Angela Pifer, Nutritionist | Nutrition Northwest Co

Since I started working with Angela last October, I have lost 53 lbs. total and my A1c is now 5.0%! A year ago my A1c was 6.9%!!!!

Because of these changes, my doctor is cutting my Metformin dose by 50% and we are evaluating my blood pressure with the goal of reducing that as well!

I see food so much differently now and I do not miss (or crave) all of the processed food I used to eat. I get a lot more out of my workouts now that I am capable of doing more. Life is good!

Thank you Angela, for all of your guidance and support. I finally feel I have found a lifestyle plan that I can follow (shall I say it?) for the rest of my life!

I’ve only worked with Angela for a few months and during that time she has helped me to understand how carbs work (and don’t work) for healthy eating. It’s been hard to give up a lifetime of unhealthy eating habits and try to put new ones in place. I’m almost halfway to my goal weight and reaching out now to increase my activity level purposefully!

I highly recommend Angela to anyone desiring or having to make changes in their eating habits as she is encouraging, knowledgeable and never condescending or judgmental. One could not ask for a better guide!

Incredibly Detailed. A different class. I've only been working with Angela for a few weeks, but have to say that she is nothing short of outstanding. Not only is she incredibly knowledgable, but she looks at every problem from every angle and applies a wonderful "rebalancing" approach to health. With my condition I don't think I can be "cured", but I think that I can be rebalanced so that my body becomes my own again, and Angela has done more in a few weeks to start those wheels in motion than numerous other "professionals" have.

Word's cannot express my gratitude for Angela. Her knowledge is unbelievable and her services have been well worth the cost. Since my mid 20's I have had a dx of IBS. I developed hypothyroidism, suffered w/ joint pain, heartburn, constipation, low vitamin D & B and depression. I was on numerous medications yet continued to feel worse. After being diagnosed with food allergies, fructose intolerance, and SIBO I found Angela through an on-line search and now an feeling best in I have felt in years.

Angela is extremely patient, understanding, knowledgeable, and validating. I sought her out to treat SIBO/IBS that was only getting worse despite multiple rounds of conventional and alternative medicine treatments. We still have a ways to go, but after only a few weeks into her 6 month program, I'm feeling the best I've felt in a year. Angela acknowledged the SIBO, but looked at all my symptoms to find other root causes. Still going strong, but from what I've experienced, I have complete confidence in our plan. I finally have hope again that I may heal one day :)

I've been to the Mayo Clinic and top NYC gastroenterologists to no avail. Angela is the only person who has made a substantial improvement to my quality of life. She is truly a SIBO GURU!

Angela is a one-woman team, trained to analyze a patient from every angle. She is extremely well-studied and may as well be a full-on M.D. She is as smart as any doctor I've met and actually takes the time to LISTEN to your entire story and get the full picture of you as a patient. She listened to my symptoms and read my journals (and boy were those journals detailed) and then told me what labs/bloodwork to order and which tests to have done. She was then able to accurately analyze the results - so much so that my gastroenterologist and an endocrinologist both independently complimented her work to me. Through Angela, I was able to learn that I have low T3 (a thyroid hormone) - which I have never known before - and get on the appropriate supplements for adrenal fatigue.

I was referred to Angela by my primary care physician after over a year of unexplained weight gain. No amount of dieting or exercise was helping and the doctor's only response was that I was turning 40 and "that's what happens." I didn't buy it.
I enrolled in her 3 month program and the results were amazing! Angela has extensive knowledge of how the body works and how different combinations of foods, lifestyle, medications, and sleep patterns affect your health. My program was tailored specifically to me with help and support from Angela the whole time. I'm not saying it was easy! She definitely holds you accountable by checking your journals a couple times a week and follow up phone calls at least once a week. Besides changing how and what I ate, I had to make some lifestyle changes to improve on sleep, the way I exercised, and decrease stress levels whenever possible. Being self employed this is really difficult but being made aware of these things helped me make some changes, even if they were just small ones. She is there to coach you and guide you but in the end, the work is all on you!
She did recommend several supplements but all were to support my own program. I looked around online to see if I could get the supplements elsewhere and turns out her charges were all a buck or two cheaper. She also gave me receipts to turn in to my insurance company but even though my policy states that nutritional counseling is covered, I could not get them to cover any of her costs. Shame on the insurance companies but no blame to Angela. She made me aware right away that she didn't charge insurance companies and that them denying coverage to me may be a possibility.
After seeing my progress, several friends and colleagues have also worked with Angela and all were pleased with their own results. She is always there for questions, support and follow up care and even has a website with lots of exercise and food ideas and more.
I highly recommend her. (and do quite often!)

I have had an amazing experience with Angela and, more important, I am seeing improvement in my symptoms! Angela is extremely knowledgeable and she looks at each client as an individual. I didn't feel like she was just applying another cookie-cutter application to my problems. She took the time to know me and my individual problems.... SIBO, candida, brain fog, fatigue, etc.

Angela then applied a thoughtful and comprehensive plan to target things, both with diet and supplementation. She takes a wholistic approached towards things and doesn't try to treat symptoms in a vacuum. I like that about her.... thoughtful approach, knowing that everyone is different. At the same time though, it is obvious she knows her stuff. She knows what supplements, diet, medication, or approach will target a specific problem most of the time, for most of the people. My favorite thing about Angela is that she constantly follows up and researches things behind the scenes to your benefit. I feel Angela is genuinely devoted to helping me get better.

Treatment from Angela, at face-value, can seem expensive. However, medically based treatment of any kind now-a-days is just that... expensive. Supplements can also cost a considerable amount of money.... most anywhere. I think what we all want is 'our money's worth'. We don't want to feel like we got gipped and most of us aren't really expecting to get the deal of the century, that's just not reality. Bottom line is that Angela has been in my corner fighting for me and what I have paid has been absolutely worth it. It is hard to put a price on our health... I know, a cliché. But when you feel the benefits outweigh the cost you feel great!!

Those with SIBO or other gut problems need to be educated as to exactly what is going on with their bodies. I know folks who spend thousands on education and are left wondering how to apply what they have learned. So in addition to obtaining treatment for my health problems, I have been educated along the way so that I can start to be my own advocate for health... priceless.

Angela is the most caring practitioner that I've ever worked with. I thought I had SIBO, but I have celiac and we knew this (but the breath test for SIBO can be a false positive with Celiac) - I thought that my symptoms were from SIBO when really they were from me not controlling celiac well enough. I was just about to start on a couple of rounds of antibiotics. Instead, we addressed the real issues and I am happy to say that I finally feel normal again. NO gut symptoms, I can eat out, I can hang with my friends and my family and doctor no longer think that I am crazy. I looked forward to each call with her and I can't tell you how patient she was. I obviously have to do my part, but this I honestly, she stopped me from going down a path that would have made a bad situation worse. I was eating gluten, eating foods that were causing huge gut reactions and then I was going to dump a bunch of antibiotics into the mix. If you want to get to the bottom of your issues, work with Angela.

If you have SIBO you HAVE TO WORK WITH ANGELA. She looked at my case from a fresh angle, figuring out that I have mycotoxin issue that was getting in the way of my SIBO treatment. I near lost my job and relationship over this illness. I was stuck, and really sick and tired about being sick and tired and now I am just over it, literally. She is extremely knowledgeable and explains everything in great detail so I got it. Her approach, regardless of why you have SIBO, will get you back to feeling better and healthier. I give her a Michelin star rating!

Can I just say, WOW? I live in a remote part of the U.S. and have tried to stretch the knowledge of every practitioner that I have seen here and it just came to a point where they didn't know what else to do for me. I have an arsenal of supplements at home (if you have SIBO, you know what I am talking about). After being active on SIBO chat rooms for over two years and reading everything that I could get my hands on (and trying everything!) I finally was able to get in to see Angela. I was a patient for six months and I FINALLY BEAT METHANE SIBO!!! I am having a bowel movement on my own every day. I am eating again, living again, breathing again. Angela caught the fact that I had a subclinical thyroid issue that was contributing to my sluggish gut motility. Once we addressed this then the SIBO treatment finally stuck. I am thrilled beyond measure. I know that she is expensive and it is worth it. She gave me more support than she lists out in her programs and really felt vested in my health. I have tears in my eyes as I am typing all this. GO ANGELA aka, my SIBO GURU!

I have been working with Angela for the past six months. I have never had such a comprehensive work up, plan and support put together for me. She teamed up with my doctor, suggested further testing and helped me start to put the pieces back together. I have been telling everyone about my time with her.

My husband and I have worked closely with Angela for many years and have always been impressed by her knowledge and professionalism. We own a personal training studio and have often referred clients and family members to Nutrition Northwest for a variety of reasons. Some clients are seeking simple nutrition plans to help clean up their diet while others are seeking help with bigger health problems like IBS or SIBO. They always come back thanking us for the recommendation and are happy with their results. Our personal philosophy is to eat whole foods and only use supplements as needed and Angela's own philosophy lines up with our own. She does recommend supplements but only when they are absolutely necessary to help a client achieve results or eliminate pain. I use Angela as a source to purchase my own supplements because her prices are always fair and never inflated. One time I received a powdered vitamin supplement that I simply couldn't stomach and she not only refunded my money but also sent me a different vitamin asap.

Angela at Nutrition Northwest has been a lifesaver for me. I have SIBO as-well-as other issues that required surgery. She is professional and very knowledgeable. She walked me through my surgery and has been here for me on the other side. She was in contact with my Drs. office and was genuinely concerned that I got the best treatment there. I'm not just talking platitudes here. I mean it. No, I'm not affiliated with her in any way. I was in a SIBO support group on FB. Everyone was taking Riflaxin and relapsing. She wrote in and advised an alternative natural route that resonated with me. I have been trying to find an alternative to antibiotics for quite awhile and am a believer in Naturalpathic Healing. I have been trying to cure my ills outside of Western Meds for years. I do believe Western Med is invaluable in so many instances but kept hearing from people who were on Antibiotics over and over and not healing their symptoms. When I read her posts, they got my attention. I felt like she was truly trying to help people. I followed her posts and found her website. Though it's a financial stretch for me, I have spent much more $$ by trying to solve my issues by scattershot internet searching and a closet full of supplements. I needed a practitioner who could walk me through this process step by step. Angela is that person. From the very first Skype meeting, I established a personal connection with her and she has definitely earned every penny through her ongoing, compassionate communication. I'm sorry some others have had poor results. I've actually felt a little guilty that I was taking up too much of her time by emails (that she always promptly returned). I'm sure I would be spending far more by going to appointments at a local Nutritionist plus all the supplements. I would have no guarantee that they could give me better care than I've received through Angela. For me, she is more than a nice person with a professional demeanor, her knowledge is in depth, well studied and easy to apply. The supps she advises are succinct, extremely helpful and well within the price range of reasonable. She has worked out a payment plan with me and I have opted to continue working with her twice because she is truly helping me heal. I would continue with any Dr. if they were helping me and she is that invaluable. This is a long review and we must go with our guts when it comes to reviews. I'm not trying to sell anything here. I'm just sharing my experience to perhaps offer an alternative to some poor reviews that might dissuade some people struggling with SIBO, who may be in real need. I have already recommended her to others. I have recommended her to my SIBO pals. If you, like me, are feeling lost in the never-seem -to-go-away symptoms of SIBO, and have tried the Pimmental/Siebecker, SCD, Paleo route etc.. then you might be encouraged by this review. I hope this is as helpful to others as working with Angela has been helpful to me. My best in Healing to all.

Angela is all marketing and little substance, overpriced in both her fees and supplements, and deceptive about both.

She markets herself across numerous websites: http://www.cleanandleansystem.com/, http://www.nutritionnorthwest.com/, and http://siboguru.com/ to name a few. Her hundreds of 5-star reviews on her website don't align with any independent review site such as yellowpages.

I saw her for SIBO, where she used her SIBO Guru diet, which was basically a FODMAP diet written out on a picture of a flower. She recommends a lot of supplements. Whenever possible, she uses supplements from obscure brands that are very difficult to comparison shop for pricing.

But the worst part is that I found comparison shopping for her supplements to be impossible because she wouldn't actually tell me the prices she was charging for the supplements. She takes your credit card information at the beginning of your time with her and then starts charging her fees as well as supplement purchases directly to your card.

I asked her for a bill to explain the charges so that I could order some on amazon instead. I actually didn't care so much about the price at the time as I cared about the convenience of getting them to my door in 2 days. She insisted that her prices were the best I could find and then switched me to even more obscure supplements that weren't even available on Amazon.

When I extended my program with her, I again asked her for a bill, but she did not provide that. Instead, she raised the fees without explaining the charges, and when I put together exactly how much she was planning to charge me, I asked her to stop automatically debiting my credit card until she could send me a bill for the charges. A month went by without a bill. I checked in with her multiple times through the month to ask for the bill and remind her that she was no longer authorized to charge my credit card. At the end of the month another charge appeared on my credit card with no bill and no services during that month.

I was never sent a single bill for the 15 weeks and roughly $3,000 I spent with Angela.

I hope I can save you some money. If you have IBS or SIBO, instead of consulting with Angela, download the Monash University Low FODMAP smartphone app for $15 and walk through the diet with them or talk to a real doctor. Don't be fooled like I was into trusting Angela with your health or your credit card.

I lost about 8 pounds in the end (including the week or 2 after the program), which was a nice side benefit. But more to the point I felt much more aware of my digestive process and more in tune with my body’s needs. Although my digestive symptoms were not entirely alleviated by the vegan diet, they did improve significantly and I am continuing to make plant based foods the basis of my diet after the program. Using the tools I learned during the challenge I am continuing to play with my diet to determine my food sensitivities and find the right balance.

THIS IS A GREAT PROGRAM! Lost 11 pounds. Better sleep, lost sugar cravings. I loved this web site! I loved getting all the great recipes. I really loved hearing Angela’s opinion on how to have good, well balance nutrition on a whole foods plant based diet. I think that is what I really need to know. Its ok to just start eating plants and cut out meat, but how do you make sure you are not cheating yourself of needed nutrients that will start some imbalance or new kind of illness for you?! Thank you Angela for sharing your wisdom and knowledge!

Well after 32 days on this program and a loss of 18 pounds I feel better than when I was 30. No more coffee, sweets, desserts. I no longer crave sugar or salt, use my sauna everyday and look forward to my 5:45am workouts. This program provided more than I expected BUT I now need a tailor to adjust my Hong Kong hand made suits. But thankfully my Tux fits like it never has before and I’ll be wearing it out for my 30th wedding anniversary. I will follow the program for years to come. As a doctor, I was skeptical - it exceeded my expectations and was fun.

Angela seems like a very nice person, and I never write negative reviews, but I feel terribly wronged and that this needs to be said. I enrolled in her 28-Day Vegan Challenge and ordered supplements from Angela because I like supporting individuals not large corporations. So I was extremely disappointed when Angela did not send me the products I paid for and did not take responsibility for her mistakes. Long story short – I received only 1/3 of the products I was promised by Angela, after my credit card had been charged. Her defense? That she had “copied and pasted from her records” when telling me what I would receive for my payment, and forgot to adjust the amounts. AKA she forgot to adjust the amount of supplements I would be receiving and promised me 3x as much as the price indicated. Honest mistake but that is her fault, not the paying customer’s. I would never have agreed to pay the cost for the amount of product I received. After nearly two months of back and forth discussion, I have still only received 1/3 of what I was told I would receive for my money, and I have been denied a refund. I suggest you seriously consider if this is a person you would like to do business with.

If you look on any of her (many, many) websites, you will find glowing reviews - which she probably wrote herself!! When I called this woman on the phone, I explained that finances were a factor which she quickly glossed over.She decided to surprise me with the cost of this service at the end of the first visit and AFTER she had me to sign a contract - immediately after walking in the office..(Some professional!) She made an appointment at her office (I am still waiting for a copy of the contract) and then we talked about "her pregnancy!!!" She charged me 595$ for one office visit and 4 emails! She claimed it was for a month of service but as soon as she cashed the check she fell off the planet - Angela Pfifer is all about herself and squeezing as much money for as little work as possilbe.I can't even submit this to my insurance as she hasn't given me a legal receipt for services.