Food as Medicine

 
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Food and herbs have the incredible ability to assist in bringing us back to a state of balance and optimal health. I am a certified Holistic Health Practitioner, earning my certification from the Academy of Healing Nutrition in New York City, where I studied and learned the art of using food as a powerful tool for transformation- a true "food as medicine" approach. I bring the wisdom of traditional healing systems rooted in cultures of longevity, merged with the scientific understanding and complexity of the modern nutrition world, to my individual clients, group workshops, and other nutrition ventures. My ongoing training, experience, and exploration give me a unique approach to using food and other natural remedies as a part of any healing path. 

Gretchen is a passionate learner and teacher of the nutritious and healthy lifestyle. She is well-grounded in her knowledge of holistic health and integrates it into every part of her life. Gretchen became a vital resource to me. I was blessed to meet her shortly after being diagnosed with breast cancer. She spent many hours with me to understand where I was at and lead me on a path to step up my nutrition game to not only cope with the diagnosis but its treatments and anxieties. She equipped me with many resources from supplements, essential oils, teas and more to help me detox, recuperate, and rapidly rebuild my immune system. For example, not only did she teach me how to make a very effective bone broth, she helped me teach others to make it so they could support me in that way while going through treatments. She came back to teach a bone broth class from my kitchen and it was a great hit! Friends still talk about it and ask for the next class! Her passion for helping others in this way and her genuine joy is contagious and inspiring!
— Gretta F.

In addition to nutrition coaching and workshops, I offer homemade bone and mineral rich broths at various times throughout the year. Contact me for more information.

MEDICINAL HEALING BONE BROTH AVAILABLE FOR $15/ QUART!!!

To boost the amazing health benefits of a traditional bone broth, this powerhouse broth includes ingredients that will take your healing to the next level. It includes consciously grown and sourced ingredients, such as burdock root, daikon, angelica, astragalus, and kombu (sea vegetable), in addition to the best bones from healthy chickens and various root vegetables. If you are feeling run down, fighting an illness, or just want to boost your immune system, drinking bone broth daily will assist your body in its natural healing process for quicker and deeper healing. Please contact me for more information.

I have worked with Gretchen throughout my journey with brain cancer. Gretchen is kind, thoughtful and extremely knowledgeable. Gretchen always made me feel so important. She was always very thorough in our one on one sessions. I believe Gretchen’s recommendations helped me throughout my treatments and never compromised my oncologist medication choices etc.
— Sarah R.