A method for nutritional counseling consists of the following steps. First, a user is allowed to connect remotely over a network. Next, baseline personal information is received from a user. The user is then provided with nutritional guidelines over the network connection in accordance with the baseline personal information. Once the nutritional guidelines are established, food consumption information is received over the network connection from the user, and preferably logged into a food diary. The received food consumption information is analyzed in accordance with the nutritional guidelines, and dietary feedback is provided to the user over the network connection in accordance with the performed analysis.