High cholesterol & heart health Dietitian
in NYC + virtually
Supporting your heart health without taking the joy out of food.
Managing cholesterol and supporting heart health can feel overwhelming, especially when nutrition advice comes with a long list of foods to avoid. I'll help you make sense of the information, understand what actually matters for your health, and find realistic, sustainable changes that fit into your life.
Together, we'll look at ways to support your cholesterol and overall cardiovascular health without restrictive dieting or eliminating the foods you enjoy, so you can build eating habits that support your health and feel manageable long-term.
How we can work together to support your heart health
Cholesterol & Triglycerides
Understanding LDL cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, and triglycerides (and what those numbers actually mean) and identifying nutrition strategies that support your individual health goals.
Heart-Healthy Eating
Building meals and eating patterns that support cardiovascular health while still being enjoyable, satisfying, and realistic.
Fiber & Plant Foods
Finding practical ways to incorporate more fiber, fruits, vegetables, whole grains, beans, nuts, seeds, and other plant foods into your everyday eating.
Dietary Fats
Understanding the different types of dietary fat and how they fit into your overall eating pattern—without unnecessary fear of fat.
Blood Sugar & Cardiometabolic Health
Supporting blood sugar, cholesterol, and other aspects of cardiometabolic health together rather than treating each concern in isolation.
Practical Meal Planning
Finding simple meals, snacks, and strategies that work with your schedule, preferences, budget, cooking ability, and real life.
“Lindsay was able to help address my needs by targeting her guidance according to my specific conditions rather than offering generic advice. I really appreciated that. I was also surprised by a piece of advice that not only offered benefits in one way, but would also help lower the risk of something I have in another way. That really shifted my perspective on how I should be approaching and balancing my nutrition.”
– CL via ZocDoc
Heart-healthy nutrition without rigid rules
Cholesterol, triglycerides, blood pressure, blood sugar, family history, medications, genetics, and other factors can all play a role in cardiovascular health. Your nutrition needs and goals are personal, too.
Rather than focusing on a single lab value or labeling foods as simply “good” or “bad,” we'll look at the bigger picture. Supporting cholesterol and heart health doesn't require completely changing the way you eat or giving up the foods you love.
Depending on your needs, we may work on increasing fiber, incorporating a variety of plant foods, balancing different types of dietary fats, building satisfying meals, or finding ways to make nutrition changes feel manageable in everyday life. Together, we'll identify realistic and sustainable ways to support your heart health while still making room for the foods, culture, routines, and experiences that matter to you.
Heart-health nutrition counseling may be helpful if you:
Have recently been told you have high cholesterol, high LDL, or high triglycerides
Feel overwhelmed by conflicting advice about what you should eat
Have a family history of heart disease or cardiovascular concerns
Want to support your heart health without following a restrictive diet
Want practical help with meals, grocery shopping, or meal planning
Have tried making nutrition changes before but found them difficult to maintain
Want individualized guidance rather than another generic “heart-healthy diet”
Your nutrition should fit your life
Heart health shouldn't mean losing the joy in food.
I'm Lindsay Wengler, MS, RD, CDCES, CNSC, and I've spent more than 10 years working as a Registered Dietitian, including over 7 years in clinical settings. My background in cardiometabolic health, diabetes, and complex nutrition needs has taught me that there is rarely one “right” way to eat. I'll help you understand what matters for your health while finding an approach that feels realistic for your life.
Food is more than a list of nutrients. It's culture, comfort, celebration, connection, routine, and pleasure. Your heart health goals don't have to take those things away.
My approach is weight-inclusive and individualized to you. We can work toward the health goals that matter to you, including weight-related goals, while looking at your overall health, nutrition, relationship with food, and quality of life.
Insurance + payment options
We check your insurance benefits for you.
Insurance can be confusing. Instead of spending your time calling your insurance company and trying to decode your benefits, we'll check them for you.
We'll verify your benefits for nutrition counseling and help you understand what to expect before your first appointment
Currently in-network with:
Aetna · Anthem BCBS · Cigna · Oscar · Oxford Freedom · UnitedHealthcare
Many insurance plans cover nutrition counseling at little or no cost to you.
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Private Pay + Sliding Scale Available
Private-pay and sliding-scale options are also available.
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Individualized support for your goals
Whether you're trying to understand a new cholesterol result, manage triglycerides, support your cardiovascular health, or simply feel more confident about what to eat, we’ll start with where you are and work from there.
You don't need to completely overhaul your diet or know exactly what you need before reaching out. Together, we'll focus on practical strategies that feel manageable and sustainable for your life.
Not Sure Where to Start? That's Okay!
Schedule a free 15-minute consultation to share what you're looking for, ask questions, and see if we might be a good fit.