I've Always Been Interested In Nutrition, But This Program Opened My Eyes To So Much More

I have loved nutrition for about as long as I can remember. I'm intrigued by different eating styles, the way different foods affect your body, and how the conversation around nutrition and food is forever evolving. 

I wanted to find a way to satisfy my burning desire to spend time learning and sharing with people who have at least some type of interest in nutrition—big or small. 

My next natural step: a nutrition training program. I started my first nutrition training course in 2018, and I loved every morsel of information I was learning.

This is where I truly started to understand the power of food—not just as fuel but as medicine. After being diagnosed with SIBO (small intestinal bacterial overgrowth) a year ago, I took a deeper dive into gut health and focused more on how I can feed my microbes with nourishing foods.

I even started working with a mindfulness specialist to support my stress and anxiety, which was also triggering my flare-ups. 

I knew there was so much more I needed and desperately wanted to learn. While still continuing my gut health journey, I enrolled in mindbodygreen's Functional Nutrition Training program. I can be a real procrastinator, but I started this right away.

The experts teaching each module were such inspirations, and I was filled with excitement whenever I got to a new section.

Naturally, I was itching to get to learning about gut health with Vincent Pedre, M.D. I am not exaggerating when I say this section was everything I could have wanted and more—I thought I already knew a lot about gut health, but Pedre opened my eyes to so much more valuable information.

Beyond gut health, I found myself developing an interest in aspects of health I'd never focused on from a nutrition perspective: brain health with Mark Hyman, M.D.; hormone health with Amy Shah, M.D.; autoimmune disease with Will Cole, D.C., IFMCP; and heart health with Joel Kahn, M.D.