David continues to inspire change in our field as he challenges the limits of existing care models and substantially enhances our capacity to deliver care that is nuanced and person-centered rather than dogmatic.
Chief Medical Officer, SunCloud Heath
David is one of the most talented and innovative dietitians that I have ever known or had the pleasure of working with.
Affiliate Professor, Medical University of South Carolina
David Wiss is a committed clinician who brings a wealth of knowledge, passion, and expertise to help clients find their best path to healing and wellness through nutrition.
Carolyn Costin Institute
David’s nuanced approach to understanding and treating eating disorders and addiction helps patients understand their experiences from a unique perspective and receive treatment tailored to their individualized needs.
Assistant Research Professor, Drexel University
Dr. David Wiss is a pioneer in understanding the integral ties between the fields of mental health and nutrition.
Adjunct Assistant Professor, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health
David is not afraid to carve his own path, which is refreshing and keeps the field progressing. He utilizes his expertise in public health, mental health, psychology, and nutrition to communicate novel work that can be trusted as being thoroughly researched.
Chief Nutrition Officer, Within HealthAbout David Wiss PhD
Dr. David Wiss is an independent thinker unafraid to challenge the status quo in the nutrition field. Dr. Wiss pioneered the field of nutrition for addiction recovery and is a world-renowned expert in disordered eating. His mental health research bridges gaps between neurological, psychological, behavioral, and nutritional sciences.
Dr. David has treated over 1,000 patients in the last twelve years using a food-positive functional medicine approach through his practice, Nutrition In Recovery. Dr. Wiss has developed innovative methods for using nutrition to improve mental health without feeling like a “diet.” Dr. Wiss believes gut health is the key to brain health and wants to show you how to heal yourself and help your clients.
Services
Dr. David Wiss brings his twelve years of experience as a mental health nutritionist to patients, treatment facilities, institutions, academics, and the press.
Treatment
Individual and family counseling, functional medicine, group facilitation
Consulting
Professional supervision, staff training, expert opinion/quote
Speaking
Academic conferences, podcasts, wellness workshops
Collaboration
Joint efforts on research, statistical analysis, manuscript writing
Research
With over 20 peer-reviewed journal publications, Dr. Wiss is dedicated to disseminating his findings and progressive perspectives at the intersection of nutrition and mental health.
Dietary restraint and food addiction
Food addiction cases should always be conceptualized in a psychosocial context, including life history and current mental…
Ultra-processed foods and mental health: Where do eating disorders fit into the puzzle?
Ultra-processed foods (UPFs) like pastries, packaged snacks, fast foods, and sweetened beverages have become dominant in the…
A novel weight suppression score associates with distinct eating disorder symptoms
Weight suppression has been defined as diet-induced weight loss, traditionally operationalized as the difference between one’s highest…
Training
Dr. Wiss is available to provide trainings to your staff or organization on mental health nutrition, addictions, disordered eating, and more.
Podcasts
If you would like to feature Dr. Wiss on your podcast, please send a message and we will gladly discuss a collaboration with you.
Blog
Capturing the larger systemic issues in the field, these blogs point to public health solutions. There exists great opportunity to integrate nutrition into behavioral health.
Expanding the Dialogue in Eating Disorder Treatment: A Call for Integration
Understanding Commercial Determinants of Health: Moving Beyond Social Factors
I’ve witnessed Dr. David Wiss guide individuals on transformative journeys toward holistic wellness, personally observing him bridge the gap between nutrition, spirituality, and mental health with unmatched compassion and insight.
Co-Founder and Co-Medical Director, Skylight Psychedelics
Dr. Wiss isn’t afraid to keep it real and has been a solace of comfort for me in the field, trusting he will meet our patients with a level of critical thinking and discernment unique to him.
Private Practice
As a scientist and practitioner, David Wiss has a level of genius that combines rigorous research, creative applications of knowledge, a deeply caring counseling presence, authenticity, and truth-telling.
Philosopher of ConsciousnessFrom The Socials
We vote with our dollars.
Have you considered your nutrition values? This can include animal ethics, farming practices, environmental considerations, religious beliefs, and so much more. Taking inventory of your values can help you become a more informed consumer.
What are you supporting?
Value-based eating 🫶🏼
To move toward food justice we can:
1) subsidize health-promoting foods
2) regulate ultra-processed foods
3) think more about food packaging
4) promote crop diversity
5) better labor/working conditions
6) more disclosure of conflicts of interest
7) ban deceptive marketing to vulnerable populations
What else should be on this list??
There are many reasons why we think ultra processed foods are harmful to our health. Most of us look at the problematic ingredients, however have you considered the problematic packaging and processing?
The deeper we look, the more complex the issues become.
Food for thought!
We would like to think nutrition is an issue of personal choice, and in many ways it is. However, what about our institutionalized members of society?
Have you ever been hospitalized and been appalled with the limited choices on the menu? Or have you looked at the lunch options at your kids’ schools?
When we take a closer look, we quickly realize that often there are fewer choices than we would like, especially for some of our most vulnerable people. As a society, we believe we can do better!
#nutrition #upf #publichealth
Trauma and PTSD affect the brain long term, in ways that science is only beginning to uncover. Early traumas can re-wire the brain to be more hyper-vigilant to perceived threats, and this can affect day-to-day choices on a subconscious level.
The good news is that the brain is very plastic, and can be rewired many times throughout life. There is recovery from PTSD and trauma, and that recovery can include nutrition!
#trauma #ptsd #recovery #brainhealth
You’ve probably heard of food deserts, what about food swamps?
Food swamps are communities that an over-abundance of ultra processed foods. Maybe you’ve seen them on road trips - strip mall after strip mall of fast food options without a fresh fruit in sight.
These communities, on average, actually have higher risk of poorer health outcomes than food deserts.
We believe everyone should have access to safe and nutritious foods. Are you with us?
#nutrition #publichealth #foodswamp
Banning a food dye is not going to change public health. But the step is deeply symbolic of systemic change that is coming 🙌🏼
Yes, there are other dyes. They will find ways to keep their businesses going. Yes, there will be some people who start freaking out over red dyes. There are always some unintended consequences.
But this is a huge win for social justice issues related to nutrition and the commercial determinants of health.
The conversation hasn’t just started. It is continuing!
#nutrition #publichealth #maha
The healthcare system in the United States is in desperate need of need of change. Too many decisions and treatments are made based off generating the most profit, rather than promoting the best health outcomes.
Until we prioritize health over profit in society, we will be at the mercy of insurance decisions rather than doctors orders.
Isn’t it time for change?
#health #wellness #publichealth #maha
