Joy Y. Erdile (Kiddie), MSc, RD Verified Listing

I'm Joy Erdile (Kiddie), the lead Registered Dietitian at BetterByDesign Nutrition, which is my private practice that has been serving clients since 2008. I hold a postgraduate degree in Human Nutrition, and my published research was in mental health nutrition. In addition to years of delivering services from my Coquitlam office, I’ve provided virtual services for over a decade via a click-and-connect secure telehealth portal to clients across BC, in Ontario, and Alberta, where I am also licensed. My services continue to be priced at or below the Reasonable and Customary Fee Limits of five major extended benefit insurers in all three provinces.

Core Specialties

I provide services in the following three areas:

1) Routine Health: healthy eating and weight management, chronic disease management (type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, fatty liver), prenatal nutrition. PCOS, hypothyroid, menopause, and healthy aging.

2) Digestive Health: IBS, including low FODMAP, support for newly diagnosed Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, celiac disease, and SIBO (Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth).

3) Therapeutic Diets: ketogenic diet therapy (ketogenic metabolic therapy), including 3:1 and a 2:1 therapeutic ketogenic diet as an adjunct treatment for physical and mental health, and dietary support for symptoms of Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome – hypermobility subtype (hEDS), Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS), including histamine intolerance, Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS).

Highly Rated

I am very appreciative of the 80+ 5-star reviews my clients have shared on Google, and I remain dedicated to continuing to deliver excellence in the services I provide. I consider it the greatest compliment when former clients refer their friends and family, and I’m truly honoured when they return for additional services as their needs change.

I. ROUTINE SERVICES are available as hourly services and packages.

HOURLY 

Initial Hourly Consultation – is a non-clinical appointment for you to meet with me, share your goals and health background, for us to discuss various service options, and to determine if I am a good fit for your needs. Any remaining time in this appointment can be “banked” for future follow-up services after completing one of the packages.

Specialty Hourly Services – for nutrition education on a variety of topics, including reducing Constipation and Hemorrhoids, Functional Dyspepsia (“IBS of the stomach”), GERD / acid reflux, Gout, Histamine Elimination, Hiatus Hernia, Dietary Considerations in Hypothyroid, Kidney Stone Diet, and Macular Degeneration.

ROUTINE PACKAGES

Personalized Meal Plans

If you’re looking for a weight loss Dietitian for healthy eating, or to help manage blood sugar (including type 2 diabetes), blood pressure, cholesterol, or fatty liver, I’m here to help. With nearly 20 years of experience, I also provide prenatal nutrition guidance and customized meal plans to support healthy aging.  The advice that I provide is evidence-based and rooted in science.

Below are the packages I offer in these areas.

• Comprehensive Dietary Package for healthy eating, weight management nutrition, chronic health support, and improving blood sugar, blood pressure, cholesterol, and markers of fatty liver. Meal Plans can be designed from an anti-inflammatory diet perspective at no additional cost.
• Prenatal Dietary Package provides pregnancy nutrition for women who are expecting a child (or multiples).
• Healthy Aging Package is to help middle-aged and older adults maintain their health as they age, especially in retaining their muscle and bone mass.

For the past decade, I’ve been a trusted referral as a Dietitian for PCOS because I'm known to address the insulin resistance that underlies symptoms. Women "of a certain age" seek my help as a menopause Dietitian because they've heard from others that I've successfully helped them navigate the challenges of weight gain and sleep disruption that often come along with this stage of life.

• Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) Package is for women struggling with the symptoms of PCOS.
• Menopause Management Package  is for the unique needs of “women of a certain age”

In recent years, I’ve become known as a hypothyroid Dietitian—largely due to the articles that I’ve written on the subject, and because people know that I understand hypothyroidism from both sides of the clinical desk. I address the weight gain that accompanies Hashimoto's, as well as teach nutrition for hypothyroid, with a focus on the key nutrients that are needed to convert inactive thyroid hormone into its active form.

• Hypothyroid Management Package is for adults diagnosed with hypothyroidism or who suspect they may be hypothyroid based on family history and symptoms.
• Dietary Management Package (a follow-up package)

2. DIGESTIVE HEALTH

I have over 15 years of experience assisting individuals with gut health and digestive issues. If you are looking for an IBS Dietitian or a low FODMAP diet for IBS, I can help. I also offer another approach, which enables you to eliminate only the foods that are causing the symptoms, rather than whole classes of foods. I provide specialized packages for those recently diagnosed with celiac disease, Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), and SIBO.

• Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Package is designed to help determine which specific foods or food components are contributing to specific symptoms.
• Low FODMAP Diet Package implements a low-FODMAP diet systematically in 3 stages so that individuals can determine which FODMAP foods contribute to their symptoms, and which do not.

I also offer specialized packages for those recently diagnosed with celiac disease, Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), including Crohn's and ulcerative colitis, and SIBO.

• Celiac Disease Management Package
• Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Package
• Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO) Package

3. THERAPEUTIC DIETS

I provide ketogenic diet therapy (ketogenic metabolic therapy) services, including a 3:1 and a 2:1 therapeutic ketogenic diet, as an adjunct treatment for physical and mental health, under medical oversight.

I also provide customized services for Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome – hypermobility subtype (hEDS), Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS), including histamine intolerance, Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS), and other customized services.

QUESTIONS?

Most questions that you may have are answered on our FAQs page, and you can send me a direct message there, which is answered promptly.