Kindred Nutrition

03/10/2026

My daughter came home from highschool and they are spending 2 weeks on nutrition in heath class. She’s a junior and has more info than most as I share a lot. She was intrigued as they all got assigned an Eating Disorder to research and report on and her group received RED-S. Her thoughts: “we should have been educated on this much younger and I know people who probably have this.” Keep in mind this isn’t judgemental it was wit empathy because teens don’t fuel appropriately.

RED-S isn’t just for teens though. Collegiate, professional, and Olympian’s all can suffer from this as well as all sexes.

Have a quick read on my blog to get yourself familiarized. If you feel you are at risk give us a call AND keep in mind I have all these resources on my website so you can trust the info you are getting.

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03/05/2026

I will start off with saying 1) I have some outstanding P*P’s that I collaborate with 2) yes a patient has a responsively to communicate appropriately.

This happens weekly if not multiple times a week in my practice. Patient presents with weight loss or maintenance, is eating less than 50% of needs, exercising, and has a low heart rate in my office OR is getting low heart rate notices from their wearable.

I make multiple calls to the P*P to discuss ordering an EKG. They agree (thank you). The cardiologist does the EKG and says “you are young and have an athletic heart.”

There’s no question about intake OR what type of exercise and they are sent on their way. The P*P may not even get the report or talk to the cardiologist so they ask the patient who says I’m fine.

Meanwhile the patient can barely get through workouts, are dizzy, and can’t appropriately refuel because they are using energy that they need for rehabilitation for exercise instead.

I have this conversation of concern with the P*P ethnically does agree to pause exercise and thanks me for the collaboration but what if I didn’t make these calls?

Real life issues:
1) I have an angry parent who wants to school me on how pausing exercise will hurt their earning of their position (don’t get me started).
2) I have a cardiologist who says well their ejection fraction was normal and nobody told us.
3) I have a confused patient who is wondering why everyone else thinks they age just fine.
4) I have a thankful patient who says I know I don’t feel right.

This is why you need to work with an eating disorder specialist. Also doctors can bill insurance for collaborating discussions but all in all it’s not done enough.

Do better people. This lack of follow through contributes to diet culture and someone not feeling like they are “sick enough”.

03/03/2026

Yes abnormal labs can be concerning AND there’s more to the story. If a provider tells you to remove something from your diet without asking you what a day looks like they aren’t doing the correct work.

I have people who are referred to me often for a high or borderline HgB A1C who aren’t eating enough, especially carbs.

As I said in the video if you aren’t fueling properly stress with trigger the release of glucose which will cause spikes and can increase your average. HgB A1C can also be increased with dehydration or iron deficiencies.

We need to dig into the whole story and understand your nutrition and exercise. From there we make changes and then repeat in 3 months.

Do you need a thorough review of labs and health? We’d love to help. Follow us for more or call/text 301-580-0008.

02/26/2026

This one really irks me. First it’s the lack of emotional intelligence and how mis or early diagnosing can scare the living s**t out of people.

Second it’s how many times people will get misinformation such as you need to lose weight or you need to decrease this and that.

If you receive abnormal labs there should be a plan, a more current follow up than a year and ALSO a referral to a specialist. I’ve had docs push back on me and say “insurance won’t cover the recheck.” Have the conversation with the patient. Many would gladly pay the fee. I can order a comprehensive metabolic panel for my patients for under $4.00.

Dietitians are a great resource for lab review and assessment. They can then collaborate and discuss with your physician.

02/24/2026

You don’t have to have a diagnosed Eating Disorder to be aware this week or ever. Our society wreaks of diet culture which leads to unhealthy relationships with food and our bodies. The message has been shaped for years from Oprah, to Dr. Oz and now the United States Government. The first step is recognizing that your relationship might not be the best and there’s nothing to be ashamed about.

If this resonates with you this is RR page to follow. I’ve been working in this space for decades and want to give you and many others the support you deserve.

01/29/2026

Join me tomorrow when a new podcast drops! I loved talking to Sarah Schlichter where we discussed and most importantly normalizing families experiences with food while giving “permission” to make it easy. Follow if you don’t already. Links will be shared tomorrow!

12/11/2025

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11/30/2025

11/21/2025

Local parents of sports: I sent out information to Middletown, Linganore, Oakdale, Frederick, and Urbana Boosters about Sideline Supply- my brand of Kindred Nutrition & Kinetics that brings Pre/Game/Post Fuel right to the field for your athletes.
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If you are interested in integrating this to your team please reach out to my work email agoldsmith@kindrednutrition.com or call 301-580-0008. I'm ordering supplies for winter and building my list for Spring Sports and Travel sports now.

11/18/2025

Welcome to the team, Madeleine! We are excited to have her join Kindred Nutrition. Call/text at 301-580-0008 to schedule today!

11/14/2025

I’ve had a s**t week AND it’s gonna be bookended with GREAT things.

I had a new client come in last week who was very sick. Within 15 minutes of the assessment I was pretty sure what was going on.

This poor family has been through the wringer being referred to specialist after specialist who frankly didn’t dig deep enough and mis diagnosed.

The results? Offices that booked insurance and closed a case with no follow up while their patient kept getting sicker.

Dietitians can’t diagnose for some total bull sh*t reason and we spend more time with our patients than most medical providers but that’s besides my point.

I listened, I asked questions. I discussed my thoughts. I promised I’d advocate for them and scheduled our follow up. They left and I continued to work which included contacting the physicians office, following up with fax, and calling again 4 days after because shocker I didn’t hear back from them. I finally got them on the phone and requested the CORRECT labs to rule out my concerns. At another break I also called one of the docs I work with who will treat this IN CASE their MD wont treat it.

I was lining everything up so I can be ready to support this family.

I’ve been waiting and today I got the call from mom at 4:46 pm telling me the labs came back confirming my suspicion and the MD had ordered the correct protocol (they told me it).

I cried when I hung up.

Then I took a deep breath and got ready for my next patient.

This isn’t a one off!

This is the difference between a dietitian and a nutritionist.

This is the difference between someone skilled in science and an influencer.

This is why I do this.

I’m happy to announce I’ll be starting a Concierge service for specialty patients in 2026. This will allow me to have more time to work for you because I know I fuel what others miss. Want to join? DM me or comment yes please.