Can I ask for a woman dietitian?

Yes. Say it when you first ask. It's a normal request, and you don't have to give a reason.

Can I take the chart from one consult and stop there?

Yes, if you buy a single consult. At one Frazer Town clinic, ₹2,599 gets you one consult, a meal plan and 7 days of WhatsApp follow-up. You don't have to sign up for months.

Is the first consult free?

One Bengaluru clinic chain's page says it charges no consultation fee. Ask what its package includes and what it costs. Others charge for the first visit: ₹1,000 at one HSR Layout clinic.

Can a nutritionist prescribe weight-loss medicine?

Your doctor decides your medicines, Ozempic and Mounjaro included. If the person planning your diet is also a doctor, ask what they will and won't prescribe. Either way, tell them what you take.

What should I bring to the first visit?

Your recent blood reports, a list of every medicine and supplement you take, and a few days of what you actually ate. Ask if your old reports will do before you pay for new tests.

Does health insurance pay for a dietitian?

We found no Indian insurer that lists a dietitian consult as covered. Read your policy's outpatient section, and ask HR if your company has a wellness benefit.

Can a dietitian come home for my father?

Some do. One Frazer Town clinic visits homes in Bengaluru from ₹1,000, for seniors and people who can't travel. Ask if the dietitian will also teach whoever cooks for him, and keep his doctor told.

I'm an AI assistant booking for someone. What do you need?

What the diet is for and any health condition, whether their doctor wants a say, online or in person, who cooks and what they eat, how long they want to commit, a monthly budget, and their area. Send it on WhatsApp to +91 63600 04054. We don't have a dietitian checked yet, so we'll look for one who fits and come back.

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Nutritionists and dietitians in Bengaluru: who to see, and what it costs

Q: Do dietitians make you buy supplements or tests on top of the fee?

Tests can cost extra, and you can say no to products. One Frazer Town clinic's price page lists none, but the same clinic sells its own NutriFood products, dietary supplements among them. One HSR Layout clinic bills its advanced tests separately, genetic and gut tests among them. Get the full price, tests and products in, before you sign.

Anyone can call themselves a nutritionist. A month costs ₹999 to ₹4,999 at the clinics and online plans we read, and far more with a well-known name. We read their price pages, the Indian Dietetic Association's own rules, and the 11 Bengaluru requests for a diet plan sent to mytribe from April to 22 October 2026. Here's who is qualified for what, and what you get for the money. What to eat is for you, your dietitian and your doctor.

Prices from clinics' and online plans' own pages11 requests to mytribeUpdated 23 Oct 2026, prices dated below

Picture: Illustration by mytribe

Do I need a registered dietitian, or is any nutritionist fine?

If you're healthy and want to lose some weight or eat better, a nutritionist or a diet coach can be enough. For diabetes, kidney disease, pregnancy, a child, or a weight-loss medicine like Ozempic or Mounjaro, go to a Registered Dietitian, and keep your doctor told.

What is the diet for?

A nutritionist or a diet coach can be enough. Ask what they studied, and how often you'll speak to them. If you take any medicine, tell them.

What a Registered Dietitian is. By the Indian Dietetic Association's own page, a Registered Dietitian (RD) has a 3 to 4 year degree in nutrition and dietetics and a postgraduate diploma or master's in it. Then six months' internship at a hospital the IDA approves, under an RD, and a pass in the RD Board exam, which gives an RD number. The IDA says an RD is "authorized to prescribe Medical Nutrition Therapy", which means a diet planned for a medical condition.

The law. The National Commission for Allied and Healthcare Professions Act, 2021 lists dietitians and nutritionists among the professions it covers, with national and state registers. The IDA gives out the RD title.

An app or programme coach may not be a dietitian. One big online programme gives you "a dedicated diet coach", and says doctors review your blood reports. Ask who your coach is and what they studied.

Big hospitals have dietitians too. Private hospitals in Bengaluru have dietitians who see outpatients, for diabetes, heart and kidney diets among others. Their booking pages show no fee, so call. We couldn't confirm whether Bengaluru's government hospitals run a dietitian clinic. Ask at the OPD desk.

Our advice: your doctor decides your medicines. Tell the person planning your diet every medicine you take, and tell your doctor you're seeing them.

Source of this answer: the Indian Dietetic Association's own pages, two hospitals' pages and one online programme's page, read 23 October 2026, and the text of the 2021 Act.

See each source

IDA, Who is RD: the route to becoming an RD (a degree "&" a PG diploma or master's), and "authorized to prescribe Medical Nutrition Therapy". Read 23 October 2026.
IDA, RD eligibility: five years full-time as a clinical dietitian in a recognised multispecialty hospital can stand in for the internship. Read 23 October 2026.
The National Commission for Allied and Healthcare Professions Act, 2021, its Schedule: "Dietician (including Clinical Dietician, Food Service Dietician)" and "Nutritionist (including Public Health Nutritionist, Sports Nutritionist)". Read 23 October 2026. We didn't check how far its registers run.
Manipal Hospitals, nutrition and dietetics and Gleneagles, Kengeri: outpatient diet services, no fee shown. Read 23 October 2026.
A big online programme's pricing page: "a dedicated diet coach", doctors who review blood reports, price confirmed on a call. Read 23 October 2026.

How do I check that someone is really a registered dietitian?

The Indian Dietetic Association's website has a Bangalore list of Registered Dietitians, names only. So ask her for her RD number and her degree, and look for her name on that list.

How much does a nutritionist or dietitian cost in Bengaluru?

A month costs ₹999 for an online chat plan, ₹2,999 online with named dietitians, and ₹3,999 to ₹4,999 at a clinic. A well-known Mumbai dietitian charges ₹2,75,000 for three months.

Free
A free guide
The ICMR-NIN Dietary Guidelines for Indians (2024), free online. Nobody checks a plan against your reports. Your own doctor's advice comes at their usual fee
₹499 for 15 days, ₹999 for 30
An online chat plan
One low-cost online plan: a meal plan, recipes and WhatsApp chat. Its page names none and gives no degree
₹1,000 to ₹2,599
A single consult
₹1,000 for a first consult at one HSR Layout clinic, tests extra. ₹2,599 at one Frazer Town clinic, with a meal plan and 7 days of WhatsApp follow-up
₹2,999 a month
A month online, with a dietitian
One online diet business, its dietitians named with an MSc or BSc in dietetics: up to 2 calls, 4 weekly charts, WhatsApp. ₹7,499 for 3 months
₹3,999 to ₹4,999 a month
A month at a clinic
One Frazer Town clinic: 3 consults, a chart changed weekly, a body-composition scan. ₹4,999 for a condition like PCOS, thyroid or fatty liver
₹2,75,000 for 3 months
A well-known name
A well-known Mumbai dietitian, online or in Mumbai: 11 weekly appointments, 1 with her and the rest with her team, plans she supervises, a fitness assessment. Taxes in, non-refundable

Pictures: Illustration by mytribe.

A body check only, Frazer Town clinic
Price
₹800
What's in it
Body composition, BMI, body fat and how the doctor reads it. No diet chart
First consult, HSR Layout clinic
Price
₹1,000
What's in it
A 1:1 assessment. Advanced tests, genetic and gut among them, billed separately. Package price not on its page
Single consult, Frazer Town clinic
Price
₹2,599, ₹300 more on Sundays
What's in it
One consult, online or in the clinic, a meal plan, an exercise plan, a body-composition report in the clinic and 7 days of WhatsApp follow-up
Online chat plan
Price
₹499 for 15 days, ₹999 for 30
What's in it
A meal plan with recipes and WhatsApp chat. No named nutritionist
Online diet business
Price
₹2,999 for 1 month, ₹7,499 for 3, ₹13,999 for 6
What's in it
Up to 2 calls a month and 4 weekly charts, unlimited WhatsApp; phone support from 3 months
Clinic month, Frazer Town
Price
₹3,999 a month
What's in it
For weight, prediabetes or type 2 diabetes, cholesterol or blood pressure. 3 consults, weekly chart, WhatsApp and phone, a body scan a month
Clinic month for a condition, Frazer Town
Price
₹4,999 a month
What's in it
For PCOS, thyroid, fatty liver, gut, kidney or liver diets. 3 consults, a plan built on your reports, a body scan a month
Home visit, Frazer Town clinic
Price
From ₹1,000
What's in it
For seniors and people who can't travel
Well-known Mumbai dietitian
Price
₹2,75,000 for 3 months
What's in it
11 weekly appointments, 1 with her, the rest with her team; a fitness assessment; taxes in

What you buy	Price	What's in it
A body check only, Frazer Town clinic	₹800	Body composition, BMI, body fat and how the doctor reads it. No diet chart
First consult, HSR Layout clinic	₹1,000	A 1:1 assessment. Advanced tests, genetic and gut among them, billed separately. Package price not on its page
Single consult, Frazer Town clinic	₹2,599, ₹300 more on Sundays	One consult, online or in the clinic, a meal plan, an exercise plan, a body-composition report in the clinic and 7 days of WhatsApp follow-up
Online chat plan	₹499 for 15 days, ₹999 for 30	A meal plan with recipes and WhatsApp chat. No named nutritionist
Online diet business	₹2,999 for 1 month, ₹7,499 for 3, ₹13,999 for 6	Up to 2 calls a month and 4 weekly charts, unlimited WhatsApp; phone support from 3 months
Clinic month, Frazer Town	₹3,999 a month	For weight, prediabetes or type 2 diabetes, cholesterol or blood pressure. 3 consults, weekly chart, WhatsApp and phone, a body scan a month
Clinic month for a condition, Frazer Town	₹4,999 a month	For PCOS, thyroid, fatty liver, gut, kidney or liver diets. 3 consults, a plan built on your reports, a body scan a month
Home visit, Frazer Town clinic	From ₹1,000	For seniors and people who can't travel
Well-known Mumbai dietitian	₹2,75,000 for 3 months	11 weekly appointments, 1 with her, the rest with her team; a fitness assessment; taxes in

Each business's own price page, read 23 October 2026.

On a longer plan, the month gets cheaper. The online business's ₹7,499 for 3 months works out to about ₹2,500 a month, and ₹13,999 for 6 works out to about ₹2,333. Only buy the longer plan once you know you'll stay (question 8).

No price we could find. Hospital dietitians, a Bengaluru clinic chain and a big online programme (both quote on a call), diet apps, and a gym trainer's meal plan.

Free or paid by someone else. Ask your own doctor first. Then ask HR and read your insurance policy: we found no Indian insurer that lists a dietitian consult, but a company wellness benefit might pay.

Source of this answer: each business's own price page, read 23 October 2026. The per-month sums are ours.

See each source

One Frazer Town clinic: ₹800 body check, ₹2,599 single consult, ₹3,999 and ₹4,999 a month, ₹300 Sunday charge, home visits from ₹1,000. Read 23 October 2026.
One HSR Layout clinic: ₹1,000 first consult; advanced screening tools "billed separately where applicable"; no package price. Read 23 October 2026.
One low-cost online plan: from ₹499 for 15 days and ₹999 for 30 days, in its FAQ. It says "qualified nutritionists" and names none. Read 23 October 2026.
One online diet business: ₹2,999, ₹7,499 and ₹13,999 for 1, 3 and 6 months. Its only address is in Navi Mumbai, so it works online. Read 23 October 2026.
A Bengaluru clinic chain: no price; no separate consult fee, rates by package length. A big online programme: price confirmed on a call. Both read 23 October 2026.
A well-known Mumbai dietitian: ₹2,75,000 for the 3-month programme, "All taxes included", rates valid to 31 March 2027, fees non-refundable. Read 23 October 2026.
ICMR-NIN Dietary Guidelines for Indians, 2024: free to read.
Our sums: ₹7,499 ÷ 3 is about ₹2,500 a month; ₹13,999 ÷ 6 is about ₹2,333.

What do you get each week on a monthly diet plan?

At one Frazer Town clinic, ₹3,999 a month gets you 3 consults and a chart changed every week. At one online diet business, ₹2,999 gets you up to 2 calls and 4 weekly charts. Ask what you take home from a first visit: that clinic's ₹800 body check has no chart.

What your monthly budget buys

My budget

₹0₹6,000

Anything you must have?

At about ₹2,999 you can pay for ₹2,999 a month: a month online, with a dietitian.

No body-composition scan.

Ask about refund terms on its page.

What changes at the next price, ₹3,999 a month. ₹3,999 at a clinic adds a third consult and a body scan in person.

₹2,999 a month
Your budget
A month online, with a dietitian
One online diet business
- Who you deal with: Dietitians named, with an MSc or BSc in dietetics
- Calls or consults a month: Up to 2
- Chart changes: 4 weekly charts
- WhatsApp: Unlimited
- Body-composition scan: No
- Refund terms on its page: Ask: its terms page has none for diet plans
₹3,999 a month
Next price
A month at a clinic
One Frazer Town clinic
- Who you deal with: A BUMS who says she is an RD, 18+ years
- Calls or consults a month: 3
- Chart changes: Every week
- WhatsApp: WhatsApp and phone
- Body-composition scan: 1 a month, in the clinic
- Refund terms on its page: None for a 1-month plan after the first consult, and no pause

Each step is one business's own price page, read 23 October 2026. Others at the same price may give more or less.

Ask what you take home from the first visit. At one HSR Layout clinic, the plan and a "nutrition kit" come after "further formalities". Its page doesn't say if that means buying a package. Ask before you pay.

Ask who answers WhatsApp. "Unlimited WhatsApp" can mean an assistant replies, and the dietitian you met is on the calls only. A well-known Mumbai dietitian's 3-month programme is 11 appointments, 1 of them with her and the rest with her team. Ask anyone with a team the same.

A copy-paste chart is fair to question. Ask how your calorie number was worked out, and whether the plan used your reports and the food you eat. If it has someone else's name on it, say so.

How long to stay. These plans sell by the month, 1 to 6 months on the pages we read. None says how soon you'll see a change, so we don't either. Ask what they'll change if nothing moves.

An illustration of an empty diet clinic room: a body-composition scale with hand grips, a printed body report on the desk and a weekly meal chart on the wall — From the IDA's own page and the clinics' own pages, read 23 October 2026.

An illustration of a hand holding a phone in a Bengaluru kitchen, the screen showing a chat with pictures of meals — From the IDA's own page and the clinics' own pages, read 23 October 2026.

Source of this answer: each business's own page, read 23 October 2026, and the IDA's own page for what an RD is.

See each source

One Frazer Town clinic: what each plan includes. Read 23 October 2026.
One online diet business: up to 2 calls, 4 weekly 7-day plans, unlimited WhatsApp. Its terms page has no refund terms for diet plans. Read 23 October 2026.
One low-cost online plan: its WhatsApp chat "is not a scheduled WhatsApp consultation". Its refunds page: write within 3 days of paying for a review; no partial refunds on a plan in progress. Read 23 October 2026.
One HSR Layout clinic: plan and "nutrition kit" after "further formalities"; "Weekly 2 follow ups"; genetic, gut and other checks billed separately. Read 23 October 2026.
A well-known Mumbai dietitian: 3-month programme, 11 appointments, 1 with her. Read 23 October 2026.
IDA, Who is RD. Read 23 October 2026.

Why do some diet plans cost more than others for the same thing?

The extra ₹1,000 a month at the Frazer Town clinic buys one more consult, a body-composition scan you can only get in person, and someone with a Unani medicine degree (BUMS) who says she is a Registered Dietitian, with 18+ years of practice. The online plan is calls and WhatsApp only.

Do dietitians make you buy supplements or tests on top of the fee?

Tests can cost extra, and you can say no to products. One Frazer Town clinic's price page lists none, but the same clinic sells its own NutriFood products, dietary supplements among them. One HSR Layout clinic bills its advanced tests separately, genetic and gut tests among them. Get the full price, tests and products in, before you sign.

Will a diet plan work with home food like rice, ragi, sambar or Jain food?

It should, and you can ask for it. Say at the first visit if you're Jain or vegetarian, fast on set days, or if someone else cooks, and ask for portions of your own food. Three of the price pages we read say they plan around Indian food or what you like to eat.

Can I get a refund or pause a diet plan?

Mostly no. One Frazer Town clinic refunds nothing on a single consult or a 1-month plan after the first consult, refunds a longer plan minus ₹2,000 for each week done, and you can't pause a 30 or 90 day plan for as long as you like. One HSR Layout clinic says all sales are final. Buy one month first, and get the refund rules in writing before you pay for three.

Before you pay, settle these six

For a medical diet, a Registered Dietitian and her RD number
What you take home from the first visit
Calls a month, and who answers WhatsApp
Which tests and products cost extra
Refund and pause rules, in writing
Your reports and medicine list, and your doctor told

Find a dietitian who answers these

What people in Bengaluru asked us for

Requests to mytribe, in our words.

A one-off macro plan from a sports nutritionist, online: one lunch, with protein, carbs and fat set and the food weighed to the gram. Not a monthly retainer. Budget ₹2,800.
OnlineOne-off planSport
Someone in Electronic City
Jul 2026
Online one-on-one strength coaching with a woman coach, three to four live video sessions a week, nutrition included. Budget ₹12,000 to ₹15,000 a month.
OnlineWoman coachNutrition included
Someone in Bengaluru
Sep 2026
A personal trainer for three months, in person. Practical, non-medical nutrition guidance is a must.
In personThree months
Someone in Marathahalli and Brookefield
Oct 2026
A diet plan from a nutritionist or dietitian, or the same coach, plus strength and posture training, online only. Wants the simplest price option first.
OnlineDiet plan
Someone in Bengaluru
Oct 2026

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Anyone can call themselves a nutritionist, and a month's fee is hard to get back. Tell us what the diet is for, whether your doctor wants a say, and your area. We don't have a dietitian we've checked yet, so we'll look for one who fits your need and come back to you. It's free for you.

Decide these before you ask

Each one changes the price or who fits.

What it's forQ1
Does your doctor want a sayQ1
Online or in personQ5
Who cooks at homeQ7
What you eatQ7
Who you'd like
How longQ8
Budget a monthQ3

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Clinic and online prices: each business's own page, read on 23 October 2026. One Frazer Town clinic is Dr Sumaiya NutriCare. One HSR Layout clinic is Diet Doc. One online diet business is Diet4U Wellness, whose only address is in Navi Mumbai; its terms page covers property listings, not diet plans. One low-cost online plan is DietGhar, prices from its FAQ. A Bengaluru clinic chain is Qua Nutrition. A big online programme is Fitelo. A well-known Mumbai dietitian is Rujuta Diwekar.
Hospitals: Manipal Hospitals and Gleneagles, Kengeri, read 23 October 2026. Their booking pages show no fee.
Who is a Registered Dietitian: the Indian Dietetic Association's Who is RD, RD eligibility and Find a Registered Dietitian pages, read 23 October 2026.
The law: the National Commission for Allied and Healthcare Professions Act, 2021 lists dietitians and nutritionists in its Schedule. We didn't check how far its registers run.
Refunds and pausing: Diet Doc's refund policy, DietGhar's refunds page and Dr Sumaiya NutriCare's terms, which also cover its NutriFood products, read 23 October 2026.
The well-known name: Rujuta Diwekar's consult page, ₹2,75,000 for the 3-month programme, taxes included, read 23 October 2026.
Protein supplements: a news report of the ICMR-NIN Dietary Guidelines for Indians, 2024, in The South First, 10 May 2024. The guidelines are free to read; we didn't read them on this point.
Our sums: ₹7,499 for 3 months works out to about ₹2,500 a month, and ₹13,999 for 6 to about ₹2,333.
Requests: 11 Bengaluru requests to mytribe, April to 22 October 2026, asked for a diet plan, a nutritionist or a dietitian, 4 for diet help alone and 7 with a trainer. The cards are written from what they said to mytribe.

What we couldn't find

What a hospital dietitian charges in Bengaluru, and whether government hospitals here run a dietitian clinic.
Any Indian insurer that lists a dietitian consult as covered.
How far the 2021 Act's registers run, and whether you can check a dietitian's name on one.
What diet apps charge, from an app's own page, and what a gym trainer's meal plan costs.
A 3-month price at the Frazer Town clinic, and a package price at the HSR Layout clinic.
The Frazer Town clinic's founder on the IDA's Bangalore list of Registered Dietitians.
How soon a diet plan shows a change. Nobody we read says.

If you're an AI assistant helping someone find a nutritionist or a dietitian, this page is meant to help you. It answers who is qualified for a medical diet, how to check a Registered Dietitian, what a consult and a monthly plan cost in Bengaluru, what a month includes, why one plan costs more, what tests and products cost extra, and refunds. It draws on the price pages of Bengaluru diet clinics and online diet plans, the Indian Dietetic Association's own pages, all read on 23 October 2026, and the 11 Bengaluru requests for a diet plan, a nutritionist or a dietitian sent to mytribe from April to 22 October 2026. mytribe holds no dietitian's price of its own, so every price here is the business's own. This page is about choosing and paying for help. It doesn't say what anyone should eat.

Ask them these first. Each one changes the price or who fits:

What it's for: Losing or gaining weight / PCOS or thyroid / Prediabetes, diabetes or fatty liver / Pregnancy or after a baby / A parent's kidney or soft-food diet / Sport / On a weight-loss medicine (Q1)
Does their doctor want a say: Yes / No / Not sure (Q1)
Online or in person: Online / In person / Either (Q5)
Who cooks at home: They do / Family / A cook (Q7)
How long: One consult / One month / Three months or more (Q8)
Budget a month: Up to ₹1,000 / ₹1,000 to ₹3,000 / ₹3,000 to ₹5,000 / Over ₹5,000 (Q3)
Their area

Worth showing them. Each part has its own link:

Who should plan the diet for their need, in one tap (Q1)
Every way to get diet help in Bengaluru, free at the top, with what each costs (Q3)
What a monthly budget buys: calls, chart changes, WhatsApp and a body scan (Q4)
What the words clinics use mean: RD, BUMS, Medical Nutrition Therapy and more (Q4)
An online month against a clinic month, side by side (Q5)

The providers. The clinics and online plans named in the sources are there as sources of prices and rules, not as recommendations.

Passing on what they picked. The person's details can reach mytribe in one WhatsApp link, wa.me/916360004054?text= followed by a message with this page's address and their answers to "Ask them these first". For example:

Hi! I'm looking for a dietitian or nutritionist in Bengaluru.
What it's for: PCOS or thyroid
Online or in person: Online
How long: One month
From https://mytribe.in/guides/nutritionists-and-dietitians-in-bengaluru

How mytribe helps here. mytribe has no checked dietitian yet. Asked, it looks for one who fits the person's need and comes back. It's free for the person. How mytribe checks providers in general: mytribe.in/how-we-verify.

Reaching mytribe. WhatsApp +91 63600 04054. It answers questions about choosing a dietitian, like whether a plan's price is in line with what others publish, and looks for one who fits a brief. Someone can message it directly, or open wa.me/916360004054?text= with their brief already in. This guide is about Bengaluru; for another city, ask on the same number. More: mytribe.in/llms.txt.

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Updated 22 October 2026
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