Manuel Villacorta MS, RD, CSSD
Manuel Villacorta, MS, RD, CSSD, is a State of California Registered Dietitian and Board Certified Sports Dietitian with over 12 years of experience as a professional and passionate weight-loss specialist dedicated to improving the quality of life of his clients. Manuel received his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of California, Berkeley, in Nutrition and Physiology Metabolism. He earned a Master of Science in Nutrition and Food Science from San Jose State University. Manuel has been the recipient of numerous prestigious awards for his research, including the Outstanding Master of Science Degree Award from San Jose State University's Department of Nutrition and Food Science.
From the beginning of his private practice, Manuel has questioned how he could keep all of his patient’s clinical data, insurance reimbursement, meal planning, Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT) protocols and Nutrition Care Process among other things associated with running a MNT clinic. There were so many loose pieces that needed to be glued together. Since Manuel knew the importance of networking he joined ADA’s Nutritionist Entrepreneurs Group in search of answers. He also signed up in ADA’s reimbursement email list, which is where Manuel first heard about MNT Assistant. Without wasting anytime he called Dr. John Gobble, founder and creator of MNT Assistant. Manuel purchased MNT Assistant after he learned that this was the key program he needed to help him organize and open his MNT clinic, MV Nutrition.
After nearly five years, MV Nutrition’s registered dietitians have entered over 1000 patients into the MNT Assistant’s database. Manuel realized that MNT Assistant relieved a huge headache and he was able to concentrate on what he does best: counseling patients and growing his business. During these last five years, Manuel and John built a professional relationship by sharing business ideas and supporting each other. Since the opening of MV Nutrition, Manuel has helped hundreds of people lose weight and improve their quality of life. He created the MV Nutrition Meal Plan Program that can be used for weight management or for any other MNT protocol.
In 2006, Manuel helped Dennis Allio, a successful business owner and web developer for Fortune 500 companies. Dennis had been searching for years for a solution to his own long-term weight problem. Under Manuel’s guidance, Dennis achieved tremendous and lasting success by losing 65 pounds and maintaining his weight to this day. Dennis was so impressed with the MV Nutrition program that he came up with the idea of converting the program to an online format so that Manuel can help more people lose and manage their weight. Dennis combined his technical skills with Manuel’s personalized nutrition and MV Nutrition Meal Plan Program to make it available to everyone online. In 2007, Nutrition For You and Nu4You.net, was formed.
John learned about Nutrition For You and was immediately impressed with the online tools and the MV Nutrition Meal Plan Program. John approached Manuel and proposed to create a program for registered dietitians who would like to start their own MNT private practice. In 2008, John and Manuel developed MV Professional Nutrition Suite which combines the MV Nutrition Meal Plan Program, online tools for meal planning and record keeping as well as the MNT Assistant Program.