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.
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…
Dismantling the myth of “all foods fit” in eating disorder treatment
In our opinion, it is imperative that ED clinicians challenge any all-or-nothing thinking that they may have…
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.
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
The underlying message here is not that you should abandon your health and your physique, it’s that you should stop measuring it one way.
Focus on qualitative outcomes rather than quantitative. Health is not numeric.
#nondiet #endstigma #bodypositivity
I’m not saying you will learn to love all the foods you dislike, but it’s possible you could have a new experience with some of them. It’s so important to keep an open mind and try.
#nutrition #nutritiontips #foodrecovery
It’s always fascinating when people think they can do undo decades of dysfunction in one session or expect the next meal plan to be “the one.”
You got to dig deep and doing the healing work. It might slower than you want but that’s how recovery goes sometimes.
Be patient. Hang in there. Take it one bite at a time!
Here for you, always 🫶🏼
#nutrition #nondiet #foodrecovery
I love nutrition and I love counseling and I love functional medicine but the overall status of the “nutritionist” in today’s world is just not something worth fighting for. I identify more as a “treatment provider” because it best captures what I do on a daily basis.
#nutrition #treatment
My peeps in addiction recovery will understand: “I had to be rigid to get free but i didn’t get free to be rigid.”
#nutritiontips #nondiet #recovery
Are you a medical outlier? It’s often the people that don’t respond favorably to conventional medicine that need to double down on nutrition. Especially for mental health recovery?
#nutrition #treatment #medicine #openmind
Great supplements for brain health include omega-3, B-complex, vitamin D, iron, magnesium, and zinc.
If you’re ready to take it to the next level, you will aim to get all these nutrients everyday from food!
#nutrition #nutritiontips #brainhealth #nutritionalpsychiatry
Trauma disrupts human physiology and ruptures relational ties. The most insidious part about trauma is that the things that help trauma become aversive, which prevents the healing of the wound ❤️🩹
#mentalhealth #trauma #jiujitsu #healingjourney
