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Maria Santoro | Jill A. Mazzeo

Maria Santoro
The Wellness Center's Director of Clinical Nutrition and The Wellness Weight Program

When it comes to the pursuit of life, liberty, and happiness, all men, women, and children are created equal. Unfortunately, the same is not true in the area of nutrition. Due to a wide range of factors, people have vastly different nutritional needs. Health food for you could be junk food to someone else. Which is why everyone needs the type of individualized nutritional guidance Maria Santoro practices full-time at The Heart Diabetes & Weight Loss Centers of New York as Director of Clinical Nutrition and Director of the Wellness Weight Loss Program.

Not Dieting ... a new prescription for complete wellness

With a degree in clinical nutrition and nearly 10 years experience in exercise therapy, Maria is far more than a dietician. Together with Wellness Center Director Dr. Frederic J. Vagnini, Maria will identify your unique nutritional needs, develop a customized regimen of vitamin and mineral supplementation, exercise, and lifestyle adjustments, and help you gain control of your health.

First you learn, then you eat ...

Before you can achieve this control, certain information is critical, including which foods are actually good for you, and in what quantities. During your initial visit, Maria will document your medical history and pertinent personal information concerning your job and lifestyle.

Following that, she'll determine your nutritional requirements through a series of comprehensive and painless procedures, including:

	The Wellness Center's exclusive Nutri-Scan which provides a highly-sophisticated nutritional assessmentof your blood's functional vitamin and mineral levels, including antioxidants
	Food sensitivity and allergy testing, to see which foods pose a problem for you
	Candida/yeast analysis, to test for possible intestinal irregularieites
	Diabetes testing, to determine if you require an insulin-regulating program; fur job and lifestyle
	Body composition analysis to determine levels of muscle and fat

Once your unique nutritional profile is developed, Maria, in conjunction with Dr. Vagnini, will develop a specialized de-toxification program to rid your body of damaging, energy-depleting toxins, and improve overall cellular bio-chemistry. Next, she'll create an individualized program of proper eating and nutritional supplementation to bring vitamin and minerals to desired levels.

Real Solutions for the real world

In an ideal world, it wouldn't matter what you ate or how much, if you exercised, or how much strees you had to deal with. You'd have a lengthy, enjoyable life doing whatever you pleased.

Rela life, however, -- especially if you want it toi be long and rewarding -- demands proper nutrition, rest and exercise, as well as stress reduction. As your full-time nutritionist, Maria can give you the latest information and strategies to help you cope with and overcome the difficulties of achieving wellness in an imperfect world. Among them:

	Controlling diabetes and leading a normal life
	Easing the difficulties of menopause through diet and nutritional supplementation
	Learning how to shop nutritionally at your supermarket
	Cooking delicious, low-fat meals
	Eating smart when eating out
	Analyzing nutritional intake per meal and per day
	Developing ways to increase energy and reduce stress

Get with the programs!

With Dr. Vagnini's assistance, Maria can also help you achieve complete health and wellness by using nutritional supplementation to aid in overcoming and reversing many health-related problems. These include:

	Arteriosclorosis
	Weight Loss/Control
	Hyper-lipidemia (high cholesterol)
	Heart Disease
	Diabetes (Insulin-regulating diet)
	Menopause
	Osteoporosis
	High Blood Pressure
	Low Energy/General Fatigue

You're never too young or old to develop better nutritional skills.

Whether you're 17 or 77 -- even if you're at the peak of health -- you owe it to yourself to find out your specific nutritional needs. There may be problems -- from high cholesterol to diabetes and heart disease -- that are developing without your knowledge

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Jill A. Mazzeo
Medical Nutritionist

Jill Mazzeo holds a Master of Science in Clinical Nutrition from LIU, Brookville, New York. Her Undergraduate degree is a B.A. in Psychology from Adelphi University in Garden City, New York. Ms. Mazzeo obtained her nutrition degree in May of 1997. During school she worked as a diet aide at Nassau Communities Hospital in Oceanside NY. Ms. Mazzeo has also worked as a Community Service Assistant for the Nassau County Dept. of Health in Mineola, NY where she counseled and educated patients on HIV testing, provided medical, family and psychological referrals and also maintained statistics for Nassau County. Ms. Mazzeo's experience in the business sector includes employment for two major financial firms on Wall Street as a Human Resource Assistant and a Registration/Compliance Assistant.

Presently Ms. Mazzeo has a private nutrition practice in Oceanside, New York and is a nutritional consultant for Estee'Lauder Corp. in Melville, New York. She is also co-director of Nutrition at The Heart Diabetes & Weight Loss Centers of New York in Westbury, New York. Ms. Mazzeo appears periodically on The Heart Show hosted by the famous Dr. Frederick Vagnini, the Heart Doctor that airs on WOR 710 AM, Sundays at 4:00 PM. Ms. Mazzeo has participated in a research study at the Atkins Center in NYC, which was published in the American College of Nutrition, October 1998, V.5, Session B, Abstract N. 43.

Ms. Mazzeo is totally dedicated to the field of nutrition and her patients. She enjoys learning and attending conferences and seminars. She has attended the Designs for Health Institute Training in March 1998 and the Advanced Training in August 1998. Her major interests include lipids, brain nutrition, anti-ageing nutrition, endocrine imbalances and the role of nutrients in the prevention and treatment of disease. She has been very successful in treating patients with diabetes, gastrointestinal disorders, eating disorders/obesity, hormonal imbalances and other health issues.

Ms. Mazzeo is fluent is Italian as she is a native of Italy. She also speaks conversational French and Spanish.