I Work With You to Create a Custom Plan & Healthy Habits

I am a nutrition and epigenetic coach trained in Functional Medicine. I have my master’s degree in Integrative and Functional nutrition that uses systems biology-based approach to look at root causes to help achieve your health and wellness goals. I am currently in the doctorate program for Clinical Nutrition as well. Becoming a doctor has always been a goal of mine, so I am going for it!

I am very passionate about empowering you to become the best version of yourself. I had my own health crisis that led me to Functional Medicine.

In my late 20’s after the birth of my second child, I knew something was not right with my body. After running a series of tests, all my labs except liver functions came back “normal.”  Although they were normal, I sure did not feel normal. Looking back now I had several items on the blood panel that conventional medicine claims to be normal.

My primary care doctor referred me to a hepatologist. He told me I had a fatty liver and there was nothing I could do but get my affairs in order. I had a nine-month-old and a three-year-old. I was not accepting that diagnosis, so out of desperation, I asked if there was something, anything I could do. I wanted to be around to raise my kids. The doctor threw out exercise as an option but was very clear he did not think that would help.

I hired a trainer and started working out with her three times a week. I lost several inches all over my body and lost 15 pounds within three months. I had my labs repeated, and everything was in the normal ranges (still not normal ranges based on Functional Medicine). The doctor said he did not know what I had done but to keep it up.

I thought if exercise helped this much could changing my diet help even more? I went down many rabbit holes of diet, nutrition, supplements, herbals, etc. that led me to go back to school for my bachelor’s and master’s in nutrition. Exercise was my first go to, but diet change was the real needle mover. I was very much addicted to sugar (a minimum of 75 ounces of sweet tea daily plus sugary foods).  Once I cut that out of my diet I felt like a brand new person. My brain fog lifted, I had tons more energy, and I started looking younger (who does not want to age backward?).

This is the kind of case I see in my practice daily. Most doctors, especially 20 years ago, are not trained to look at nutrition as a potential way to fix a condition or disease. That is where a nutritionist comes in.

One thing most people do not realize is how much biochemistry nutritionists have to take and memorize. The body is a bio-chemical machine that has to have specific vitamins and minerals to run; otherwise, the system suffers. You may not realize how much your body is suffering until you add specific nutrients. This is where I love to help people.