REFRESH! nutrition

Specialties

With experience in both adult and pediatric nutrition therapy, I am uniquely qualified to work with children, teens and adults regarding nutrition questions and concerns. My role as a dietitian, with advanced training in intuitive eating nutrition counseling, is to help you uncover and trust your innate ability to nourish yourself.

I can help you with:

* Eating Disorders

* Body trust and food obsession

* Move away from chronic yo-​yo dieting, deprivation and restriction

* Find the joy and satisfaction in choosing foods that nourish you without rules

* Explore diet claims/​trends and food beliefs

* Manage chronic illness, inflammation and food allergies with nutrition therapy

* Vegetarian/​Vegan nutrition consultation

Meet the Business Owner

Elke S.

Business Owner

I became interested in nutrition because I’ve always enjoyed cooking… and eating! So, I pursued a degree in nutrition and dietetics and completed my training at OHSU. I later went on to work as a clinical dietitian at OHSU’s Doernbecher Children’s Hospital.

At Doernbecher, I worked with patients in the hospital as well as kids, teens and their parents in the outpatient setting. I learned two things about myself; I am fascinated by nutrition’s role in both physical and emotional health and I LOVE working with people of all ages as a partner in learning to trust their bodies and eliminate the «good food» and «bad food» myth.

Over time, I came to appreciate the relationship between eating, emotion and overall wellness. I realized my passion is for individualized nutrition counseling and medical nutrition therapy, and so I decided to open my own practice.

As a dietitian, my hope with all of my clients is to help them walk away from food rules & deprivation.