As a Functional Nutritionist, I think of myself as a Holistic (I kind of hate that word though) Health Care provider, not just a nutritionist. While you can certainly come to me if you are looking to optimize your current diet, learn how to eat a balanced and nutrient-dense diet, and meet all of your macro and micro-nutrient needs, Functional Nutrition is so much more than eating some brazil nuts for Selenium, red meat or beets for iron, or cruciferous vegetables for the liver. I will help with that, but I go much deeper than just food, or just supplements.

Functional Nutrition comes from Functional Medicine, which is interested in understanding root causes underlying sickness and disease and looks at what is happening upstream that can manifest as symptoms downstream. It is interested in why we are experiencing illness or disease. It views the body and systems of the body as interconnected rather than operating and functioning separately. I am interested in you, and what is happening specifically within your body rather than relying on a standardized diet or protocol. I run and interpret functional labs and rely on data (the data being you) rather than guessing.

After establishing the foundations of nutrition (balanced macros, hydration, sleep, stress support, and stable blood sugar) I help you dig deeper to treat the problem at its’ source rather than merely eliminating symptoms. Functional nutrition and medicine tends to do well on illnesses and persons often neglected by conventional medicine and truly shines in its testing, treatment and resolution of hard to treat modern illness and disease such as adrenal fatigue, gut dysbiosis, SIBO sex and hormonal imbalance and autoimmunity. We ask the harder questions of why and why now your symptoms are presenting and look for the root of the root.