Eat for Life Reviews

Name: Eat for Life
Address: 204 LaForet Ct., Aberdeen, Moore
Rating: 5.00

5.0 Rating 74 Reviews

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About Eat for Life:

Samantha (Sami) Gilbert is a Nutritional Therapy Counselor specializing in depression and anxiety, ADHD, autism, and autoimmune diseases.

Her online Telehealth clinic serves people from all over the world.

In 2008, she founded Eat for Life. Since that time, she’s helped thousands of clients including couples and children from 23 countries heal their mind and body through nutritional therapy and lifestyle medicine.

Sami is an expert in discovering the source of the symptoms you carry to create customized therapies to place you on a path to healing.

Sami looks at genes, digestion, and inflammation as root causes to complex cases. She embodies an empathetic, compassionate approach based on biochemical individuality.

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Eat for Life 5 star review on 6th September 2024

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Anonymous // 01/01/2019

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“I came across Sami at a very difficult time in my life. I had been battling depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts off and on over the past 20 years, and was now facing my second hospitalization in two years, and treatment with electroconvulsive therapy. It had helped me before but I was terrified of becoming dependent on this type of therapy to even function. I was also on three different medications already. I googled like crazy, I had tried functional medicine before for physical ailments with some success, and just knew in my heart that there had to be something else out there that could help. I tested and sure enough, I was both copper toxic and severely undermethylated. When I first spoke to Sami, everything she said made sense, and I felt seen and listened to. After working with her for the past year and a half, I have now reached a level of stability mentally that I haven't experienced in years! I've taken the supplements, followed the diet she laid out for me and have had monthly follow-ups. I am so relieved that I don't have to rely on ECT treatment for the rest of my life! She has always had an answer to all of my many, many questions. Also, a whole new world of wonderful, tasty food has opened up for me, it's so good to have alternatives to the things I have to stay away from due to my condition, and the recipes provided by Sami have been both delicious and fun to make! She has been warm, understanding and very generous with me when I've struggled along the way. The possibility of email support in between sessions has been vital! I now have hopes for a healthier and more positive future! I highly recommend working with her if you are struggling with treatment-resistant depression, anxiety and suicidal ideation. She's a gem!”

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Posted 2 years ago

Thank you for your kind words, Anette! It's been a blessing supporting you and I look forward to being part of your continued progress.

Posted 2 years ago

“Please see my attached video review that details just how much Sami has impacted my life!”

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Posted 2 weeks ago

Thank you for the opportunity to support you, Gracie! I'm grateful you chose me to help you on your healing journey. I'm thrilled with how far you've come.

Posted 1 week ago

“I came to Sami to help us with our boys who are both diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Apraxia and Sensory Processing Disorder. Sami is incredibly knowledgeable about all things nutrition, methylation and lifestyle. She was able to run tests that gave us valuable insights. I sought her expertise as I had felt my own research on food and nutrients could only take me so far. Every piece of advice she gave us was so integral to our healing journey. After implementing her protocols for our twin boys we started to get more sounds/language than ever before - it was amazing to see their bodies responding so well and they continue to make gains. Their overall mood, energy, appetite and happiness is the best it has ever been. She opened our eyes to what healthy living really means and how we can best optimize the food and water we are feeding our children. I now know what questions to ask and how to best source quality food for our family.”

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Posted 3 weeks ago

It's been my honor to support you these past several months, Jennifer! It's such a blessing to see your sweet boys doing so well.

Posted 1 week ago

“Sami helped to turn around damage done to my gut from taking anti depressants which caused leaky gut. I am very thankful for her knowledge and guidance. My gut is functioning well. I m no longer experiencing heartburn, gas, or bloating. My appetite has returned and I feel much better.”

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Posted 3 months ago

Thank you for your kind review, Carin! I am delighted by your progress and that you are doing so well. It's been my honor to support you these past several months.

Posted 3 months ago

“Sami Gilbert is an earth angel. I can't emphasize enough how much she has helped me in such a short span of time. I turned to Sami after going to many conventional doctors who got me nowhere, and even a naturopathic doctor. During our iniital call, I told Sami everything I had been dealing with (horrible anxiety/panic attacks for no reason, acne, depression, intrusive thoughts, irregular periods, gut issues) that were all triggered by hormonal birth control. After I told her everything, she said: "I can help you." While I didn't have much faith left, my gut told me to go with Sami. Through testing, she confirmed methylation, copper and gut overgrowth issues. After 1 month (1 MONTH!) of being on her protocol, I feel like a new person - mentally and physically. I truly believe God called Sami to do this work. She is kind, patient, and can sympathize what you are going through. I am continuing to work with her, because I haven't felt this good in years. Thank you, Sami!!!”

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Posted 4 months ago

It's been such a joy coming alongside you, my dear! I'm glad your healing journey has been swift and we were able to get to the root causes of your pain and suffering. I look forward to continuing to support you! :)

Posted 4 months ago

“I have been trying to get to the bottom of what is going on with me for decades. I’ve gotten more answers and felt relief within a month following the guidelines Sami has provided for me. The nutritional guidance she has provided has been life changing!”

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Posted 4 months ago

Thank you for your kind review, Victoria! It's been my pleasure to support you. It's truly amazing how powerful nutrient therapy is. It changed my life as well and is why I am a practitioner today. Keep up the great work!

Posted 4 months ago

“Working with Sami has been such an incredible gift. I have worked with functional practioners in the past and she is more thorough and knowledgable than anyone I have worked with. After listening to podcasts from psychiatrists trained under Dr. William Walsh, I had the feeling that I was undermethylated based on my own behaviors and family history. When I brought this up to other practitioners they had no idea what I was talking about. I found Sami because of her specialized work dealing with methylation issues. She completed thorough testing based on her questioning and the testing confirmed when she could already tell from our discussions on the phone. I was dealing with not just undermethylation, but also high copper and high pyrroles, as well as a gut infection. Her protocol started with supplements and dietary changes, which I didn't see take effect for at least a couple of months. The dietary changes were easy to follow as she provided a ton of resources that were polished and easy to follow. She also provided clear explanations of what I was dealing with and how they tied back to my main concerns, which helped make it easy to commit to the protocol. I still have a ways to go, but am confident in relying on Sami's guidance. I will say, all-in-all everything is expensive. Compared to other providers, Sami's services are a banging deal, but the supplements and grocery bills for quality meats and foods are really expensive. But it's worth the investment for the longer term outcome. For all of my adult life, I've feared that I would inherit the worst traits of my parents and have at times found that coming true - emotional outbursts, irritability, disregulated moods. I've been afraid of getting into longterm relationships because of how I might damage them. Now I know that this can be corrected and managed. I am already seeing changes in how I handle stress and am not reacting in ways that have hurt relationships in the past among friends, coworkers, and romantic relationships. And I feel confident that I will live a happier and more fulfilled life because of this.”

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Posted 5 months ago

Thank you for your kind review, Allison! Getting to the root causes is such a blessing. I am grateful you are doing so well. It's been my pleasure to support you and I look forward to our continued work together.

Posted 5 months ago

“It is difficult for me to put into words just how much Sami has turned my life around. I fell into an unexplained and out of the blue chronic illness about 6 months ago. After struggling with no answers from the "medical community," AKA traditional medicine, I turned to other options. I learned about Sami via her podcast and was extremely nervous to invest in the program, as it was and is a large investment for my budget, but I am so so grateful I did. Sami's help is borderline magical in its efficacy, but all the while using evidence from bloodwork, urine samples, etc. While helping me with my "new" GI problems relating to birth control and antibiotic overuse, Sami also shed light on lifelong symptoms I once saw as normal and part of who I am. I couldn't believe my lifelong anxiety and depression would ever go away, but I am on a path to freedom with her help, off SSRIs and with a sense of peace I have not felt in years. Please, please, please, if you are like me 5ish months ago, pouring over these reviews trying to make a decison on whether to work with Sami, take this as a sign, DO IT! The path to healing is long, patience and trust are required, but I could never have gotten where I am today without Sami's help. I was feeling around in total darkness and she shone a light. From the bottom of my heart - Thank you Sami!!”

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Posted 7 months ago

Thank you for your kind review, Gracie! It's been my pleasure and honor to support you these past few months. I look forward to continuing the healing process together. So proud of you and how far you've come! :)

Posted 7 months ago

“Sammi was knowledgeable and encouraging for the bit of a lifestyle change that I had to do due to my sensitivities. Thankfully, she was able to help and literally change my life for the better and how I felt was a complete transformation. Thank you very much.”

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Posted 8 months ago

Thanks so much for your kind review, Matthew! It's been my pleasure to support you these past several months. I'm so proud of you and the progress you've made.

Posted 8 months ago

“Working with Samantha has been such a blessing. She has truly changed my life. Before I first started working with Samantha a year and a half ago, I was feeling truly disheartened. I could not eat much without being in loads of discomfort, my energy was constantly depleted, and I suffered from acne, to name a few physical symptoms. During this time I was also experiencing a big dip in my mental health and was trying to recover from a harmful mindset regarding food, yet I was feeling so lost. Yet, I truly believe that it was by God's grace I found Samantha and Eat for Life. I thought I had been trying everything before meeting Samantha. I was about ready to throw up my hands and simply accept the discomfort I was, in and just suffer through it for life. Now a year and a half later I am somewhere where I never imagined I would be. I have no stomach aches, the clearest skin I have ever had, loads of energy, healed my relationship with food, and am in the best mental state I have ever been in. I truly feel and act like a different person. After so many years of silently suffering, I don't think I imagined I would or even could be in the place I am now, thanks to Samantha. She is so thoughtful, and kind, truly cares about her clients and is willing to work with you through the hard times, even when things take a while. I 100% recommend working with Samantha. For me, it did take diligence and patience to follow my protocol, but the wait and effort was so beyond worth it. The best decision I ever made!”

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Posted 8 months ago

My dear Liv! It's been such an honor to support you! Thank you for sharing and giving me the pleasure of coming alongside you these past several months. You are a true blessing to the power of God's gift of healing.

Posted 8 months ago

“I’ve only been working with Sami about 6 weeks to improve the health of my gut. We haven’t even started the process to eliminate bacterial overgrowth as we are just getting my gut more functional. Surprisingly I have noticed to elimination of menopausal hot flashes, better sleep, more energy, and interestingly several years ago I started to have foot discomfort when I first got of bed in the morning. This has substantially diminished and I hopeful it will go away completely. I feel really good about the investment I’m making in my health. Sami’s scope of knowledge about the gut is tremendous.”

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Posted 9 months ago

I appreciate your kind review, Kristen. You've made tremendous progress and I am excited to continue supporting you in this next phase of healing.

Posted 8 months ago

“Sami is a God send! I am so thankful for her being such a huge part of my health journey. I had spent a lot of time and research and a lot of money before it led me to her. She is incredibly knowledgeable and thorough, as well as kind and understanding. I had previously went to a different fucntional medicine dr and spent a very large amount of money working on autoimmune, hormones, mood, weight, fatigue, etc. The list goes on and on. I just didn't feel like I was getting what I needed out of that program and had spent a lot of time listening to Sami's podcasts and researching her website and new she was my missing puzzle piece. I feel the best I have in my entire life including my teen years. For the first time in my life my menstrual cycle is regular and I am off birth control (was on for 15 years), my gut is healing and I have no heartburn or issues like I did with my stomach previously, my mood is at its best, my autoimmune condition is no longer a constant burden, my pain is gone, and my energy levels are so much better! Because of the modern medical system I believed that I wouldn't be able to get pregnant, because of the Hashimotos condition and having endometriosis and now I know that my body is far more powerful and you can heal, too! I am so beyond grateful for Sami and her program. If you truly want your health and your life back and are willing to take the steps and follow Sami's lead then do it! It is beyond worth it. I hope you take your control back and live the life you truly deserve! xx”

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Posted 9 months ago

Thanks so much for your kind review, Mia! I am so happy we were able to get to the root causes of your health challenges and that you now feel confident about starting a family. Your body is indeed "far more powerful" and healing is always possible.

Posted 8 months ago

“Working with Samantha seriously changed my life. I wanted to stop taking my Prozac and Birth Control pills, and I knew to do this successfully I would need to heal with whole foods. I was afraid if I tried on my own my anxiety and OCD would probably be worse than ever, with no one to guide me. Through lab work, she showed me how wrecked my gut was, along with other things such as a copper toxicity and low zinc. Once I started her protocol for me, I immediacy felt a difference on how I was feeling. We cut out processed sugars, dairy, bread and seafood. I could see my body changing, going through a detox and my skin was glowing. I not only looked better on the outside, but I now have more energy, my brain fog cleared up, I am able to retrieve words better, my anxiety is less, I don’t crash in the afternoon, I just overall feel like I have a better grasp on my OCD and anxiety. She was there to answer any of my questions and updated my protocols as we progressed. Through her guidance and tools given, I can continue this as a life style. Thank you Sami!!”

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Posted 10 months ago

Thank you for your kind review, Taylor! It's been such a joy coming alongside you in your healing journey. So proud of you! :)

Posted 10 months ago

“Sami has helped me so much! I started working with Sami at the end of spring 2023. I had consistent mood and digestive issues that persisted despite cleaning up my diet. Sami had me do several tests to determine what my baselines for different vitamins, minerals and other biomarkers were and then prescribed a nutrient regimen to help eliminate the imbalances I had. I still can't believe that simple vitamins and nutrients can have such a broad effect on my mental health. Even more surprising, I learned that certain foods I ate regularly were contributing to my mental and physical health issues due to my body not tolerating them well. I still have work to do but I've made a lot of progress. Thank you, Sami! I understand that it's a tough situation to afford the cost of functional medicine as health insurance plans don't provide coverage. It’s been worth every penny. Insurance companies and the traditional allopathic healthcare providers have us trapped in a cycle of services that depend on patients staying sick. Nothing is ever cured; the broken healthcare system just treats our symptoms (with prescription medication). If you're tired of being sick, Sami can help.”

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Posted 11 months ago

Thank you for your kind review! It's been my honor to support you these past several months and witness the amazing progress you've make on your mood and digestive health, to name a few. I'm excited for even more great progress in 2024!

Posted 11 months ago

“Working with Sami has allowed me to identify the common foods that trigger my system to experience nausea and cyclical vomiting. I feel like a new person.”

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Posted 1 year ago

It's been my honor to support you, Kimberley! Thank you for choosing me to be part of your healing journey.

Posted 1 year ago

“My diet was a disaster until Sami helped me. I was eating all the wrong foods, which was affecting my mental health. By adjusting my current diet to a custom diet just for me, within weeks my mental health was improved. Testing showed I was experiencing hypoglycemia, high copper toxicity and Pyroluria. Sami was able to eliminate these symptoms. She improved my undermelhylation tremendously. I have more awareness now because of her diet. I'm so lucky to be a patient of hers.”

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Posted 1 year ago

It's been a joy supporting you, Vincent! It's amazing how gut health and diet impact the brain. So proud of you and how far you've come. Keep up the great work!

Posted 1 year ago

“The value of partnership has become more important to me...in love, in work, and in health. Samantha (Sami) is one of my prized partners. On my own, I have tried many ways to improve my health. But in less than one year, Sami has helped me improve dramatically. However, she does not wave a magic wand! She needs feedback, so I have to pay attention. Then she adjusts as we go forward. I heartily recommend reaching out to Sami if you want a health partner who is educated, compassionate and wonderful.”

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Posted 1 year ago

Thank you for the opportunity to come alongside you in your healing journey. I appreciate you mentioning the importance of feedback and that healing is a process that takes time.

Posted 1 year ago

“Sami is very detailed in listening and writing personalized protocols for what your health improvement needs. We started 6 months ago with my husband’s Parkinson’s. We have always used alternative health modalities and NO western medicine. In the first 3 weeks was his first symptom change which was improved sleep! We knew more would keep following after that because sleep is so important, the body can only start to improve with that. This will be a much longer time for us to continue working with Sami than some others, but prior to Sami, we have worked on this for 12 years and this is honestly the best improvements we have seen from individual nutrients as opposed to combination supplements. My husband was using a sit down power scooter when we started and that has now been parked after the first 3 months of this protocol. His legs were weak and are now much stronger! . This is a time and patience process for the body to make its changes of improvement We are invested in our determination to continue this process with Sami on our side!! Sami is very easy to work with and discuss all options to try for your needs. You will be very happy you got her on your side too!! Lori Christian”

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Posted 1 year ago

Thanks so much for your kind review, Lori! It's been a blessing for me to see Rick's progress over the last several months and I am grateful for the opportunity to continue supporting you.

Posted 1 year ago

“Samantha is an absolute game-changer! After years of grappling with PCOS and trying various approaches, her tailored program finally brought tangible results. Her expertise, personalized tests, and dedicated approach transformed not just how I felt but also addressed underlying issues. Samantha is a true godsend for anyone navigating complex health challenges. Samantha's brilliance extends beyond nutrition—her smart, gracious, and supportive approach on a human level is unparalleled. She listens attentively, delving into your concerns, and then seamlessly backs her advice with meticulous data and research. Her ability to blend empathy with evidence makes the journey not just effective but also empowering. She's not just a nutritionist; she's a guide, armed with knowledge and kindness.”

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Posted 1 year ago

Dear Daniela, Thank you for the opportunity to get to the root causes of your health challenges. I am honored you chose me to support you and look forward to celebrating your continued improvements!

Posted 1 year ago

“Sami has been an amazing help to my health journey. I learned a lot about diet/ nutrition and what foods I should avoid. Sami listens and is very patient and caring. The tools she has given me are invaluable and I can carry with me into the future to continue bettering my health. I tried for years to figure out what was wrong with me on my own and I wish I could go back in time and hire her years ago.”

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Posted 1 year ago

I appreciate your kind review, Jennifer! I'm honored you chose me to support you and that we were able to remove the gut inflammation and balance your chemistry.

Posted 1 year ago

“Sami knew what tests to order and combined that with an extensive medical history. I feel heard and better yet, her recommendations have helped me get to the next level of healing.”

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Posted 1 year ago

I appreciate your kind review, Michelle. I am honored to have gotten you to the next level of healing and look forward to continuing to support you in your healing journey.

Posted 1 year ago

Eat for Life is rated 5.0 based on 74 reviews