"Laurel has been excellent in tailoring a program to meet my dietary requirements. It is apparent that she has performed substantial research in the field of nutrition and has kept herself current and knowledgeable regarding dietary trends. She's also an excellent listener, and is very responsive to her customers' needs."

    –B.B. , Mountain View, CA 2008

"Laurel was a very empathetic counselor, who can motivate and support people in the very difficult area of weight loss. She always had the right balance of positive reinforcement as well as constructive help when I struggled to stay on the program.

She was very professional in how she presented herself and was respectful of people's choices if they decided not to accept her advice.

I was impressed with her depth of knowledge in general nutrition, eating disorders, food allergies and supplements."

    –N.M., place??, CA 2008

"Laurel imparts her information with humor and friendleness. I feel "empowered" and have confidence to think that I can finally get off the "sugar wheel."!"

    –K.S. place? ,CA 2007

"I was ready to throw in the towel, convinced that I'd gained weight with all of my Holiday (and extended) binging. I'd totally forgotten that I'd been following the plan pretty well before the Holidays - so I actually lost! Laurel helped me pull out of my self-pity and see the good news! Thanks for reminding me that it takes my body a while to show progress so I won't give up so quickly next time!"

    –S.A., place??? ,CA 2006

"The counsel and encouragement that Laurel gave me was a credit to her exceptional nutritional knowledge. She skillfully taught me about food values; their effect on ones weight and general health including the interworkings of the food groups.

I appreciated the way in which Laurel directly addressed my issues. She has a no-nonsense way, interspersed with a quick wit.

I shall always value Laurel's counsel and advice; she was of more help to me than anyone in my achieving my weight loss goal and enabling me to continue to maintain my optimum weight. She deserves a great deal of credit."

    –B.K., Los Gatos, CA 2008

"Her [Laurel's] advice was instrumental in helping me analyze my lifestyle habits to facilitate my adoption of a healthy lifestyle and subsequent weight loss. Her warm, engaging manner allowed for easy communication. Her knowledge ot the nutritional value of food was very useful as I was training for a very demanding, long-distance bicycle ride while changing my eating habits. Her supportive syle, coupled with a focus on my accountability, provided the proper balance that guided me into adopting more healthy habits over our nine month interaction."

    –G.G, Los Gatos, CA 2008

"Laurel Garwin, nutritionist, has helped me tremendously!  Simply from observation, she told me she suspected I had a gluten allergy and then explained some of the negative health affects that this could cause.  One of the problems that I suffered from was anxiety (without an apparent cause)  I had a saliva test which showed my allergy to gluten.  Laurel gave me a sheet showing me the danger foods to avoid.  For the most part, I have avoided these and no anxiety has been the result.  When I lapsed, I have noticed some anxious moments.  I can say without reservation that my health has improved as a result."

    –M.P, Sunnyvale, CA 2005

"In short, the knowledge Laurel has on nutrition was, and still is Key to this huge accomplishment of mine [weight loss of 83.25 lbs].  My confidence has grown tremendously. My friends, family and co-workers have complimented me on the positive change in my appearance and attitude. Laurel has made a difference in my life I will never forget."

    –V.K., place? , CA 2008.

"I just wanted to write you because I don't think I told you how much I appreciate what you've done for me. Everyone in the whole medical world called me crazy, insane, a stress case, a hypochondriac, UGH!! They said I was EVERYTHING but Celiac and it really drove me crazy. I really don't know what I would have done without you, you have been so helpful and kind when I really needed it. And above all you didn't call me crazy, and you listen to me. And even though it is your job, I feel like you don't just care about getting money but you care about helping me out. And that means the world to me. So thank you so very much, you have NO IDEA how much I appreciate your help!! "

   –E.E, place? , CA 2009

In the first year of the program I lost 35 lbs. and was able to keep most of it off the following years (despite lapses for holidays or stressful times.) Additionally I controlled my A1C glucose levels down to a borderline-diabetic condition (6.0 or less) without drug intervention.

This success was largely attributable to Laurel's patience, listening skills, encouragement, and gentle nudging which rewarded me for compliance with the program, and steering me back without judgement for occasional (but progressively rarer) overindulgences.

Laurel has a very broad and current knowledge of proper nutrition, weight loss strategies, and related areas (allergies, additives) but also encouraged me to do my own reading and studying and discuss what I had learned.

Most important was bringing me step-by-step to the knowledge and belief that good nutrition, weight control, and overall well-being were all things I had in my power, after decades of believing, at some inner level, that these things were beyond my control. That's life changing!"

   – K.K., Cupertino, CA 2007

"From the start I was impressed with Ms. Garwin's steady, professional manner as well as her oganizational skills. She has a unique ability to work with many different kinds of clients. She was a popular counselor not only because of her expertise in nutrition and health matters, which was of great benefit to me personally as well as others, but also bcause of her unconditional acceptance of where you were and where you wanted to be. In other words, she helped you to articulate your goals without perssure or judgement, and helped you reach them.

In addition, of equal importance I think, she is a thoroughly nice and amiable person with a high ethical standard."

    – D.M., Saratoga, CA 2008