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The CORE program is 10 weeks long. We start on January 17th and enrollment closes on Thurs., January 13th. You'll have access to the content for 6 months.

If you select the PLUS+ program, we will work out the 3-month follow-up sessions privately which will extend our time together past the 10-weeks due to the nature of your GI-Map Protocol.

Yes! Simply click on "Enroll Now" under whichever level you'd like to join (Core or PLUS+) and you'll be taken to a checkout page where you'll see two options: 1) pay in full or, 2) select a split pay option.

*The split pay option will automatically charge you monthly. This is not a subscription you may cancel out of, it's a payment plan that will bill monthly until the full payment has been made.

This is not a weight loss program, it's a program designed to strengthen digestion, balance hormones, and reduce inflammation - through that work, you may release some weight depending on what is needed for you. If weight loss is a goal of yours, you can tell me that in the intake process and I'll make note of it when building Your Personal Roadmap but that's not the primary focus since weight is a symptom, not a root cause.

If weight loss concerns you because you'd like to maintain or gain weight, the same applies. It's built around your needs for your body and goals!

Absolutely! I have a blend of clients with and without diagnosis, but if you're symptomatic, we'd like to support you at a root cause level all the same.

The great thing about this being bio-individual, is the program really begins with Your Personal Roadmap that's created just for you. I'll have you fill out key intake forms including a deep dive symptom burden analysis and will learn about your health and lifestyle, taking all of it into account in my personal recommendations for you. So, no matter what's going on for you, I'll know and have taken that into account. If I have more specific questions for you, I'll reach out to elaborate and will be sending you a thorough explanation of your roadmap. You'll have access to me for questions and support for 10-weeks thereafter as you use it!

We'll all together be working on foundational, key practices to get in tune with your body and enable your success in practicing your recommendations.

Great question. The meal plans are all Paleo and AIP-friendly, meaning they're NOT strict AIP, as it's not an AIP program. But labels on recipes and ingredients will show for AIP since many people may have sensitivities to foods like nightshades or other AIP eliminations. 

Meal Plans include grocery lists, meal prep steps that are all under 2-hrs, and recipes. The recipes will include 1 animal protein and veggies with each meal. If you don't eat pork or fish for example, you can easily swap with another protein. You'll have 2 breakfasts, 4 entrees and an optional dessert if that's what you'd like. They serve 4, so you can scale up or down based on how many you're cooking for and I have more direction to support you with that.

You don't need to follow meal plans at all, but many people find them helpful to use as a template and way to save time, money, and energy on cooking as home cooking will be a big part of your journey while I teach you also how to dine out safely with food sensitivities.

Only if you're open to including some animal protein at meals (at least eggs and fish or poultry). If not, this is not the best fit.

The CORE program is amazing and will cover all the crucial foundations, so in either version you'll get that covered.

The PLUS+ program will include a GI-Map Stool Test (done at home) and the cost of the test is included in your payment, I will also interpret and build you a custom protocol based on the results and your symptom analysis. We'll then set up 3 monthly 1:1 sessions to meet as you go along the protocol to ensure it's moving along and I can support you. 

If you feel you need to dig deeper, and need more data on your gut health, are suspicious of conditions such as Candida, Bacterial Overgrowths, Parasites, etc. -- the GI-Map test is a top notch tool used to identify such pathogens and we can use this data to begin eradicating and restoring more balance to the microbiome with advanced supplements (supplements are extra as they vary person-to-person). It is more work to take on, and obviously more of a cost investment as well, so if you feel anything you know of would prevent you from taking this on... I'd recommend holding off. The transformations can be very powerful, but also require work on you part to be diligent with supplements and overall protocol, depending on what comes up in terms of infections, we may also want to do a re-test at the end of the 3-months together (i.e. if we find H.Pylori, Candida, or a Parasite) to know it's been eradicated or if more healing is required.

Still unsure? You can also join the CORE program now, go through it, and chat with me later about a separate 1:1 package with testing.

From the manufacturer's site:

The Gastrointestinal Microbial Assay Plus (GI-MAP) is an innovative clinical tool that measures gastrointestinal microbiota DNA from a single stool sample with state of the art, quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) technology.

The GI-MAP was designed to detect microbes that may be disturbing normal microbial balance or contributing to illness as well as indicators of digestion, absorption, inflammation, and immune function.

You can learn more and see a sample report right here.

**If you are in the states of NY, NJ, or RI and still interested in running this test, please email me: alison@foodbymars.com

I may make a few supplement recommendations in your Personal Roadmap but none are required. Most of the work will be dietary, lifestyle (stress management, nervous system, etc.), and mindset.

Once your Personal Roadmap is created and sent to you, there will be no refunds offered as this work takes a lot of time and there are limited spots offered in the program to keep it small and intimate, so all spots will be spoken for. So it's best to determine if this feels right for you and your healing journey and go all in on yourself.

I'm always here to talk through any challenges, questions, or roadblocks you may have! Just email me at alison@foodbymars.com.

If you're unsure upon enrolling if this is right for you, just book a fit call or email me to confirm -- I want this to be a right fit for you just as much as you do!

The beauty of this program is there's no one-size-fits-all approach since you'll be following Your Personal Roadmap with nutrition and lifestyle recommendations that I'm creating solely based on YOUR symptom analysis, health history, and goals. While there will certainly be guidelines and template suggestions to give you structure, this is NOT an AIP program or an elimination diet program by any means. This is a program to get you in tune with your body so you can nourish your body with food and beyond, every single day, no matter what's going on. 

If you're familiar with my work, you may have heard me say "I want you to eat MORE food, not less" - it's not good to keep losing/ eliminating in the name of health. That said, of course, I may shine a light on a handful of foods that will be best to steer clear of if they're causing inflammation and damaging your health. But we will focus on what you CAN have vs. "can't".

Sometimes it's truly hard to picture anything else when we come from a history of healing diets or food fear, but we'll break out of that mold together. You'll have the knowledge, guidance, accountability and support to create your own "YOU" diet, find peace and balance with food and your body, and not have restrictions or deprivation forced down your throat because that simply does not work (and usually backfires) - I've been there, and many of my clients have too, so you're not alone. 

All you need to join this program is the burning desire to transform your health and to accept the help and support to do so, in a safe container for the next few months. If you're concerned about "willpower" or something... I'm going to teach you why that's not the key and doesn't work longterm (and probably why things haven't worked in the past). We are going to go much deeper than all of that with mind-body/mindset work in parallel to the nutrition work.

There will be a common swaps resource for you to use to make easy substitutions to ingredients if you have any issues and we are all here to help with ideas!

You can also use meal plans, recipes, and your personal meal template as a way to inspire your own creations. We're here to support you to make it work either way. And no one has to follow the meal plans, they're there as an additional convenience.

That's great! So many of my clients have a *team* of practitioners they work with, including a FMD/ND. However, they recognize that each practitioner has their own role and doctors are more diagnostic in nature, and not there to support you in the day-to-day with nutrition, habits, mindset, and integrating all these lifestyle changes into your busy lifestyle.

Many people who don't work with holistic doctors also don't have the opportunity to do this type of work at all, so it's a great compliment to a primary care doctor or endocrine specialist as well.

If you are currently on a protocol like a Candida protocol or parasite, etc. I recommend the CORE program only and not adding on more testing in the PLUS+ program so you can use the CORE program to integrate changes, manage your nutrition and lifestyle, etc. and I'll already ask you in the intake forms what supplements and meds you're taking to not steep on any toes!

Supplements I may recommend are mostly optional.

I'd always recommend speaking to your doctor when starting a new health intervention if you're unsure.

Feel free to book a fit call or email me with anything more specific.

Insurance does not normally cover this service or the GI-Map testing. Depending on your HSA/FSA plan, you may be able to purchase any supplements you want to buy and can always call your provider to confirm if they will cover any 'health coaching' services. However, I usually don't see that as a possibility.

We'll take a poll at the beginning with our group to try and catch a good time for all of us, but as you can guess, some people may need to adjust their calendar! And I always recommend adding the calls to your calendar so the time is blocked off.

Of course, things come up or change, so you can watch the recording if you miss a meeting.

*All calls will be recorded.

On a weekly basis, plan for 1 hour for each meeting and an additional hour for any "homework" or practices on average.

There will be 1 "makeup" week to catch up on any journals or recordings you missed along the way!

Great question! You'll fill out 3-4 intake forms, one includes a brief food/mood journal, another is a history form, and another is the "Nutri-Q" symptom burden analysis, which is a very deep dive into your daily qualitative symptoms that I'll use together to create your Personal Roadmap. I will also ask about your personality and lifestyle to ensure we are taking into account what will fit well into your life.

You'll have plenty of areas to tell me also about any health conditions, meds, and current supplements that will all be taken into account.

No, unfortunately, I'm not trained on DTC tests nor are they the most accurate, so I don't recommend them in general. They may also be outdated and irrelevant. We will cover plenty with the intake forms and symptom burden analysis -- don't worry!

Additionally, if you have a past GI-Map test, this will not be used in your protocol. I will only work with GI-Map tests at the PLUS+ level using a new GI-Map we run together.

You'll have an opportunity to join a continuity/maintenance program with monthly meetings, meal plans, resources, and more to keep you supported and accountable all year long! No worries.

If you also need more 1:1 support or labs done, you'll have an opportunity to chat with me about that as we wrap up the program.

The beauty about this program is it's a hybrid and while it is a group, it's a small private group so you'll have plenty of individual attention on our coaching calls and in the private chat group. It's also an extra value to have a group because it adds more support and accountability (more than I could ever give you just in a 1 to 1 setting) while also normalizing these lifestyle changes we are choosing to go through ... most of my clients don't have families and friends that are doing this with them. They may be super supportive, which is great, but it's very different to go through it with a team vs. alone and it will set you up for even more success. I'm an introvert, I'm more private, I get feeling like it might not be your vibe and have had many clients in the past also feel skeptical about it but turned out loving it and have even made friends inside the group.

The PLUS+ offering is also a great way to get even more 1:1 time with me if you're interested in the GI-Map test.

And if after going through the program, you'd like to work 1:1 with me, you will have the opportunity to! 

I'm not taking new 1:1 clients (who haven't gone through the program) at the moment. I may be in February'22 but haven't yet confirmed, so joining at least CORE is the best value and way to start working with me ASAP with having the option to add-on 1:1 work later if you need it.

Wahoo!! I'm so glad you got it and can't wait to see you cook from it. Listen, I poured tons of love into my book and KNOW it's a fabulous resource. But nothing replaces individual *support* and expert analysis of your symptoms, history, and goals to hand you a custom plan (Your Personal Roadmap) outlining everything you need to do while giving you the space, love, support, and accountability to get it done in a safe container over the next 10-weeks.

Using my cookbook's recipes with your personal meal template will be like throwing GAS ON THE FIRE, baby... so they will compliment eachother for sure but this program is next level.

There will rarely be a 10-week stretch in our busy lives that won't have some sort of occasion, birthday, travel, work event, etc. (the list goes on and on)... there's no reason to put off your health because of it and, in many ways, it's a perfect way to "stress test" your new habits because you'll want them to be sustainable for you regardless of what's happening on your calendar. Not only in some sort of bubble that isn't real life.

I've worked with clients before and during this global pandemic, with unforeseen uphevels and changes in their lives like homeschooling, losing jobs (or shift-working as a frontline worker during the pandemic), financial hardship, severe health flare-ups, and family deaths. I've had programs lasting 4-weeks, 10-weeks, 3-months up until a full year and I'm there to support them through whatever life throws their way. And they're always grateful they had this crucial support through it.

If you're on this page and seriously considering it, I want you to take a deep breath and tune into your gut... what does it say?

And if you need to talk it out, just book a fit call with me right here!

No worries! If this page hasn't answered you questions, let's chat. Just book a fit call with me here or email me at alison@foodbymars.com as soon as possible to get your answers.