Ilah Jarvis, Nutrition Consultant

Over the last 10 years, I gained over 100 pounds. Part of it was medication and part of it was overeating and sugar addiction. I tried several diet and exercise regimens, losing only 12 pounds and always gaining it back. In February of 2013, I was not only fat, I had the following symptoms: Bloating, joint pain, dermatitis, chronic dry cough, congestion, acid reflux, irritable bowel, gas, heartburn, high cholesterol, high blood sugar, cysts on my eyelids and last but not least… hemorrhoids. I always felt hungry, like I hadn’t eaten for days and ate excessive portions of healthy and unhealthy foods.
I’ve known Ilah for several years and we often conversed about our food issues. «Ilah,» I wrote her in an email, «when the student is ready the teacher appears. You have been appearing for quite some time and now I am finally ready.» She suggested that I stop eating food containing dairy, gluten, sugar and soy. After 2 days my coughing, congestion, and hemorrhoids subsided.
Over the next few months I followed a regimen of vitamins, enzymes, probiotics and amino acids to prepare my system for detoxification. I lost 16 pounds of fat and water weight effortlessly. My dermatitis and joint pain were gone. My cholesterol levels were well within the healthy range.
I just finished a 3 week detox that Ilah designed for me. I lost 5 more pounds and all of my symptoms are gone. I now eat smaller portions and I no longer crave sugar. Two days ago I ate three small pieces of dark chocolate (73% cacao) and felt nauseous and light headed and anxious. «Goodbye Chocolate!» I said as I tossed it in the garbage. During the rare moments that I think eating sugar might be a good idea, I remember how that chocolate made me feel and the idea goes away.
I feel better than I have ever felt in my life and this is strong motivation to continue to eat wisely. Working with a nutrition counselor and buying good supplements and organic produce and meat is a considerable investment of time and money, but the investment I make now will save me a lot of medical expenses and misery down the road.
I am firmly convinced that if your digestion isn’t right, nothing will be right. If you want to radically improve your health, go to Ilah.

I had a wonderful experience with Ilah. I have acid reflux and have been to many doctors before, but none took such a thorough approach as Ilah. She convinced me to try different foods and ways of eating. Some of the changes were very easy, and just involved not mixing certain types of foods at the same meals. I adopted these simple changes suggested by Ilah and I have been feeling great since then. Hence, I totally recommend Ilah!

I was in search for a nutritionist when I’ve been having horrible stomach problems. Previously diagnosed with SIBO, small intestine bacteria overgrowth, I was given antibiotics to ease the symptoms and was told to continuously take probiotics. Three years later the stomach pain, bloating, gasses, and heart burn all came back in full force. I was talking to a friend who studies nutrition at Bauman College. Being a student herself, she tried her best to help me diagnose what I had but her best advise was for me to look up a nutritionist. So I did. I simply Googled «nutritionist in the bay area» I found that Ilah Jarvis. She specialized in digestive disorder, I thought, perfect! I sent out an email and our journey started from there.
All I wanted from Ilah was to tell me what I needed to do to feel «normal». I was done with feeling like crap everyday. After a food journal, a food allergy blood work and personal history, she had me eliminate foods that feed off yeast and bacteria. I was ready. I knew it wasn’t going to be easy but if this is what I, a 28 year old, had to do to feel better, I was ready. Ilah was extremely understanding when there were times of weakness and told me, «its gonna happen.» those sugar cravings are the worst and with temptations at every corner, sometimes I realized I wasn’t as strong as I thought I was. But it was fine. I start each day as if it’s day one and continue my diet and realize life goes on.
Ilah showed me how to prepare a meal in less than 30 minutes, she sent me easy recipes I can do and freeze for the week. Because Ilah has struggled with yeast overgrowth and has her own experiences with it, it was reassuring to learn and be advised on what to do because she gets it! It’s been a couple months now and I feel great. I know i still have a way to go but I know with the tools I was given, I can get make things work. I couldn’t have asked for a better nutritionist. I’m glad I made the move to contact Ilah.

I decided to see Ilah after a friend had a good experience with a nutritionist. I am generally in pretty good health and eat well (organic, whole foods etc.). My problem is that although I had been limiting calories and exercising a lot I had been hanging on to some extra weight. I first saw Ilah in late June and with her help have been able to identify foods in my diet that were inhibiting my metabolism, and causing my body to retain weight. Ive made some drastic changes for the better in my diet and have dropped 17 lbs so far.
Ilah has also helped open my mind to different foods that were not previously part of my diet. With the combination of Ilahs encouragement and knowledge I feel fantastic. This is just the beginning of a life long quest for excellent health for me.
Im not going to reveal my dietary changes here as those are changes you have to discover through your own process. This is not an easy venture, there is no quick fix and as we all know changing habits is very hard. But once you’ve made positive change in this area I guarantee you will feel great and that will flow to the rest of your life.
If you are ready to feel and look great I encourage you to work with Ilah.

Ilah is a nutritional consultant with a lot of experience with healing people using food– if you’re feeling crappy and your regular doctor has run out of options or is pushing another expensive pill at you, Ilah may be able to help you resolve your chronic health issues simply by changing the way you eat and treating nutritional deficiencies. She is much more sensitive to your needs than a traditional doctor and will work like a detective to help identify potential issues and help you resolve them using supplements and by treating food allergies and such. Her natural approach is very gentle and effective and the treatment may have positive effects beyond what you could have hoped for or imagined. Highly reccomended!