Linda Rodriguez C.N.C., C.P.T. State Certified Nutrition Consultant ACE Certified Personal Trainer Certified Diet Counselor

Linda Rodriguez, CNC, is the founder of Functional NUTRITION®, Inc. in Carmel, California. A practicing nutrition counselor since 1993, she is dedicated to educating her clients and the community through individual client sessions and group presentations on proper nutrition and exercise in order to help them prevent and control disease and the symptoms of disease.

Linda completed her training as a Clinical Nutrition Consultant, Nutrition Educator and Diet Counselor at the Institute for Educational Therapy (IET), a five-campus, state-certified, California-based school, which was founded in 1983, and is one of the few professional institutions in the country where students learn to counsel clients in the use of organic whole foods to maintain health and treat disease. IET graduates now number over 500, with many working in clinical, community and business settings, and several, like Linda, with nutritional consulting practices of their own, or in association with other health professionals. In 1998, IET graduates became eligible to be on the Blue Shield "mylifepath" provider list.

Ms. Rodriguez is passionate about keeping abreast of the latest information in the ever-growing field of nutrition, so every year she is one of the few non-MDs who attends professional continuing education seminars and workshops put on by "leading edge" complementary health organizations, such as the Institute for Functional Medicine and the Orthomolecular Medical Society. She is a member of both organizations.

In addition to her role as a nutrition consultant, Ms. Rodriguez is also an ACE Certified Personal Coach and Reiki Practitioner. This enables her to successfully incorporate exercise and other healing techniques into her private practice, where she sees herself as both an educator and coach. She says: "I see myself as both a nutrition consultant and personal coach, and in both capacities I design individualized programs for each of my clients, made up of tasty, nutritious foods, and an exercise regimen suitable to each person’s unique needs. Proper nutrition, combined with regular exercise and occasional supplementation is the only way I know to maintain a positive attitude, a strong body, and a healthy immune system."

Ms. Rodriguez is committed to educating her clients and community in how to use nutrition and exercise to prevent, as well as treat, their "family diseases," and is planning to write a book on the topic. Her mother died of Alzheimer’s Disease, so Ms. Rodriguez has a special interest in this debilitating condition. She is now investigating the feasibility of conducting clinical studies with people in early stages of dementia, on the efficacy of using nutritional approaches to the treatment of Alzheimer’s, particularly foods and supplements used to lower homocysteine levels.

Ms. Rodriguez has had her own radio program and looks forward to utilizing the media, both print and electronic, to continue educating people on the benefits of individualized nutrition and exercise programs. To set up interviews or presentation, please contact Linda Rodriguez at (831) 625-2118.

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