About
Dr. Naija
Doctor of Functional Medicine, PhD. The intersection of functional medicine, nutrition science, herbal knowledge, and more than 20 years of chef-trained culinary expertise.
The Intersection
Why These Disciplines Work Together.
Functional medicine helps Dr. Naija identify patterns in a client’s health. Holistic nutrition connects those patterns to an individualized nutrition strategy. Culinary medicine turns that strategy into meals, food choices, and kitchen routines the client can realistically use in everyday life.
Her experience as a chef and restaurateur means she understands food beyond theory. She understands preparation, flavor, execution, food environments, and real-world eating. She has owned two restaurants and brings more than 20 years of chef-trained culinary expertise to every strategy she builds.
The result is a health strategy that does not stop with what your labs reveal. It translates those findings into food and lifestyle practices you can actually live.
Credentials
One Practitioner. Four Disciplines.
Doctor of Functional Medicine, PhD
Functional medicine helps Dr. Naija identify patterns in a client’s health.
Board-Certified Holistic Nutritionist
Holistic nutrition connects those patterns to nutrition strategy.
Certified Herbalist
Botanical knowledge supports the strategy where appropriate.
Chef and Restaurateur
More than 20 years of chef-trained culinary experience translating nutrition strategy into satisfying meals and realistic kitchen practices, including ownership of two restaurants.
“The result is a health strategy that does not stop with what your labs reveal. It translates those findings into food and lifestyle practices you can actually live.”
Dr. Naija is also a trained doula. Doula services are available by direct inquiry.
Dr. Naija does not diagnose medical conditions or independently change prescription medications. She evaluates existing diagnoses, laboratory results, health history, medications, nutrition, lifestyle patterns, and other relevant information. Medication changes are made by the prescribing clinician.