Dr. Katherine Echo Kim, L.Ac. Specializing in Mindfulness-Based Acupuncture & Nutritional Support | Pioneers of Environmental Acupuncture

AcuNutrition™ Sessions

AcuNutrition™ is a bespoke, data-driven, nutrition and lifestyle medicine consultation that focuses on improving your health through deeper understanding of the best nutritional approach that works for you. We do not subscribe to any one particular nutritional plan or lineage, and instead apply what works for you.

Sessions are private and confidential.
We provide consultations for all ages, stages, lifestyles, and health conditions. 

Sessions may include discussion and review of

• Personalized health goals and nutrition strategy
• Medical diagnoses, rehab, recovery, and healing concerns
• Comprehensive personal and family medical history
• Recent lab work (PDFs or screenshots) and DEXA scans 
• Apple Health, Whoop, Oura, Peloton, Tonal, or other smart data 
• Lifestyle, exercise habits, sleep, and stress physiology
• Supplement review
• Product, brand, and portion-specific food and beverage guidance
• Mind-body eating patterns and food relationship counseling
• Weight, dieting, and metabolic history

Common Nutritional Focus Areas

1. Metabolic & Weight Management
   For GLP-1 support (Ozempic, Mounjaro, Wegovy, Zepbound), weight management, muscle preservation, bone density

2. Executive & Busy Professional Health Optimization
   For high-performance lifestyle medicine, stress physiology, schedule-driven nutrition, travel and work-intensive routines

3. Digestive, Cardiovascular & Autoimmune Nutrition
   For improved gut health and healing; cardiometabolic regulation, diabetic, inflammation and autoimmune-focused nutrition

4. Women’s, Hormonal & Reproductive Health
   To address irregular menstrual periods, PCOS, peri/post-menopausal changes, hormonal balance, infertility, IVF, pregnancy, postpartum nutrition support

5. Mental Health & Neuro-Supportive Nutrition
   For stress management, anxiety, depression, panic attacks
   ARFID, ADHD, and neurodiverse nutrition patterns including sensory issues

6. Injury Prevention & Pre/Post Surgical Rehabilitation
   Nutrition to support recovery after any type of injury or surgical procedures

7. Multicultural & Ethnic-Forward Cuisine Counseling
   We promote global cuisines and ethnic ways of healthful eating.

8. Complex Nutritional Care Support to Support Ongoing Recovery
   For eating disorders and addiction recovery.

9. Food Relationship & Self-Care During Major Lifestyle Transitions
   Mindful eating, sustainable behavior change, self-regulation, and building a healthier relationship with food across the most challenging life stages

Insurance superbills are available for clients in NY/CT.

Rates:

• Initial consultation for existing acupuncture clients or any follow-up consults. Includes: 1:1 Zoom meeting, review of prior lab work results, targeted data analysis, interventions, educational resources. $250  
• Initial consultation for new clients only who are not acupuncture clients: Includes everything above plus a comprehensive medical history and family history consultation. $450 
• New Lab Test Orders: Includes ordering of additional ordering of new lab tests that may not be done during standard annual visits with MDs/DOs. Pls note: Dr. Kim is highly conservative and selective when ordering labs.  $100 prescribing fee.
• Cost of lab tests are additional and discussed during Zoom sessions
• Optional DNA raw data health and nutritional analysis (based on 23&Me or Ancestry files): $250  

Schedule by calling or texting (203)451-9865. Questions are warmly welcome.

To Get Started

Schedule a session. Then forward your medical records, lab results in PDF format to the office.