
which offers support to stay on track.
The site also features a
premium subscription service, the CyberDiet
Health Club which provides nutrition counseling services for
a monthly fee. Users are provided with more highly customized information
and services, including personalized meal plans, recipes, and exercise
programs, the ability to store and access personal information online,
as well as support and motivation. Nutrition counseling and resources
are provided by a registered dietitian. The monthly fee for participation
in the Health Club is $9.95 plus a 5.00 set up fee, with discounts
for three and six month committments. Participants in the health
club service must have minimum computer system requirements which
include: a 486 processor, 16 mb of RAM, 28.8 modem, and Windows
95, 98 or NT 4.0 platform.
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