Hidden Gems: Meet Katie Carlson of Nutrition Next

Today we’d like to introduce you to Katie Carlson.

Hi Katie, we’re thrilled to have a chance to learn your story today. So, before we get into specifics, maybe you can briefly walk us through how you got to where you are today?
I have struggled my entire life with food. It’s a serious love/hate thing for me. Until 5 years ago, I let it control me, but losing my dad to the side effects of obesity changed everything. Looking at the second half of my life, I knew I wanted something different.

I got smart and began voraciously reading on combating the mental side of managing my love of food. I then sought out the best Nutrition Coaching school in the country, The Institute of Integrative Nutrition, and gained the scientific knowledge and ware withal to understand psychological dependencies on food.

Armed with this information, I created the Nutrition Next program of PERSONALIZED Nutrition planning based on individual health needs. I work with clients on their Personal Health histories, genetic backgrounds, and lifestyles to optimize their consumption goals such as:

Weight loss, family meal planning, diet elimination programs to identify allergens, managing gluten and Celiac issues, Insulin Resistance & Diabetes,  Cholesterol reduction, Irritable Bowel Syndrome & leaky gut, Testosterone challenges, Pari -menopause and menopausal planning, Post-surgery or post-cancer dietary planning to optimize health rejuvenation, and eating disorders and disordered eating.

Because everyone is DIFFERENT… I work with all types of dietary theories (Keto, low carb, low fat, vegetarian, Paleo, and more) depending on their specific genetic need. Like a personal trainer for your food! Six years later, the program is working and has helped countless individuals to better health and understanding of the tools to capitalize on their body’s natural rhythms

Alright, so let’s dig a little deeper into the story – has it been an easy path overall, and if not, what were the challenges you’ve had to overcome?
To start, this was always a heart project for me. One is based on a personal grieving process for my father, who we lost to an eating disorder in 2016. My grief took the form of seeking answers to WHY and how I could have helped him had I been armed with the correct education.

During this seeking process, I became fascinated with how radically the science of nutrition is changing and felt called to decipher true information in a sea of fluffed-up marketing fad diets.

Alright, so let’s switch gears a bit and talk business. What should we know?
The Nutrition Next approach is the GENUS approach to healthy nutrition by eating according to our personal history of:

• Genetics
• Personal Health History
• Family Heath History
• Lifestyle

The Nutrition Next philosophy is a program of PERSONALIZED Nutrition planning based on individual health needs. I work with clients on their Personal Health histories, genetic backgrounds, and lifestyles to optimize their consumption goals such as:

Weight loss, family meal planning, diet elimination programs to identify allergens, managing gluten and Celiac issues, Insulin Resistance & Diabetes,  Cholesterol reduction, Irritable Bowel Syndrome & leaky gut, Testosterone challenges, Pari -menopause and menopausal planning, Post-surgery or post-cancer dietary planning to optimize health rejuvenation, and eating disorders and disordered eating.

Because everyone is DIFFERENT… I work with all types of dietary theories (Keto, low carb, low fat, vegetarian, Paleo, and more) depending on their specific genetic need. Like a personal trainer for your food!

We’d love to hear about how you think about risk-taking?
After 17 years as a Recruiter in Finance, it was a huge leap of faith to step out and start a business based on an emotional calling.

It took something like grief and loss to help me decide that there was a true need for what I do in the nutrition market. That need was for SPECIALIZED plans catered to an individual’s lifestyle and health needs… NOT JUST WEIGHT loss. Humans are a complicated species, and our bodies are sophisticated computers that require a holistic look at all factors that lead to health to include, including medication, health diagnosis, age, gender, mobility, sleep patterns, stress factors, and more.

You cannot become healthy or enable your body to HEAL ITSELF without looking at the ENTIRE picture.

Contact Info:

• Email: [email protected]
• Website: www.nutritionnext.net
• Instagram: @nutritioncoachcat
• Facebook: Katie Lyle Carlson