Non-Diet Approach Nutritionists and Dietitians near Ventura, CA

My true passion lies in coaching people interested in adopting a more Plant-Based Lifestyle to ensure they meet their individual nutrient needs. I have noticed with many of my Vegan/Vegetarian clients that they are not finding the right balance of foods to maintain a healthy plant-based lifestyle. It doesn't matter whether you're a mixed eater, a vegetarian or vegan pro, or just beginning your plant-based journey; you'll discover the knowledge to change your life and improve your health through what you eat. I am offering vital information and practical tips on changing your life and reclaiming your health.

Today’s barrage of nutrition information and fad diets creates confusion and doubt about the best way to nourish your body. Our fast-paced lives and increasingly rapid environmental changes put unprecedented stress on our bodies and minds. Maintaining a diet that provides all the nutrients needed to strengthen our immune system and optimize adaptation to stress has never been more essential. Our drive to perform while looking our best creates enormous pressure to have the “perfect diet," often resulting in a dysfunctional relationship with food.

I work with people of all ages, focusing on young people with eating disorders and women both prenatally and postpartum. There is a lot of pressure to eat a certain way and look a certain way, but everyone is unique and I work to help find what works best, and is healthiest, for you. I focus on understanding our thoughts, feelings, and actions around food and body image. I will provide you the tools you need to build healthy and sustainable habits around food and body image so that you can enjoy your life, minus restrictive thinking and behaviors.

Whether you're seeking help for sports nutrition, making healthier lifestyle choices, or need guidance in creating a more positive relationship with food - we can do it together! Together, we'll create lifestyle modifications that work for you, to not only optimize performance but improve your overall health.

If you are looking to reshape your relationship with food, mind, and body, look no further. We live in a world obsessed with food, fitness, and figure, which has only led to even more stress in our lives! Allow us to guide you on a journey in rediscovering your joy for eating and movement. Our dietitians specialize in working with clients with eating disorders, addiction, and mental health disorders, but our approach is also uniquely suited for those who are fed up with frequent dieting, disappointed by their bodies, and looking for a new way to find life fulfilling again.

If you are distressed with food, your body or health, know there is a difference way. I help women solve their food and health struggles so they can develop a healthy and peaceful relationship with food and themselves. My approach is highly personalized, based on sound—no hype— nutrition and behavioral sciences to meet your individual or family's needs and goals. My work is grounded in non-diet and Intuitive eating principles. Areas of expertise include family feeding; adolescent and adult weight concerns: women's health, PCOS: gastrointestinal health: integrative nutrition and wellness.

I am a Registered Dietitian who guides single mothers by choice through nutrition and diet choices to make their journey to motherhood as smooth as possible. My approach is similar to coaching but backed by science, data and an individualized approach to each client. I’m on the journey to become a single mother myself, and I’m honored to get to guide other women as they take steps toward motherhood. I utilize integrative and functional nutrition, promote plant-based nutrition and lifestyle changes, but with an Intuitive Eating approach. I can also work with couples struggling with infertility.

I'm passionate about the power that food plays in health, disease prevention & management, and athletic performance. Through years of academic and clinical experiences, I've learned that there's no one-size-fits-all approach to nutrition. I believe in a holistic approach and optimizing the health of your mind and body through whole foods first, supplements if needed, and a healthy lifestyle.

I work with clients of all ages and genders to support them in making peace with food and heal from disordered eating. I provide virtual sessions for clients in the state of California and in-person meal coaching for clients in the Thousand Oaks area.

Brenda Ruckstuhl is a Registered Dietitian/Nutritionist (RDN) and Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist (CDCES) helping individuals improve their health by providing sound nutrition information and a listening ear. Individualized nutrition and lifestyle counseling for realistic change. Private practice located in Westlake Village.

Offices in Thousand Oaks and Woodland Hills,20 years of experience specializing in eating disorders and weight issues. I help people make peace with food by trusting their body and honoring their health. I provide a nonjudgmental and supportive environment where clients can share openly. Each client is unique and a customized approach is developed to meet their needs including supermarket and restaurant outings. I use a treatment approach teaming with physicians and therapists to coordinate a unified plan of care on either an impatient or outpatient basis.

Cassie is an intuitive eating Registered Dietitian Nutritionist and former dieter. Growing up she succumbed to the allure of fad diets only to discover that they are not sustainable, practical or healthy! Her goal is to help clients rebuild a healthy relationship with food by eliminating the ideology of "good" and "bad" foods, and helping them identify the distinction between health and weight loss. Cassie takes an integrative and functional approach to nutrition, treating it as just one piece of the much larger puzzle that is optimum health.

I am a Registered Dietitian with a Master's in Nutrition and Dietetics. I entered into the nutrition field to help others create a healthy relationship with food and to stop the dieting battle that is so prevalent in our society. If you are tired of battling with food and diets, tired of the guilt and frustration around food, tired of dealing with weight and health issues, or just want to make some changes to your diet and work on your relationship with your body, then I can help.

START YOUR PERSONAL JOURNEY TO HEALTH, VITALITY, ENERGY AND RECOVERY. IT’S NO SECRET, Food powerfully impacts your health and state of mind every day. But because your body and mind are unique, there is no one size fits all nutrition-based solution. I am an integrative & functional nutritionist, coach and chef. In functional medicine we get to the root cause of the problem instead of just treating symptoms. I use food as medicine to heal the gut and calm the immune system. I provide detailed recovery plan. Contact me for a 30 -minutes complementary discovery call.

I work with women miserable from pain, bloat and fatigue who want to get up in the morning feeling energized, have a flat stomach, and know what she eats will not have her looking for the nearest bathroom. Do you suffer from diarrhea/constipation, IBS, brain fog, chronic fatigue, depression/anxiety and/or autoimmune disease and has your doctor told you you just have 'live with it’ because all tests came back normal? The good news? You can banish bloat, clear brain fog, feel energized and reduce pain. How? By testing for food sensitivities and/or finding out if your GI tract is out of balance.

Improve your athletic performance, energy, and health with personalized nutrition to help you reach your sport and fitness goals. Restore your relationship with food and your body using intuitive eating, health at every size, and mindfulness approaches. Make sense of all the confusing nutrition information to prevent and control high blood pressure, cholesterol, and more. I specialize in exercise/sports nutrition, disordered eating, and wellness. My passion is helping you to break free of the guilt you may carry around food, and joining you on the journey towards building a healthy relationship with food to complement your lifestyle.