About Margaret
Welcome!
Listen, I've been there - intense fatigue, brain fog, recurring UTIs, crippling period pain, profound sugar cravings, and the list goes on. The medical model was addressing my outward symptoms, but not my unique physiology and lifestyle patterns. I stumbled into functional medicine and have never looked back. Given that what we put into our mouth is woven to create our cellular structures, your dietary pattern is literally making or breaking you. Thus, I am enthusiastically passionate about nutrition and getting to the core of what drives your choices, as well as how those choices affect your biology.
As a licensed practitioner providing medical nutrition therapy, my training includes a Master's in Functional Medicine and Human Nutrition, 1000+ plus hours of supervised clinical care, board certification in Nutrition by the American Nutrition Association, a health coaching certification from the Institute of Transformational Nutrition, and coursework with the Institute of Functional Medicine. I continually invest in training and peruse the scientific literature to provide the best clinical guidance for my clients.
While change may have its challenges, it is not impossible. Understanding you as a unique individual with unique circumstances guides my approach. Collaboration is vital in this regard as only you understand your body and its quirks fully. Given the chance, I'll be your most vocal cheerleader.
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Specialties
Women's Health
Metabolic Concerns/ Weight Balance
Metabolic Concerns/ Weight Balance
If you are a woman struggling with digestive issues, metabolic concerns, or are transitioning to (or in) menopause, let's work together to help you feel like you again. I provide a comprehensive review of your nutritional and lifestyle factors, as well as habits, labwork, and medications and work collaboratively with you to set a path for optimal wellness.
Metabolic Concerns/ Weight Balance
Metabolic Concerns/ Weight Balance
Metabolic Concerns/ Weight Balance
High blood pressure, heartburn, high cholesterol, elevated blood sugar, and difficulty with weight balancing can indicate suboptimal functioning due to nutritional depletions (medications), deficiencies (dietary patterns), environmental factors, hormone dysregulation, lifestyle pressures, etc. Helper drugs (i.e., Ozempic) can kickstart so
High blood pressure, heartburn, high cholesterol, elevated blood sugar, and difficulty with weight balancing can indicate suboptimal functioning due to nutritional depletions (medications), deficiencies (dietary patterns), environmental factors, hormone dysregulation, lifestyle pressures, etc. Helper drugs (i.e., Ozempic) can kickstart some wellness processes, but they cannot fix the root issues. We will pop the hood, investigate and course correct together.
Longevity/ Wellness Counseling
Longevity/ Wellness Counseling
Longevity/ Wellness Counseling
Are you looking to optimize your health, but not sure where to start? We all want to live our fullest life without the crippling confines of disease. There is a stark difference in definitions between lifespan and healthspan. I work with you to optimize the latter through personalized nutrition approaches and longevity lifestyle adjustments.
Functional Testing
Longevity/ Wellness Counseling
Longevity/ Wellness Counseling
Symptoms are messages from your body indicating that something is amiss. Sometimes we need a little more information than conventional labwork has to offer to understand these symptoms. I provide recommendations for tests that can offer more detail and nuance. We then work together to decrease your symptom score and communicate to your body that all is well.
