feel good again. Really good.
got any of these?:
funky energy - feeling tired when you want to be lively and wired when you want to rest
embarrassing and weird digestive symptoms like bloating, gas, food sensitivities or diarrhea that get in the way of living life
wacky menstrual cycle or difficulty with fertility, perimenopause or menopausal symptoms that makes you feel like your body is your enemy
insomnia, difficulty concentrating or brain fog
regular feelings of overwhelm, on the way to burnout
a suspicion that something is wrong, despite labs that say “everything is fine”
You aren’t alone. you aren’t crazy. and you can and deserve to feel better.
What is Functional Nutrition and how can it help me?
Functional Nutrition comes from Functional Medicine, also known as “root cause” medicine. Functional medicine nutrition starts first with looking at whether the foundations of health are in place and first addressing the foundations: eating a nutrient-dense, whole food diet, proper north to south digestion, eating balanced macronutrients (protein, fats and carbohydrates), stabilizing blood sugar levels, hydration, mineral balance and stress and nervous system support.
It is unique in the nutrition space in that it:
Views the body and systems of the body as INTERCONNECTED rather than operating and functioning separately. Dysfunction in one system, organ or body part leads to dysfunction in other parts.
Deals with the ROOT CAUSE of health problems and not just managing symptoms - it looks at what is upstream that manifests as symptoms downstream
Uses FUNCTIONAL LABS when needed to treat based on data, rather than relying only on symptoms
Helps PREVENT disease rather than waiting for it to turn up. It looks at a far wider range of lab markers than conventional medicine tests and assesses based on healthy, optimal ranges rather than just non-diseased ranges
Views health as OPTIMAL WELLNESS rather than the absence of sickness and disease
As a Functional Nutritionist and Holistic Health Coach who trained under the Funk’tional Nutritionist Erin Holt, I work with the whole person - their physical, mental and emotional experiences within those bodies. I will look for imbalances and help you to support your whole body to help correct them. This includes your diet, lifestyle and environment.
Work With Me
1:1 self Paced
cost: 100e/hr
Includes:
consultation with extensive health history, food log, current health challenges and goals
review and interpretation of past blood, stool and hormone panels
Personalized dietary, lifestyle habit and lab recommendations
Email, text or phone follow up and accountability for meeting goals
Ongoing guidance and trouble-shooting tips that work for you
note: diagnostic lab testing is additional and paid by the client. I run lab testing from companies within Europe and within the United States. Most run from 35oe to 45oe per lab
3 MONTH 1:1 MENTORSHIP
COST: 700E
Includes:
consultation with extensive health history, food log, current health challenges and goals
review and interpretation of past blood, stool and hormone panels
6 (40 minute) sessions scheduled bi-weekly for faster results and accountability where I provide personlized diet, supplement, lifestyle and lab recommendations
2 email or text follow ups per week
ongoing guidance and trouble-shooting tips to help you reach your goals
note: diagnostic lab testing is additional and paid by the client. I run lab tests from companies within Europe and within the United States. Most run from 350e to 450e per lab.
Functional lab testing and interpretation
COST: 600E AND ABOVE
I am trained to run and interpret functional diagnostic labs and regularly run GI Map and DUTCH hormone panels.
GI MAP is a functional lab stool test that evaluates the overall health of your gastrointestinal tract. It assesses the microbiome and provides insights into the presence and levels of good (commensal) and bad (opportunistic) gut bacteria, viruses, parasites and funghi. Unlike conventional stool labs, it also tests for overall GI health and immune function.
DUTCH Tests are dried urine and saliva tests which assesses sex and adrenal hormones and melatonin, along with their metabolites to provide a longer term picture into hormonal balance or imbalance. It can also include daily cortisol curve, cortisol awakening response (CAR) testing and female sex hormone cycle tracking.
MEEt Kari, functi0nal nutritionist and holistic health coach
KARI ZABEL
Functional Nutritionist and Holistic Health Coach
Hi. I’m Kari. I’m a Functional Nutritionist and Holistic Health Coach and a leader in the wellness world for almost 20 years. I came to Functional Medicine after a series of stressful years that took a toll on my health. My hormones were a mess. I went from eating everything to having tons of food sensitivities that seemed to come out of nowhere. My sleep was awful which affected all my body cycles. My conventional lab results were normal but I felt like crap.
After getting functional lab tests done, I got to the root of my sleep, energy and hormonal woes that were at the root of my digestive symptoms. I healed myself using personalized diet, supplement and lifestyle changes I would not have known existed within the conventional space. What a game changer!
I have worked as a health coach and nutritionist since 2014 and am a certified Functional Medicine Nutritionist. I ask lots of questions to get at the root cause of your health concerns and formulate personalized plans based on functional lab testing. I am one of the only health practitioners in Germany offering advanced functional lab testing like GI MAP for gut health and DUTCH hormone testing for stress and reproductive hormone testing.
I dive deep into your health history, past blood, stool or hormone panels and listen to what matters most to you. Sometimes I run additional labs if I am missing information or think it may change the strategy we build together. Expect to be treated like the grown up person that you are, capable of understanding what is happening in your own body and a co-pilot in your future health success.
Schedule a free 15 minute call with me to tell me what I can help you with and whether 1:1 online or in person in Munich is a good fit for you, or to get more information on group events and courses.
The groundwork for all happiness is health
Leigh Hunt
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Digestion 101
How it works, doesn’t work, common digestive illnesses and most importantly tips to treat common ailments.
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EATING FOR HORMONAL HEALTH
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BRINGING SEXY BACK: CARBS , BLOOD SUGAR BALANCE AND YOU
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