Nutritionist

Has anyone here ever used a nutritionist? I tried to use the "free" one at my school, but they weren't very helpful at all. I was thinking they would go through lots of specifics about like the food science and help me go through meal plan ideas, but the lady on campus just printed off a list of fiber and sent me on my way. I guess that's what you get for "free". I'm thinking about going to see one though, and I wonder if anyone has had experience, and advice for what kind of questions to ask to make sure I don't just get handed some flyers and booted out again. And if everyone's experience is crappy, I'll just find a book to read instead!

I think it kinda depends on how much you know about health education.
You know like are you getting your basics of nutritional requirements. My dietation is also a friend of mine, so she is always keeping an eye for ways to me to maintain my nutritional requirements.
One thing that evidently has not been covered enough in schools has been some basic health education, like drink 8 glasses of water, if you are a woman of childbearing age (or at risk of osteoporosis like most crohnies) drinking 8 oz of milk three times a day, 2 hours away from milk, some sort of varied non sweetened juice (since we usually have a hard time doing normal fruit).

I have found mine very beneficial. Initially they helped me while I was on TPN and enteral nutrition; they have helped me find the right sorts of meal-replacement drinks for when I am unwell; they regularly go through my diet and make sure I'm getting enough nutrients.

Now they are referring me for extra tests because they think I have food-related problems on top of my Crohn's. Nobody else would have noticed that: the doctors don't think too much about our diet.

Besides, my doctor prefers me to see one regularly, so I don't really have too much choice in the matter .