I’m glad you’re here.

I’m Lauren, a holistic Registered Dietitian who helps women achieve regular, predictable periods with less pain, bloating, and mood swings, so they can regain control of their cycles and stay productive and focused each month, all while feeling confident that their bodies are well-nourished and in balance.

Unlike one-size-fits-all solutions like birth control or restrictive elimination diets, my collaborative approach centers on the individual by carefully reviewing labwork, health history, and relationships with food to create a tailored food, lifestyle, and supplement plan.

“Lauren has truly been the most helpful person I’ve ever worked with regarding nutrition. She listened to all my concerns regarding my digestive issues, bloating, energy crashes, and food fears, and helped me get my diet to a much more balanced place. Since I started working with her a few months ago, my bloating has gone down significantly, I have regular bowel movements, I’m able to stay awake during the day, and overall just feel so much better than I used to. I feel more confident in my food choices and have a better understanding of why I’m making certain choices. I feel like my life is changed for the better and I’m so grateful for Lauren and her passion to help others.”

— Stephi

how we will help you achieve better periods:

  • While not always necessary, labs are incredibly valuable in our work together. In our initial assessment, we will review any previous labs you have done and discuss ones that might be important to explore. This might involve some basic bloodwork to assess metabolism/blood sugar, hormones, nutrient status and inflammation, or more functional lab testing. The functional labs I run most frequently include:

    • DUTCH hormone test to dive deeper into your sex and stress hormones

    • stool test to better understand your gut microbiome and the overall functioning of your gut

    • hair tissue mineral analysis to see how your mineral status might be impacting your overall health

  • You are probably here because you want to start making changes to your food choices, which is great, because nutrition impacts every aspect of our health. When it comes to food recommendations for my clients, my approach is very personalized and collaborative. I want you to be a part of the decision-making process and learn how to lean into your intuition. While I firmly believe there is a time and a place to cut out certain foods, my general philosophy is to focus as much as possible on the foods to ADD into your daily food choices versus solely focusing on what foods to take out.

    In my work I am focusing heavily on food plans that will help balance blood sugars, manage inflammation, create a healthy gut environment and microbiome, and support hormones.

  • We can talk all day about the foods you might want to add in to improve your specific health concerns, but if you don’t have a solid meal planning process in place to help get that food ready to eat in front of you, this part of the process is going to be difficult. Meal planning looks different for every client of mine, and I enjoy taking the time to explore what kind of structure around planning works best for you!

    To be very clear, I do NOT write meal plans for folks. Instead, I help you figure out a system that helps you be more consistent with picking meals/snacks, grocery shopping, cooking/prepping, and getting food on the table!

  • Have you ever finished eating a meal and you don’t even remember how you got there because you ate so fast? Do you let emotions, boredom, or even routine drive your eating habits rather than your hunger? Were you taught to clean your plate no matter how full you are? These are all signs you could use more mindfulness in your life. Mindful eating is a daily practice that lets your hunger be the driver of when and how much you eat. It helps you become a more intuitive eater and become confident in creating meals that are balanced and allow you to savor and enjoy your food.

  • I never treat supplements as a magic pill. I truly see them as what they are literally called - a supplement to a balanced lifestyle. You can’t out-supplement a poor diet. You can’t out-supplement lack of movement or sleep. You can’t out-supplement excess stress. However, I have seen tremendous value in using supplements in my practice, and I will help you identify the most valuable ones to take now if that is something you are interested in.

  • As a holistic dietitian, it is essential for us to have conversations around movement, sleep, nervous system support, and environmental toxin exposure as well. All of these things significantly impact our health and hormones. While you are on your journey to better menstrual cycles, we will create goals in these areas as well!

“Working with Lauren has been a life-saver! I really wanted to find someone to help me work through binge eating and learn how to improve my nutrition to help relieve rheumatoid arthritis symptoms. Each week Lauren has set attainable goals with me and after six sessions I can confidently say that I'm in one of the healthiest places of my life. I feel confident in my hunger and fullness signals and I'm able to choose more nutritious foods. The changes we've made to my nutrition have greatly helped my rheumatoid arthritis and it shows in my blood work! My inflammation levels have dropped to the lowest they've ever been since I was diagnosed. I'm so thankful for Lauren and her guidance.”

— Ruthanne

curious if you are a good candidate for Planting Roots Nutrition?

You’re potentially a great candidate if you connect with one or more of the following:

  • You have irregular or nonexistent menstrual cycles

  • You have really bad PMS, such as cramps that require pain meds, bloating, acne, mood swings, intense fatigue, cravings, breast tenderness, and more

  • You period is either really heavy or or really light bleeding

  • You have PCOS

  • You are thinking about getting pregnant and want to optimize fertility or have been struggling with fertility for a while now

  • You are pregnant and need support implementing dietary recommendations for a healthy pregnancy and managing difficult side effects such as nausea, constipation, and UTI’s

  • You are experiencing really uncomfortable gut issues, like acid reflux, gas, bloating, constipation, or diarrhea

  • On top of hormonal or gut issues, you have an autoimmune disease like Hashimoto’s, MS, or rheumatoid arthritis and want to optimize your nutrition

  • Focusing on evidence-based health approaches is important to you.

  • You really need support and accountability (going at it alone is not easy!)

  • You want to make sure you are meeting all of your nutrient needs

  • You know you should cook more but you don’t feel super confident doing it

  • You are interested in improving your meal-planning skills

  • You are completely confused about how you should approach health based on your individual needs

  • A health practitioner gave you a diet recommendation based on a current health condition and you have no clue where to start

  • Weight loss is not your primary goal

'“My experience with PRN was Five stars. I was managing a few health-related issues that I hoped could be positively impacted through food. Lauren was extremely kind, thoughtful and easy to talk with and helped me develop realistic nutrition strategies that were not hard to implement. It was encouraging and empowering. I learned way more than I expected and after only three sessions am pretty astonished by how much better I am feeling. Significantly, Lauren also worked with my health insurance so that I received coverage for this important support. Lauren is generous with her time and expertise and I could not recommend her more highly.”

— Susan

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