Nutrition Habits

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Meet Maja

Maja Mirkovic, MPH, RDN, CDN, CDCES, BC-ADM holds a Masters Degree in Public Health - Nutrition from Hunter College in New York. She has worked as a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist for 15 years, has been a Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist (CDCES) for 13 years, and is the owner of the practice.

As a Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist (formerly known as a Certified Diabetes Educator), Maja has helped thousands of patients get their A1C under control by personalizing their medication and nutrition therapy. After talking with Maja, patients feel understood and empowered to take control of their diabetes. She debunks common diabetes myths, takes a collaborative approach to managing blood sugar, and takes the time to explain exactly what's happening in the body, and how food, exercise, and medication all work together to affect blood glucose.

Maja is also Board Certified in Advanced Diabetes Management, allowing her to help manage not just diabetes, but related complications like high blood pressure and high cholesterol. She's a Certified Pump Trainer for Omnipod, Medtronic, Tandem, Twiist, and Beta Bionics.

Currently, she also works one day a week at an Endocrinology office in NYC, partnering with NPs and MDs to manage complex Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes cases.

Meet Suzanne

Suzanne Perrie, RD, LD, CDN, CDCES is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist. She completed her Dietetic Internship at Wellness Workdays and received a her degrees in Dietetics and Human Nutrition from Kansas State University. She has also completed the Certificate of Training in Obesity through the Commission on Dietetic Registration.Suzanne is highly experienced in providing nuanced medical nutrition therapy to clients. She has experience in sports nutrition, eating disorder care, food allergies, gastrointestinal disorders (IBS/ Crohns/GERD), perimenopause/menopause, and obesity and weight management. Her passions are diabetes care, including diabetes technology and cardiovascular nutrition.

Suzanne has a deep and abiding belief in treating the whole person, not a disease state. She will work with you to find the best nutrition that supports your lifestyle and goals. Her compassion and unwavering support are just two of the reasons her patients her patients keep coming back.

You may have also heard from Suzanne in another capacity, as she is the Office Manager for Nutrition Habits and also works with Maja on the Omnipod side of the practice doing paperwork and scheduling there. She also recently passed her CDCES exam and is ready to help people with diabetes manage their blood sugars !

Meet Jenna

Jenna Litt, MS, RDN, CDN is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist. She completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Florida in Psychology and completed her masters degree at New York University in Clinical Nutrition. As someone who has personally struggled with weight management, as well as gastrointestinal intolerances, Jenna understands how difficult it can be to have a healthy relationship with food.

She strongly believes in teaching skills to clients that they may utilize in their everyday lives to establish more thoughtful habits while promoting a general healthful lifestyle. Her niche revolves around clients who are looking to make general lifestyles changes, whether that be emotional, physical or diet related.

She specializes in a wide variety of nutrition related areas such as, heart health, bariatric nutrition, gut health, cardiovascular disease, and IBS symptom management. Each client is viewed as an individual case for Jenna as she focuses her interventions on the clients goals and adjusts each intervention accordingly.

Meet Candice

Candice Arnold is Maja’s assistant and has over 25 years of experience in customer service. She has extensive experience helping patients understand their insurance claims and benefits, scheduling, and navigating patients through the process of seeing a Registered Dietitian. Outside the office, she's all about hiking and hitting up the farmers' markets for fresh produce to whip up tasty dishes. Whether navigating insurance complexities or trekking through nature, Candice brings expertise and a love for life to everything she does.

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