Food as Medicine:
Creating Sacred Rituals to Heal Mind, Body & Spirit
Plant-Based Medical Nutrition Therapy
Maybe you wake up each morning feeling disconnected from yourself & the way you eat — food has become your enemy or your escape, but never simply nourishment.
You've tried the diets, followed the rules, counted the numbers. But something deeper is calling to you—a quiet whisper that says healing isn't just about what's on your plate, but about coming home to yourself and to the Earth. You sense there's wisdom in your body that you've forgotten how to hear, and perhaps you're curious about the healing potential of plants—not as a rigid diet, but as a return to what's natural and whole.
You're seeking something medicine can't quite name.
Your symptoms are real—the fatigue that sleep doesn't cure, the digestive issues that seem to have a mind of their own, the inflammation that flares when stress peaks. But you know in your bones that you're more than a collection of symptoms to be managed. You're a whole person whose healing involves not just your physical body, but your relationship with how you care for yourself and what you choose to nourish yourself with.
You've felt the pull toward practices that honor the connection between what you eat, how you move, and who you're becoming. Maybe you've wondered about plant-based eating—whether it could be the missing piece in your healing puzzle, or how to make it work for your unique body and circumstances. You want someone who understands that your healing journey is also sacred, not just clinical, and who can guide you toward the therapeutic power of whole plant foods without dogma or judgment.
You're ready to come home to yourself.
Deep down, you know you deserve more than quick fixes addressing symptoms. You're yearning for someone who sees you completely—not just your food log or your lab results, but your whole story. Someone who understands that true nourishment feeds your soul as much as your cells, and who can help you discover how plants can be powerful medicine while honoring your body's innate wisdom
You're ready to stop punishing your body and start working with it. To discover that healing can be gentle, that plant-based eating can be joyful and sustainable, that change can honor your rhythm, and that the path forward doesn't have to be walked alone.
If this resonates, know that your intuition is guiding you toward exactly what you need.
You deserve care that sees all of you
Nutrition Therapy
Healing Your Relationship with Food
Diet culture has a grip on us in more ways than we realize — the messages that weave their way deep into our minds, the “shoulds,” and “shouldn’ts”, rules about which foods are “good,” and which are “bad” steer us to make decisions that aren’t actually in line with what we need - but what diet culture has told us to believe.
This is the work: un-learn diet-culture messaging — peel off the labels and build back the innate connection we have to our bodies and the Earth.
Ritual Nutrition is rooted in a foundation of mindful eating principles - building trust and connection with your body’s wisdom & innate knowledge. We help you to apply evidence-based practices to your daily meals & grocery runs so you can make decisions about how to feed yourself from a place of confidence.
Nourishing Chronic Conditions with Plants
This intuitive foundation becomes even more valuable when chronic health conditions are part of your story. When you're managing conditions like diabetes, high blood pressure, or kidney disease, the goal becomes integrating your body's wisdom with evidence-based therapeutic approaches, known as medical nutrition therapy.
As a specialist in plant-based medical nutrition therapy, I bring expert knowledge and counseling skills to help you harness the therapeutic power of whole food, plant-based eating patterns. Medical nutrition therapy involves the use of individualized nutrition interventions to treat or manage medical conditions and diseases — and plant-based approaches have shown remarkable potential in not just managing, but often reversing chronic conditions.
Together, we'll explore how thoughtfully composed plant-based eating can support your unique health needs, whether that's improving blood sugar control, reducing inflammation, supporting cardiovascular health, or managing kidney function. This isn't about rigid rules or restriction — it's about discovering how plants can be powerful medicine while honoring your relationship with food and your body's innate wisdom.
Meet your Registered Dietitian, Ellen M Alonso Street
Are you seeking a journey to well-being that goes beyond the ordinary? Join me in uncovering the profound link between your diet and your vitality. I am here to guide you through a transformative experience integrating ancient wisdom from the natural world with contemporary, evidence-based research, empowering you to view your dietary choices as a deeply personal healing ritual, fortifying every aspect of your health and vitality.