ABBEY’S BIO

Certified Nutrition Specialist® &
Licensed Dietitian/Nutritionist

• Experienced Clinical Nutritionist, researcher and public health nutrition consultant.

• Private Nutrition Practice,
  REQUEST APPOINTMENT.

Florida State University, College of Human Sciences, Department of Nutrition, Food and Exercise Sciences. I hold both Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in Nutrition and Food Science. I studied in a bone metabolism and a neuroscience lab. As an FSU alumna, I enjoyed volunteering with the Women for FSU.

Board for Certification of Nutrition Specialists® & American Nutrition Association.

• I am qualified to provide interns with CNS® Supervised Practice Experience SPE.

• For grad students and post-grads who meet course requirements as CNS® candidates, and need SPE clinical competencies.

• INQUIRIES email resume & LOI about CNS® SPE Internship.

As an expert policy analyst on nutrition, healthcare, and disability. I am good at dissecting discrepancies in policy at the Federal level and as practically implemented in Florida.

Please read my PUBLICATIONS!

Tallahassee is home, I am seventh-generation Floridian on both sides of my family. -A real Southerner who has defied assumptions and expectations as a professional with disabilities. If you are not challenging status quo, you must be complacent. Cain’t never could and won’t never will. We speak in euphemisms, it is with great experience, I can decode a redneck. Don’t let my education fool you, my ability to code-switch is disarming.

The Southern diet has a poor reputation for causing cardiovascular disease. Nowadays stents are standard procedure, but not many kids get to see arterial plaque pulled out of their grandfather. Watching my Papa recover from a triple bypass and various experimental procedures made a profound impact. I’ve taught myself how to modify my Grandmothers’ traditional Southern recipes to improve health and longevity. Cooking has always been my favorite hobby and led to earning my degrees in Food and Nutrition Science.

Pets are fundamental to my human experience. My favorite office mate is Jacques Cousteau, my 10 lbs. highfalutin Coton de Tulear! Having a dog helps me with mobility and chronic pain. It’s my experience that diet and exercise work synergistically. I enjoy walking my dog, Iyengar yoga, and weight training. I believe good health can come at any size or age. Nutrition is my philosophy of life and functional tool. I’m grateful I get to do what I love.

I have years of public speaking experience and enjoy engaging my audience. Here is a recent example of my guest speaker events.

Group OR Corporate Wellness Seminar Presentation with question and answer engagement

• 45-minute lecture, 15-minutes of open discussion

• 60-minute lecture, 30-minutes of group activity, and discussion

Multidisciplinary topics on wellness, nutrition, food, health, and longevity

• Host a topic independently, or along with other healthcare providers

• Identify and teach known diseases or chronic conditions

My engaging lecture style and ability to hold my audience is a culmination of my teaching and public speaking proficiency.

MACRONUTRIENTS Fats, Proteins, Carbohydrates, Marketing industry

MICRONUTRIENTS Electrolytes, Vitamins, Minerals, Supplement industry

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As an experienced Clinical Researcher, I provide R & D. My skills as a teacher, researcher, and franchise experience are a surefire way to help you meet your business goals and replicate consistent quality products.
Please email for exceptional research and development talent well-versed in human sciences.

With an arching goal of maintaining or improving nutrition and quality outcomes, my consulting guidance includes emulsification, preservation, storage and transfer safety, and prep work strategies. Not everyone on your team will have your level of experience, that is okay because we can make it easier. Production consistency can be tricky, I can evaluate and advise you to streamline our well-defined process. We can work together to develop your product in the kitchen or the lab!

I will evaluate your menu to provide recommendations. This may include, recipe analysis, basic dietetic calculations for caloric content, editing, and writing for publication.

-Nutrition advice to improve your menu is a separate service. I work directly with chefs to meet food science optimization and the diversity of needs for events or venues.

This is not an absolute because I am not a food chemistry lab. If you want a bomb-calorimeter for your kitchen, order one and I will help you.

• Calculate macronutrient distribution in grams, calories, and percentage of meal based upon your recipes.

• Approximation of key micronutrients.

• If you are disappointed with the results of the dietetics calculations of your recipes and need guidance on improving nutritional value, this is next level of service.

• Many people are on special diets or have medically necessary restrictions.

  • Certain ingredients can be a liability.

  • Designing and modifying recipes to meet medical restrictions is a special service. Dysphagia or other feeding difficulties is a tough reality.

• Language to support menu concepts are a good marketing strategy. Nutritionist-approved is the ultimate stamp!

• Please REQUEST APPOINTMENT if you want individualized services.