Why Functional Nutrition?

Sure, we know the mouth is connected to the rest of the body, and gum disease is linked to heart health, diabetes, and pregnancy outcomes. But that’s just scratching the surface.

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What I really wanted to understand was why people were struggling in the first place.

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As a superfood fan, I dove headfirst into nutrition science.
I studied at the Stanford Center for Health Education, which gave me a solid foundation—but not the full picture.  What I needed wasn’t more charts or macros.

I needed to understand why people still felt awful even when they were “doing everything right.”

I needed a framework that honored the body’s complexity and each person’s story.

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That’s when I found the Functional Nutrition Alliance. And everything clicked.

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Functional Nutrition taught me how to:

• Ask better questions

• Map patterns, not just chase symptoms

• Support the body as a connected whole, not separate parts

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Now, with my clinical experience,  I use that lens to help you explore what’s really going on, so you can move from confusion to clarity, one root at a time.