Cathy Cohn – Better Living Through Nutrition

Cathy is amazing — very thorough, patient, knowledgeable. She helped clarify lab results and uncover a diagnosis that my doctor had missed.
Highly recommended!

Cathy has made a tremendous difference in my life! Six months ago, my daughter surprised me with a consultation with Cathy. Background: I have dieted off and on my whole life, I was a nutrition teacher (so I know all about nutrition!), and in the last three years, I gained 15 lbs while exercising and dieting. My first thought was I don’t have time to go to San Francisco to have this consultation. Cathy had me send her information by email and then she followed up with a long phone consultation. I still give Cathy email updates and ask her questions. This set up has worked so well and been so convenient! In the six months, I have lost 18 lbs. I still have more to lose and I am just as motivated as I was on the first day! My increased energy level and blood work show I am really making progress too! As other reviewers have said, Cathy is terrific! She is there to answer every question and give support in every way. Most importantly has been with social eating. As we get older, everything seems to involve food. «I am on a diet» doesn’t cut it! «Well then just have one little piece of cake.» Or, «You can start tomorrow!» Now I say, «My nutritionist has me on a diet for my health.» My friends and family have become so supportive and proud of me. I feel very in control now, empowered, and happy. I owe this to Cathy and my daughter for connecting me to Cathy.

Cathy has been wonderful in helping me with my thyroid issues. She is extremely knowledgeable, and generous with her time and knowledge. She is obviously passionate about helping people. I wish I had started collaborating with her a long time ago. It’s become clear to me how much more useful having someone like her as an ally in my health is than a typical doctor.

For the last decade, or more, I’ve been plagued by GI issues. I’d seen GI specialist after GI specialist, and none of them could find a cure. And then I saw Cathy. Within a week, she had me eating better. Within a month, I was 20 pounds lighter, looking better, sleeping better, and feeling amazing. Within 42 days, she’d helped me isolate what caused my digestive woes! I couldn’t recommend her higher — an amazing resource, and now I just wish I’d gone to see her a decade earlier. Thanks, Cathy!!!

There is none better than Cathy Cohn! She is like the Sherlock Holmes of health.
I don’t usually write reviews but I would be remiss if I didn’t share my experience. I have been going to Cathy for over a year now and she is truly a wonder to work with. I cannot recommend her enough. She is extremely knowledgeable, amazingly compassionate, a gentle educator, and goes above and beyond to help her clients. You can tell she truly cares.
She does extensive research to help her clients. She follows-​up with phone calls and emails and is easily accessible by either if i have a question. We always go over my scheduled time but she never makes it seem like an inconvenience and I’ve never had to wait to see her. Unlike many doctors where you have to wait forever for a follow-​up or results, Cathy is very timely. And unlike most doctors, she works with her clients to find the best approach and best fit, including any special concerns and finding cost-​effective ways to work with and without insurance. Her prices for supplements are better than competitive. I call her first whenever I need something (including several of the non-​prescription treatments from my specialist) because she can usually get an excellent discount.
All of this would be more than enough for me to recommend her services, but Cathy has gone above and beyond even this. She has literally saved my life twice over: once by finding a serious digestive issue that put me out of work for 6 months and again by finding a little-​known but life-​threatening condition that had completely baffled 11 doctors.
If you care to read it, below is the long story of how this amazing professional saved my life. But whether you read it or not, I can say nothing less than that you will not find a better person to work with than Cathy Cohn. Whether you need knowledgeable support for diet/​nutrition or you have battled debilitating symptoms and heartless doctors with no answers, Cathy has the knowledge and compassion to help. She has changed my life!
My story: Two years ago I had a whole host of problems that no doctor could understand or diagnose. Over the course of 6 months I saw 11 doctors and had two Emergency Room visits. No one could diagnose me and a couple of doctors even dismissed my symptoms as «all in my head». After getting nowhere with typical physicians I decided I needed something different. I wanted a Sherlock Holmes for medicine. I came across Cathy Cohn and I have never been more grateful in my life.
Before I even first saw Cathy we talked on the phone about my symptoms and scheduled an appointment. I filled out some paperwork and answered a questionnaire. At the appointment she already had ideas and a tentative plan but she listened intently and compassionately to my story, adding what I told her to what she’d already learned from my paperwork. I had a laundry list of symptoms that did not fit any standard diagnosis and had baffled physicians at UCSF and other reputable hospitals. Cathy took into account EVERYTHING, from my symptoms to the environment to possible stressors I hadn’t even considered. She asked intelligent, knowledgeable questions. She put everything together and suggested several ideas and a plan, explaining things in a way I could easily understand at a time when I had extreme difficulty concentrating. With her guidance I started a strict elimination diet and we discovered multiple food sensitivities leading to digestive issues. On the diet, my symptoms disappeared. It was tough for me because I had never needed to watch what I ate, but Cathy was very supportive and even provided easy recipes that fit the diet. I got my life back and was able to return to work thanks to Cathy.
Then, a year after my first appointment, I developed a completely different set of scary symptoms that put me out of work again. Cathy pinpointed the little-​known but life-​threatening and debilitating condition, doing extensive research in a very short amount of time. AND she did the complicated legwork to find a reputable specialist to treat my illness. The entire idea completely terrified me, but Cathy was amazingly supportive while gently stressing the need to move quickly. It has been 4 months since my diagnosis and thanks to Cathy I am receiving excellent treatment and have a positive prognosis. And Cathy has been more than willing to work with both my general doctor and my specialist.
Go see Cathy. There is none better. She’ll change your life and health for the better!

Hi all, I don’t often write reviews but I feel that it would be wrong if I didn’t in this case as I believe when I have something good to share, I should. Cathy has been the most pleasant and caring person I know and no doctors have matched up in terms of care and commitment to my health. I have been to acupuncturists, herbalists, GI doctors, you name it and thousands of dollars later I have even been told that there’s no hope, no cure for my IBS. After my first call to Cathy, sh got to work before I even visited her in her practice. She looked through 3 years worth of my blood work and ordered new ones and went through every detail and informed me things that no doctors ever did.
If you are looking for a change in your health for the better, Cathy is the one. Love her !

Cathy Cohn is a gem.
She is the absolute best nutritional consultant;
atentive, smart as a whip, deeply caring and über-​generous with her time and energy.
She is incredibly passionate about helping you get healthy, stay healthy and learn an immense amount about the mind-​body connection.
Man am I glad I found her!
Her questionnaire is so very thorough, that right from the get-​go you will see that you are in such skilled hands.
And.
she has a great sense of humor! (heck, we need that when we’re talking about health and nutrition.
I cannot recommend Cathy enough.
She is a master and a gift to us all!

Cathy is the absolute best and I’m so fortunate to have found her. In the past five months I’ve lost over 30 pounds, had my first blood test, gone gluten-​free, learned what I need to be eating and adopted a supplement régime.
She has gone above and beyond to help me. I have a severe phobia of medical procedures and at 45 had never had blood work done. I went to Cathy fearing that I had one foot in the grave. Thought for sure I had diabetes or something worse. Cathie was kind enough to go with me to the lab to have my blood drawn. I was really impressed that she cared enough to take time out of her busy day to hold my hand.
The results of test were such a relief. I didn’t have diabetes and the things that were wrong were very treatable. Cathy suggested a gluten-​free diet would be helpful for my Hashimoto’s disease and help me make the transition.
She went shopping with me at Rainbow Grocery, provided recipes and suggested restaurants that have gluten free menus. Again, above and beyond.
Cathy really cares about her clients and is truly happy to see their progress. She also checks in with me and is very responsive if I have any questions. Her appointments are supposed to be an hour but we always go way over. I can’t believe how reasonable her fees are! She even follows up with a detailed summary of your meeting.
Thanks to Cathy for turning my life around!

Cathy has played Sherlock Holmes to help reveal issues that no western traditional doctor has been able to. She is extremely supportive, responsive and knowledgeable. Thanks to Cathy I’m on a better path.

I was very dubious to go to a nutritionist. My doctor said I could benefit from working with one, so I reluctantly went to Cathy. I am so grateful that I did. She heard all my fears — portion control, my love of all things bad, habits I did not want to break. We worked together to come up with a plan that did not overhaul my diet, but worked within my schedule and needs. She took me shopping and showed my alternatives to my steadfast ways. THe most important thing about Cathy that she is an educator. She points out what you are doing right an wrong, and guides you to a workable plan. After one year working under Cathy’s guidance, I was amazed that my blood work was ideal, and my doctor told me I was finally on a healthier path. And I actually feel better, too. High kudos for Cathy.

Cathy is wonderful! She is an investigator, researcher, «put together the puzzle» type person, who likes to dig deeper to really figure things out about your health. She is very reasonably priced for her level of understanding of nutrition and when she isn’t sure about something she looks it up. Most places will really mark up the prices of supplements, but not Cathy, she takes a very reasonably approach because she understands that people can’t afford these crazy prices and makes getting healthy the main absolute goal, not making a huge profit off of supplements. If you are looking for someone to guide you to feeling healthier, Cathy is a extremely caring person who will lead you on a path of feeling much better!!! Here’s to treating our bodies with the respect they deserve!
PS — She is happy to work with people who are vegan to meat eaters.

Brilliant, passionate, caring, committed.
Cathy Cohn is kind, informed, affordable, friendly, amazing and helpful. If you don’t want to get better then don’t call her.
She’s not in business, she’s in passion … but be prepared for change! If you’re a junk food lover she’ll teach you how to eat, enjoy, but not poison yourself! I’ve been dealing with my issues for 17 years and Cathy blows away all of the silly ‘doctors’ who have tired to help me … go!

I could not say it better than the first poster «Cathy saved my life»!
Prior to our first meeting, Cathy had me fill out a number of questionnaires and other paperwork. By the time I met with her, she had reviewed all of my paperwork and was already armed with a plan.
First up was the likely diagnosis of Celiac Disease so blood tests were ordered through my MD and sure enough, Celiac was confirmed, as well as a slew of vitamin and mineral deficiencies.
In our next few meetings, Cathy helped me plan my new gluten-​free life. She also recommended (and provided at discount) necessary supplements needed to heal the gut and start on the path to feeling better.
In 2 – 3 weeks time I was mostly symptom free.
After one year, I went back complaining of new symptoms that were very similar to those I had with gluten. Cathy recommended additional food eliminations (dairy & coffee) and I am once again, symptom free.
My secondary goal was weight loss. Cathy helped me work through a new eating plan that required NO calorie counting! Cathy created a plan specific to me & my goals (that still hangs on my refrigerator) with the number of servings in each food group and a guide on what a serving size looks like.
This approach worked really well for me personally and now, 30+ pounds lighter I can honestly say I feel like a completely new person. There is nothing like navigating the world feeling good in your body.
While Cathy is extremely knowledgeable about food & nutrition what stands out more than anything is her dedication to getting you to feel your personal best. She becomes personally invested in your health and sincerely wants you to be well.

I have met and worked with several nutritionists and feel compelled to share how impressed I was working with Cathy. She was thorough in her taking of my health history and I felt very at ease the whole while she probed more and more into my past to look for important information and clues into my current state. As I asked her questions, her replies were easy to understand even though they referred to the relationships of endocrinology and neurology-​mostly having to do with the brain and digestive system-​that helped confirm that I was in the office of someone who really knows my body and didn’t just want to convince me to eat more vegetables and whole grains.
Our appointment included an in-​office test to check basics of my metabolism, next step recommendations for lab testing and recipes of foods that my body would do better adding to my diet. My work with Cathy has been a beneficial eye-​opening experience and I would recommend her to anyone who is looking to work with a well-​trained professional to unearth the roots of health problems not understood by the Western medical field (and there are many).

I love working with Cathy Cohn because she is super responsive… she knows her stuff and meets you where your needs are. She has helped me immeasurably with digestive issues and her treatments work when those of the traditional medical establishment do not. i often send my clients to her and feel totally comfortable that she will be able to help them, as well

I love junk food and Cathy knows this. She helps me develop strategies to satisfy my junk food cravings in better ways. She reviewed the blood work my doctor did and offered a number of suggestions to get the nutrition I need. This is much more than losing weight through some crazy fad diet; this is about developing good eating habits for life.