Nutrition Counseling for Hormone Health, Fertility, Pregnancy, and Eating Disorders
on Long Island and in New York State
Nutrition That Adds To Your Life,
Nutrition That Adds
Nutrition That Adds To Your Life,
To Your Life,
& Never Takes Away
& Never Takes Away
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The internet has a lot of opinions about food...
most of them aren’t helping you the way they should.
You follow wellness influencers who are experiencing similar symptoms. You know what you “should” do. You’ve cut the thing, added the supplement, followed the protocol… yet food still feels more confusing and less supportive than ever. You just want to be healthy, and now each meal carries more weight than it needs to. At the end of the day, you just want to eat a meal you enjoy and then forget about it.
As a dietitian, I’ll be the first to say… your brain has more important things to worry about.
Nutrition Counseling
Hormone Health
Most of the information about eating for your hormones is restriction with a rebrand. Avoid this, add that, take all these supplements your body may or may not need. For conditions like PCOS (now: PMOS) and Hashimoto’s, this approach tends to make things harder.
Our work together starts with a real picture: comprehensive labwork, an honest look at what you’re consuming, and reevaluating if your current supplement stack is evidence-based or just expensive. From there, nutrition is additive - building adequacy and nourishment first, then layering in targeted interventions that are grounded in your results.
Your hormones aren’t the enemy… they may just be underfed.
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Fertility & Pregnancy
Whether you’re planning ahead, currently pregnant, or still recovering from a pregnancy, your body is doing a lot and the information coming at you is probably relentless. What should be a treasured time is being taken over by food rules, supplement lists, and comments from people who mean well but are only adding to the overwhelm.
This work covers the full picture - preconception nourishment, managing symptoms through pregnancy (especially hyperemesis), and rebuilding routines postpartum. Our approach is evidence-based and built around what is actually realistic for your body and your season of life.
Nourishing yourself is the best thing you can do for the both of you.
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Eating Disorders
What started as food rules in pursuit of health turned into something outside of your control. What does feel like it’s in your control? Restricting your food. But the rules eventually feel unattainable, the grazing turns into something you didn’t plan for, and then there is a spiral that follows that gets you back to square one.
Whether it’s anorexia, bulimia, or binge eating disorder, our work together centers around breaking the restrict-binge cycle and building a relationship with food that doesn’t require constant management. Let’s reach a place of going out to dinner and being present, reaching for seconds if you’re still hungry, and moving through your day without eating being the thing you think about most.
Two things can be true: recovery is hard, and it’s worth it.
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When restriction gets repackaged as health, it's easy to mistake it for the right next step... all while your body is actually asking for more.
Rebecca Tolan Cruse, MS, RDN, CDN
A dietitian who will never hand you a list of foods you can’t eat without backing it up.
My passion lies in helping you feel less stressed around food and better in your body. My mornings start with an iced coffee from Dunkin’ and usually end with scrolling the true crime side of Reddit. You can expect me to ask a lot of questions (in the best way possible, promise) and hold space for all the nuance of your nutrition journey.
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Restriction gets all the credit.
Nourishment does all the work.
In a world that keeps finding things to take off your plate, the research consistently points in the opposite direction. Real nourishment - adequate food, targeted evidence-based supplements, and a body that feels supported rather than depleted - is what creates change.
My practice is rooted in Health at Every Size ® principles, which means the work is never about shrinking your body. It’s about building a body that has enough fuel, nutrients, and grace to stop fighting itself.
Insurance & Pricing
Throughline Nutrition is in-network with Aetna, Cigna, United, and Emblem. However, each plan is different and I recommend you check with your insurance to ensure your specific plan covers nutrition counseling. You can use this script to guide the conversation.
If your insurance doesn’t cover nutrition counseling, we can still work together at a private pay rate. I can provide you with a superbill that you may be able to apply to your out-of-network benefits.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Would we meet virtually or in-person?
Do you accept insurance?
I was diagnosed with a hormone imbalance and I’m worried how it’ll impact my family planning. Can you work with both of these at the same time?
Can you treat PMOS (formerly PCOS) without putting me on a diet?
I had hyperemesis with my last pregnancy and I’m nervous to get pregnant again. How can you help?
Doesn’t it make more sense to *not* talk about food every week?
Would we meet virtually or in-person?
Whichever you prefer! I have limited availability in-person in Massapequa. Usually folks will request their first session is done virtually, and then we can schedule the follow-ups either virtually or in-person depending on availability.
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Do you accept insurance?
Yes! I am in-network with Aetna, United Healthcare, Cigna, and Emblem Health. However, because each individual's plan is different, I always recommend verifying with your insurance company that nutrition counseling is covered on your plan. You can use this script to guide the conversation with your insurance!
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I was diagnosed with a hormone imbalance and I’m worried how it’ll impact my family planning. Can you work with both of these at the same time?
Absolutely, this is my sweet spot. First, we take a close look at your cycle and hormonal patterns. From there, we optimize your nutrition to prepare your body for conception. Combining these steps will allow you to create a strong foundation for a healthy pregnancy and baby.
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Can you treat PMOS (formerly PCOS) without putting me on a diet?
That's precisely what I do. A diagnosis of PMOS does not mean you need to adhere to a strict diet, despite what wellness influencers and a quick Google search lead you to believe. Each person's experience with PMOS looks different, which means our approach to your nutrition will be individualized.
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I had hyperemesis with my last pregnancy and I’m nervous to get pregnant again. How can you help?
We're learning more about hyperemesis every day, and that means more ways to prepare. Before your next pregnancy, we'll review the current research, support your nutrition and gut health, and build a plan tailored to you, designed to help lower your risk and feel more in control. And once you're pregnant, we'll keep adjusting that strategy together to help you manage symptoms as they come up.
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Doesn’t it make more sense to *not* talk about food every week?
I totally hear you. Food is complicated, emotional, and entails so many other topics, like body image, sleep, digestion, movement... you get it. The frequency and depth of our convos around food really vary. My goal is to meet you where you're at and move at a pace that is comfortable and supportive of your recovery and relationship with food.
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Contact
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office address
20 Hicksville Rd, Suite 5
Massapequa NY 11758
phone number
516-786-2357
fax number
631-850-6107
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