EatWellGuru: Maryam Dadkhah, Ph.D., RDN, CPT

Fantastic experience: Our visits with Dr. Dadkhah have been very informative and enjoyable.

Negative experience: This registered dietician was quite rude and responded unprofessionally during our virtual visit including openly laughing at my food choices . It was uncomfortable and I ended the call early.

Negative experience: Just had a brief conversation to inquire about the practice. I find her to have attitude issues as she wasn't willing to take time to answer my questions. Instead, she referred me to look at her website and asked me to call her back when I'm ready to schedule. She basically hung up before I finished talking. Surprised to experience this kind of attitude from a clinician.

Fantastic experience: Dr. Dadkhah answered my many questions and gave me confidence for which path to continue on.

Fantastic experience: I received a thorough review of my diet and got superb feeb back and recommendation from Dr. Dadkhah. I like her scientific and commen sense approach to diet.

Fantastic experience: The doctor was a wonderful listener and gave valuable advice.

Fantastic experience: Learned a lot!

Fantastic experience: She’s very thorough and offers great suggestions!

Fantastic experience: Sorry, just now saw this. I enjoyed our initial visit and look forward to working with you!

Fantastic experience: Dr Dadkah gave me good advice. Her role was like a coach; helped me get to the bottom of my diet problems.

Fantastic experience: She was very knowledgeable and was accommodating to our needs and goals.

Fantastic experience: Very helpful, common sense, up to date info given.

Fantastic experience: Very straightforward and helpful.

Fantastic experience: Dr Dadkhah was friendly and a good listener. She is familiar with the nutritional dietary issues that I have and gave an assignment for two weeks to be followed by a visit. The atmosphere during my visit was very relaxed and accommodating.

Fantastic experience: Maryam was delightful and well suited to face time discussions. She calmly took my current breakfast,lunch and dinner menus and helped me design a lower sodium diet by modifying my current meals without changing my basic menu. So cheerful and resourceful. Look forward to our next encounter!!!!

Fantastic experience: She has a detailed plan every month and she knows what she is doing, she takes time for you very patiently.

Fantastic experience: Dr. Maryam is sincerely interested in her patients' well-being. She is flexible, creative and encouraging. Can't recommend her enough.

Fantastic experience: I opted for the virtual meeting. It was very interactive and she listened to me. She worked with me to create reasonable goals and how to achieve it.

Fantastic experience: Love how she keeps it straight and challenges your comfort zone for necessary results. Dr. Dadkhah also sticks to documented facts and not unproven opinions.

Fantastic experience: Dr. Dadkhah is amazing. She molds her advice and guidance to the realities and circumstances I'm dealing with, is always encouraging and kind, and long term goal oriented! She's truly one of the great blessings in my life.

Fantastic experience: Dr. Dadkhah is patient, follows through, challenges without being challenging, and helps her patients help themselves.

Fantastic experience: Great 1st visit very informative looking forward to keep working with her and help us with our daughter health and eating habits.

Fantastic experience: She is awesome!

Fantastic experience: Dr. Dadkhah was so great with my mom. So knowledgeable, patient and kind. We highly recommend her!

Fantastic experience: Dr Dadkhah is supportive, knowledgeable and easy to work with. I highly recommend!

Fantastic experience: Listened, was very attentive, and made sure that I was also comfortable with the goals that we set. Dr. Dadkhah definitely works with you and creates a collaborative environment which she gives you some great goals and resources but you also have a lot of say.

Fantastic experience: I really liked the discussion with Maryam. It was realistic about what could and could not be accomplished, goals and how to achieve them. I was very happy with the discussion and am looking forward to working with Maryam.

Fantastic experience: Amazing!!!!!!!

Fantastic experience: Dr. Dadkhah is more than a nutritionist, she is a coach. She teaches you how to eat well and healthily but she is not rigid about her instructions. She modifies her recommended regimen to allow her patients to enjoy the food they enjoy (albeit in small quantities) and yet have healthy food. She is extremely knowledgeable and always shares pertinent articles with her patients.

Fantastic experience: Maryam is very encouraging and patient. She works with you to make very realistic weekly goals that help you reach your overall health goals. She does not let you get discouraged.

Fantastic experience: I learned a lot while consulting with Dr. Maryam. All my queries were answered in a timely manor. A very positive approach.

Fantastic experience: Very knowledgeable and balanced; listens. Provides step-by-step options.

Fantastic experience: Professional

Fantastic experience: Dr Dadkhah is fantastic and highly knowledgeable. She cuts through all misinformation and helps you build the best eating habits for you! Highly recommend!

Fantastic experience: I'm learning about healthier guidelines with the percentage of sodium that I can have which is 5% since I have high blood pressure. I am also getting guidance on the nutrition choices that work better with my particular needs and health conditions.

Fantastic experience: I recently started working with Dr. Dadkhah and am already enjoying working with her. By making small changes in how I eat each day I have lost 4 pounds in less than a month, really without focusing on it. My energy levels have gone up & I am feeling more motivated to improve my health than I have in a long time.

Fantastic experience: Dr Dadkhah is very knowledgeable, friendly, and very patient.. I had so many questions about nutrition, my health, and exercise. She used online calculator for optimal calorie intake, best exercise that fits my health and needs, advise about vitamins, she also used visuals for what my meal should look like. Finally, she summarized our visit and emailed me the information.

Fantastic experience: Extremely knowledgeable and really motivated me! I highly recommend her services. Will analyze your blood work as well and provide helpful strategies if needed.

Fantastic experience: I look forward to working with Maryam to both lose weight and have a better diet. While my husband and I are making changes in our diet to increase veggies, salads, and fruit, I am still not able to achieve the goal of walking more up to 1.2 miles 6 days a week. Part of the problem is I am now having issues with my Left knee. The best thing about Maryam is that she doesn't "scold" me instead she encourages me to move forward and try to work on achieving the goals I have set.

Fantastic experience: I've been working with Dr. Dadkhah for a long time and she is truly caring and tries her best to work with me and create an individualized eating, exercise plan according to my needs. I highly recommend her to anyone who wants to better their life style.

Fantastic experience: It took awhile to trust in the process. “It’s a journey” Maryam told me. But once I did trust the process, focused on being consistent the weight started coming off! She helped me get my energy levels back and still guides me. I am so grateful ! Thank You Doc for being my encourager and guide on this journey!

Fantastic experience: Dr. Dadkhah is professional, knowledgeable and tailors a nutrition program to meet a client's needs and current condition. She assesses the client before suggesting reasonable weekly goals. All are attainable and postive. Clients are treated with compassion and encouragement. Highly recommend.

Fantastic experience: Keeps me in check. Sensible and realistic! I’ve lost weight and continue to lose weight!

Fantastic experience: Excellent and enlightening visit by Zoom. I learn about some great options in nutritional foods and a roadmap forward to find and match to my goals.

Fantastic experience: I highly recommend Dr. Dadkhah. I've been working with her for around 12 months. In that time, she has helped me understand my diabetes diagnosis. With her guidance, I was able to get off insulin and reduce my A1C to prediabetes levels. She takes time to answer my questions each meeting and provides further reading when I ask for it. Her approach is flexible and adaptable to other things going on in my life. It is reassuring to work with someone who clearly knows her field so well and is able to immediately put her hands on resources and answers. I also will say that Dr. Dadkhah has been flexible with scheduling and is a pro at using Zoom. Her accepting insurance has been a big help in allowing me to have regular sessions with her.

Fantastic experience: Dr. Dadkhah is a game changer. She made a lasting impact on my life.

Fantastic experience: Lost 12 pounds following Dr. Dadkhah, she doesn't tell you what to eat and what not to eat, she tells you the right way of eating, living, and exercise. I walk everyday, do exercise everyday and if I don't eat healthy one day, I will just start over the next day. She isn't just my doctor, she is my mentor and a friend! Thank you Dr. Dadkhah, you are awesome!

Fantastic experience: Dr. Dadkhah is amazing and great! She has fantastic advice backed up by science - regularly shares her sources from American Cancer Society or Harvard professor's studies on nutrition and health. She is very good at holding people accountable but in a friendly and non-judgmental way and helping to set realistic goals to maintain your progress. She also understands your struggles and can help figure out ways to help you get past them and keep you motivated. Highly recommend!

Fantastic experience: I rely on Dr Dadkhah to provide the latest research data on health and nutrition. There is so much noise out there and she will filter it out for you. I have learned a lot from her and am gradually incorporating those lifestyle changes into my routine.

Fantastic experience: Doctor Dadkhah is simply awesome! She is a great listener and provides great advice and feedback. She is honest, and does not force you into committing something you do not feel comfortable. Very opened minded and always willing to help.

Fantastic experience: Dr Dakhah is great! She listens well and has great information to keep you moving forward with a positive attitude and firm goals in mind!

Fantastic experience: Since I've been under Dr. Dadkhah's care, my vital signs and overall health have dramatically improved. I am more conscious of my food intakes and more energetic.

Fantastic experience: It’s not easy to change your lifelong diet, Dr Dadkhak knows that and works with you to slowly change eating habits. I feel like I’m her only patient with all the time and attention she gives me every appointment. She knows it’s not just science but it’s also emotional, I like how she shares recipes with me to try to make certain super foods seem more appealing.

Fantastic experience: Dr. Dadkhah is a godsend to me as she is continuing to help me maintain, and lower my A1c.

Fantastic experience: Dr. Dadkhah is by far the BEST nutritionist that I have been to. I have recommended her to all of my family and friends who also love her. What I love most about Dr. Dadkhah is her approach to nutrition. She believes in a gradual rather than radical shift to lifestyle which will help you lose weight but also maintain it. Also, she understands that her patient’s lives have challenges and she really works with you to overcome those barriers (by for example recommending office exercises, etc.). She is a certified physical trainer as well, so she has been giving us really great recommendations for physical activity. Dr. Dadkhah is never judgemental about making mistakes or not having a steady progress but works with you to prevent those in the future. I honestly cannot say enough good things about her.

Fantastic experience: Very informative and educated in her field, with a passion for spreading a healthy lifestyle.

Fantastic experience: She has an excellent down to earth approach that helps you make real change.

Negative experience: I called for advice on nutrition, and Dr. Dadkhah was not willing to hear me out. I was ready to spend a lot but she wouldn't hear me out and said find someone else. Horrible customer/client service and their process is their way or the highway.

Fantastic experience: Dr. Dadkhah saved me from the excessive binge eating that many people are engaging in during the quarantine. She's changed how I think about food and respond to it. Working with Dr. Dadkhah has been one of the greatest investments I've made in my health.

Fantastic experience: Dr. Dadkhah inspires confidence, not only from her obvious intelligence and wealth of knowledge, but also from her "bed-side" manner. She is friendly, humorous, engaging, kind and empathic and delivers her firm requests for change with a lightness that makes it easy to comply. She understands that more than fifty percent of orchestrating healing in a patient is revealing the humanity of the doctor. Bravo, Dr. Dadkhah!

Fantastic experience: I really enjoy working with Dr Dadkhah. Rather than telling me what I'm doing wrong, she listens and helps me identify ways that I can make better food choices that will help me achieve my goals. She is very professional yet personable. I highly recommend her for those serious about improving their health.

Fantastic experience: Dr. Dadkhah is a compassionate and experienced medical provider who works with you to implement effective and realistic changes to your diet designed to improve your overall health. Thank you for your support!

Fantastic experience: I’ve been under Dr. Maryam care for past 3 months. My experience with her support is just awesome. I lost 15 pounds and my A1C improve from 7.6 to 6.4. I strongly recommend her service for a good health.

Fantastic experience: Dr. Dadkhah is a true professional and I am glad that amongst all Nutritionist and Dietitians out there, I have chosen her! She is a good listener, she is patient and she knows what she is talking about.

Fantastic experience: Dr. Dadkhah is great. I always enjoy my visits with her. Thank you so much Dr. Dadkhah.

Fantastic experience: I always enjoy my visits and take away many good tips from them. Thank you so much Dr. Dadkhah.

Fantastic experience: Worked with Dr. Dadkhah as part of a recovery plan following a stroke. I was fairly active and generally ate a balanced diet, but she helped me fine-tune both my diet and my understanding of nutrition. Importantly, we discuss achievable goals that I can work on for each meeting. The dietary and lifestyle changes she prompted will keep me on a good trajectory for continued health.

Fantastic experience: I have had an extraordinary experience with Dr. Dadkhah. Her guidance at first almost seemed too simple -- but I followed it and it worked. The resultant weight loss was undeniable. My past experience with diet plans were complicated -- measuring food, exact combinations of carbs and proteins, whey protein supplements, eating at exact hours, etc. I began to have serious doubts about the previous experiences and began to search for a Phd dietician. Dr. Dadkhah kept appearing in the search results. The reviews were outstanding and this influenced my interest. My 1st appointment was in the 2nd week of June 2019. My 2nd appointment was the 2nd week of July 2019. I have lost 15 pounds without disruption to my life -- no requirement to weigh food, no requirement to follow strict recipes, no diet supplements, etc. I have received remarkably sensible guidance about food choices, fluid intake, exercise. At each appointment we have set 4 or 5 agreed upon goals. Much of the guidance fits beautifully into my life style. I have never felt hungry and have never experience a craving. Clearly from this review, I am pleased! I am willing to update this review as my journey continues.

Positive experience: I sought weight loss counseling with a plant based diet. After reviewing a 3 day diet journal I brought, she made a few reccomendations like eating one egg and a cup of fruit for breakfast and avoiding starchy veggies. When I pressed for more detailed plan with lists of do and don't eat foods, she handed me a pamphlet on the Mediterranean diet. I had to press her for a calorie goal. She never asked about my social history, or activity level, or made any reccomendations about exercise. Overall, for me, it was a huge waste of time and money.

Fantastic experience: Dr. Dadkhah is great! She has helped me identify problem areas, how to set goals, and to gradually meet those goals.

Fantastic experience: Been seeing Maryam since the fall of 2018. She has been inspirational and always supportive . During my journey, her knowledge, experience and professionalism has contributed to my weight loss and improved physical health. MB

Fantastic experience: Dr. Dadkhah is amazing and really wants the best for me. She takes time in listening and answering questions. I highly recommend her services.

Fantastic experience: Terrific provider, encouraging, challenging, and leaves you smarter than when you enter the door... every time! I am more health conscious in what I eat every day and get to hear expert nutritional advice which cuts through the noise of nutritional media. If you are even a bit curious on how nutrition can affect your well-being, make an appointment today!

Fantastic experience: Dr. Dadkhah is extremely knowledgeable and cares about her clients’ well being and overall health. I highly recommend her.

Fantastic experience: She is awesome, very patient and understanding. Since I started working with her I have felt better than I have in years, and the weight is steadily dropping. 5 stars!!!

Fantastic experience: I’ve been working with Maryam for several months. I’ve learnt a lot on numerous topics regarding both nutrition and exercise. In my particular case we’ve talked about metabolism, proteins in the context of being a vegetarian, sugar, food quantity and eating triggers, and strength training. I hope to continue to work with Maryam to lose weight and get more fit.

Fantastic experience: Very comfortable & clean office in Vienna/Tyson’s Corner. Dr. M is very knowledgeable & committed to finding what works for you. You get an “eating education” while working to loose weight. Really no pressure to do anything you are not comfortable with. She talked to my insurance making her services happen for me!

Fantastic experience: My experience with Dr. Dadkhah has been absolutely amazing. I have tried many ways to lose weight, diets, exercise...etc and never had much success. I have been seeing Dr. Dadkhah over the last 6 months and I have lost 50 pounds....and it just seems far to easy...knowledge about nutrition and exercise I believe is what has given me great success so far and Dr. Dadkhah is clearly a deep-well of knowledge. The whole experience has been exceptional, she really listens and arms you with a lot of information to make better choices. We work out changes to my diet and works within my very limited/picky food choices...and I am very picky. I really feel I haven't given up on good food nor do I feel tortured like I have in the past with fad diets that never seemed to work for me. When I eat out or grocery shop, I now have information to make great choices. I can't say enough about Dr. Dadkhah, she has enabled me to improve my life/health dramatically in just a short time and I can't thank her enough.

Fantastic experience: Dr Dadkhah Is very personable, positive and knowledgeable. What I appreciate most about her is that she is collaborating with you and not only dictating a canned or set plan. Unfortunately this have been my experience with every other dietician that I have worked with in the NOVA area. My wife is so impressed that she will be going to Dr Dadkhah in the coming months.

Fantastic experience: I wish I could give Dr. Dadkhah 10 stars. She is very patient and knowledgeable. She takes time to listen and explains everything in detail and in understandable terms. Even though I consider myself a very educated person on nutrition, there were still some things I learned from her. And by the way, it is my daughter and me, both working with Dr. Dadkhah. My daughter changed her eating patterns drastically right after the very first visit and now, after 3 month of bi-weekly visits she does so much better with eating choices. Don't think twice, make yourself a favor and start taking care of your body by changing unhealthy eating habits with EatWellGuru!

Fantastic experience: Very detailed on your program. Goes over program step by step. Starts slowly not to confuse you, and adds as you go. At the end everything makes sense and it shows in the results.

Fantastic experience: I loved seeing Dr. Dadkhah! With her guidance, I lost 16 pounds within 6 weeks in a healthy way! I couldn’t be happy that I went to see her!

Fantastic experience: I have now been working for a bit over a year with Dr. Dadkhah on wellness and weight loss. Within this supportive partnership, I have been able to make and sustain significant changes to my lifestyle, which have helped me lose weight and develop a healthier relationship with myself. I feel nothing but gratitude to Dr. Dadkhah for my current sense of well-being.

Fantastic experience: Marian is great. Knowledgeable and an excellent motivator.

Fantastic experience: Dr. Dadkhah is great. She is supportive and provides achievable goals that help to improve my overall nutrition and eating habits.

Fantastic experience: Dr. Dadkhah has been immensely helpful in teaching me and my family how to eat healthy and maintain an active lifestyle. In the year that I have been seeing her, she has always been very knowledgeable, understanding, and never judgmental. I have lost weight and feel more comfortable making healthy choices at home, at the grocery store, and in restaurants. I highly recommend her to anyone looking to lose weight or to just learn more about eating healthy and exercising.

Fantastic experience: I've been visiting Dr. Dadkhah for ~3.5 months. My purpose in seeking Dr. Dadkhah’s services was to determine healthier and more nutritious eating/weight loss strategies that I could implement in my daily life. Dr. Dadkhah’s approach is holistic and about changing your lifestyle. Everyone’s body responds differently to different foods and she is constantly reassessing what works and what doesn’t for your specific case. This makes the experience very individualized. Highly recommend the EatWellGuru!

Fantastic experience: Loved what I learned about how to eat, now need to apply it to my new life style. Dr. Dadkhah was very informative, explained everything and was positive that I could build on small goals she gave me to reach my real goal, a healthy weight and life.

Fantastic experience: I have been seeing Dr. Dadkhah for a couple of months now. Her approach is one that offers encouragement while working with clients to set goals tailored to each clients needs. She has a body composition scale in her office for those interested. Additionally, she provides supplemental videos and articles on various health topics.