Holistic nutrition is a complete, natural approach to health, from eating the right foods for your body to healthy lifestyle practices to achieve optimal health, but there is much more. It is about connecting with individuals on a whole level. By whole level, we want to get to the root cause of an individual’s health concerns by considering their diet, lifestyle, and their physical and mental being .

Nutrition for disease management is a carefully planned eating pattern that may improve health or in some cases reduce symptoms. Focusing on nutrition for disease management is a way to take control of aspects of your disease that are tied to your nutrition or lifestyle. It does not take place of regular medical care but is an adjunct therapy to reduce your health risks and improve your outcomes.

Expertise include, but are not limited to - diabetes, heart disease, food allergies or intolerances, celiac disease, kidney disease, cancer, obesity.

Weight acceptance is being open to accepting your body at it’s natural size. This is not easy in the “diet culture” that we live in. Weight Acceptance is a non-diet approach - a flexible, gentle way of choosing what to eat with no guilt, body shaming or restrictions. Learn to love and accept your body as it is!

Mindfulness means focusing on the present moment, while calmly acknowledging and accepting your feelings, thoughts, and bodily sensations. Mindfulness is an approach to food that focuses on individuals' sensual awareness of the food and their experience of the food. A mindful way of eating is paying attention to our food, on purpose, moment by moment, without judgment.

When it comes to food and stress, one of the best things you can learn is to choose a balanced, healthful eating style. Comfort foods, like a bowl of warm oatmeal, boost levels of serotonin, a calming brain chemical. Other foods can increase levels of cortisol and adrenaline, stress hormones that take a toll on the body over time.

Stress management techniques - these will look different for every person, but here are some ideas; movement and nutrition, meditation, deep breathing, journaling, connection with others, yoga, jogging.

Gut microbiome is very important for many aspects of health. Emerging evidence shows that a disrupted microbiome can lead to numerous chronic diseases. Many factors, including the foods you eat, can impact the type of bacteria found in your digestive tract. The best way to maintain a healthy microbiome is to eat a range of fresh, whole foods, mainly from plant sources and include fermented foods.