Providing Custom Functional Nutrition Therapy since 2015

Have you spent years of your life not feeling your best, struggling with uncomfortable digestive symptoms, hormone imbalances, or other irritating symptoms? And have you spent hours upon hours researching Doctor Google for the perfect diet and supplements to address your concerns? Then you have come to the right place! Stop feeling confused and frustrated, and save your valuable time and money, by working with dietitians specializing in functional nutrition and gut health. As your partners and guides along your health journey, we are honored to provide you with individualized, science-based diet and lifestyle recommendations as we work together to uncover the root cause of your symptoms. We take the TIME to listen, assess, and create a plan that is 100% unique to you and you alone. No cookie cutter diet or lifestyle recommendations here for you! It's time to thrive, feel more energized, and live your life again.

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"Eat Happy, Be Healthy!" - Selva W.

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The Happy Belly Difference 

Why choose Happy Belly Nutrition? First and foremost we take the time to listen to your story because the unique life events that make you who you are today may have contributed to your health concerns. We also take the time to assess your full case, labs and functional tests included, to create a nutrition therapy plan based on your unique needs. Furthermore, we use additional functional nutrition labs such as stool tests, hair mineral tests, blood work, and hormone labs to assess gut health and digestive function, to check for hormonal imbalances often associated with gut concerns, and to check for nutrient insufficiencies that are keeping your from thriving. Together the patient interview, nutrition focused physical exams, functional lab data, and our nutrition sleuthing skills, help guide our custom therapeutic nutrition care plan for each individual. Everyone is different in their unique nutrient needs and digestive abilities. No one approach will work for everyone. Therefore, whether you experience digestive distress, are struggling to conceive, or are simply looking to look and feel your best then we here to help! 

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Integrative & Functional Nutrition Therapy

Looking at clinical nutrition from a functional perspective encourages the practitioner to assess the whole person, not just isolated symptoms. By listening to patients, and learning their entire health history including environmental, social, and genetic interactions, functional medicine practitioners can identify multiple factors that may be influencing long term health goals and chronic disease. Core systems that are evaluated include digestion and absorption, detoxification, energy production, and hormonal balance. Taking the time to have a patient centered approach allows the caregiver to uncover the unique needs of the individual.  Furthermore, integrative nutrition, understands that BODY, MIND, and SPIRIT are all interconnected, and that all need to be in balance for optimal health. With this understanding integrative nutritionists also incorporate lifestyle approaches to support dietary recommendations, and provide referrals to other specialists such as acupuncturists, physical therapists, naturopaths, doctors, counselors, etc to provide comprehensive care.

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Recent Testimonials ​

"I have had a wonderful experience working with Selva at Happy Belly Nutrition and have been very satisfied with the services provided. I was looking for help resolving intense GI issues due to an intense ulcerative colitis flare. I looked for a nutritionist because I was feeling very stressed when trying to make decisions about what I should and shouldn't be eating. From our first conversation, I noted that Selva has very good communication skills. I felt listened to and supported throughout my journey. Selva's expertise and up-to-date knowledge was apparent during each of our sessions. She has very comprehensive nutritional expertise in relation to GI issues. The assessments, goal setting, and progress tracking utilized came at reasonable times, felt useful, and was not overwhelming. Appointment times, durations, and frequency, as well as timeliness of follow-up communications was fully satisfactory. The nutritional and lifestyle guidance provided was practical, feasible, well-rounded, and very customized to address my specific set of issues. In the six months we have worked together, I have seen my GI issues fully resolve and feel healthier and much less stressed overall. My nutritional knowledge has increased, and I better understand how to assess what food is supportive of my health. The well-being skills and tools I have gained from working with Happy Belly feel sustainable and I'm looking forward to applying them going forward. I highly recommend working with Happy Belly for overcoming GI issues and improving nutritional health in general." ​- KU

"​Working with Happy Belly has been an extremely positive and informative experience for me. Selva provides a non-judgmental and compassionate environment while bringing forth a wealth of knowledge to her appointments. She also provides concise and accessible explanations and reasonings for her recommendations that are easy to understand and comprehend. I felt that I was in good hands and that my treatment plan strongly aligned with my goals. I would 100% work with her again!" – BO

​"Working with Selva at Happy Belly was a life changing experience for me! She helped me to identify root causes of symptoms that many gastroenterologists, naturopathic doctors, and other gut health specialists failed to discover. We were then able to address my various imbalances and issues in a targeted and systematic way that produced sustainable and lasting results. She is extremally thorough, knowledgeable, and worth every penny. Thank you Happy Belly for getting my health back on track!" – KB

"This is the best place for any digestion or eating issues. Every penny I spent was worth this journey. I’m glad to have signed up for the six month program because Selva helped my fine tune and tweak my diet and supplement program as I progressed. I’m a new and improved version of myself."– MW

​"Selva was worth the wait!!! My health was in a severe state when I began to work with her. Now I feel great, my body has learned to work properly and I am actually enjoying food again. I learned so much about how my gut works. Selva’s knowledge is abundant and she is awesome to work with." – DF

​"The investment was well worth the outcomes, which will benefit me and my family for years and years! Selva provided such thorough guidance throughout this process. She is consistently supportive, understanding, and curious. I deeply appreciate her skills and thoughtfulness." – HR

​"Can't say enough about Selva. She will hold your hand and work through your health issues along side you. She will delve into how nutrition is playing a part in your overall health and work with you to understand how your body digests food and what nutrients are and are not processed in your gut." – JS