FAQS
How long does it take?
Upon receipt of your order we will need you to complete the questionnaire (also available online) and to receive your genetic information for analysis. As your genes are with you for all of your life your results will be useful knowledge you can keep forever building upon the interpretation of the results as we learn more of value in the future. This is particularly helpful as new diet programs come along as you will be able to identify if they may be helpful or not and thus save you unnecessary time and trouble following a program that isn't suited for your genetic profile.
Is my information kept confidential?
All information is kept completely confidential. Any "actionable" genetic test results you may share are maintained in a password protected and secure manner and all appropriate legal disclosures and confidentiality documents are signed by all parties involved. At no time is any of the information shared with other individuals or organizations without your express written approval.
Are you selling supplements tailored to my results?
No, I don't sell supplements however I may make recommendations for you to include some selected nutrients and list foods that contain these nutrients as well as a few products that you may then choose to purchase for yourself. In general my approach is food based.
Carolyn Katzin, MS, CNS, MNT
EXPERT INTEGRATED NUTRITION ADVICE
Carolyn Katzin is a Certified Nutrition Specialist
holding both graduate and undergraduate degrees in the field of human nutrition.
Her expertise is in providing personalized nutrition advice integrated with other healing modalities. She has twenty four years of experience as a nutritionist and industry consultant. She attended culinary school in England and had the opportunity for extended stays in France eating wonderful food both in top restaurants and in friends’ homes. She has authored three cookbooks.
Carolyn's mentors include some of the finest nutritionists and biological chemists including Roslyn Alfin Slater, PhD and Curtis Eckhert, PhD at UCLA.
Diet and Retinal Degeneration
She completed original research on the impact of diet and retinal degeneration with John Heckenlively, MD and Joel Kopple, MD, also at UCLA. She recently completed two academic courses on nutrigenomics one taught by Jim Kaput, PhD at UC Davis Center for Excellence in Nutrigenomics and the other from European Union’s NuGO. She also attended the inaugural conference on nutrigenomics in Asia hosted by International Life Sciences Institute (publishers of Nutrition Reviews) and presented at the first International Conference on Nutrition and Cancer in Antalya, Turkey
Carolyn is dedicated to helping prevent chronic disease
Carolyn is a lead volunteer with the American Cancer Society serving on the California Division Board of Directors (Chair FY 2011-12) and is a graduate of the National Leadership Development Program.
Working With American Cancer Society
Her work includes cancer prevention and support for those who have received a diagnosis of cancer. She sees patients at three local cancer centers; Beverly Hills Cancer Center, Premiere Oncology in Santa Monica (now part of UCLA Health System)and Eisenhower Lucy Curci Center in Rancho Mirage. Her work in oncology began in 1985 at The Wellness Community in Santa Monica as nutritionist where the patient active concept was developed by Harold Benjamin, JD, PhD in conjunction with humor therapy and other healing arts.
Carolyn's Writings
Carolyn published her Cancer Center Nutrition Handbook as a result of this relationship with The Wellness Community, now in its fourth edition.
The Wellness Community
She is a member of The Wellness Community West Los Angeles (now renamed Cancer Support Community Benjamin Center) Medical and Scientific Advisory Board. She authored the Nutrition Handbook available at the website for cancer support community.
