Lauren Steier

About Lauren

Lauren Steier, RDN, LDN, IFNCP is a dietitian nutritionist and an Integrative and Functional Nutrition Practitioner. She is passionate about nutrition and feels it is the foundation to optimal health. She has extensive clinical nutrition and integrative and functional nutrition experience, which provides a more holistic and personalized approach to each person’s unique needs to maximize the potential for health. She provides functional medical nutrition therapy for diabetes /insulin resistance, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, liver disease, kidney disease, thyroid disorders, women’s health, anxiety and depression, emotional and/or disordered eating, and a variety of gut health issues.

Approach to care

Holistic, integrative and functional, person-centered (not disease-centered) care, empathetic, encouraging, listens to your specific needs for a tailored nutrition plan of care.

Your first session with Lauren

Ideally, to maximize your time, you will fill out the nutrition questionnaire prior to your first session to help Lauren prepare for the session and understand specific needs. Then Lauren will listen to what your goals and desires are from a nutrition standpoint, and work together to come up with a plan of action over the next several weeks. She will offer some specific foods, nutrients, and strategies tailored to your unique needs and preferences to help you reach your goals and improve your health and vitality.

Location

📍 Knoxville, Tennessee

Education

Degrees from University of Tennessee and University of Alabama. Credentialed as an Integrative and Functional Nutrition Practitioner

Hobbies

Listening to music, live music, cooking and coming up with new recipes.

Licenses and Certifications

IFNCP - Integrative and Functional Nutrition Certified Practitioner

LDN - Licensed Dietitian Nutritionist

RDN - Registered Dietitian Nutritionist