Functional Nutrition
Preventative care for energy, hormones, and resilience.
Personalized care that meets you where you are because prevention is power.
Functional nutrition goes beyond simply counting calories or seeking quick fixes. It helps you understand how your body’s systems—such as hormones, metabolism, gut health, and the nervous system—work together. Additionally, it examines how stress, nutrition, and recovery affect these systems over time.
This approach is designed to be preventative. Instead of waiting for symptoms to worsen, we focus on identifying early signs of imbalance, such as fatigue, brain fog, or subpar recovery. From there, we create a plan to restore your energy and prevent diseases before they develop.
What Functional Nutrition means:
Who do I work with:
I support women, athletes, and high-performing professionals who want to understand their physiology and take charge of their health. Whether you’re navigating hormone shifts, performance training, or rebuilding after stress or burnout, my approach helps you move from reactive care to preventative care, building vitality from the inside out.
Why preventative care matters:
You don’t need to wait until you feel exhausted, inflamed, or unwell to take action. Functional nutrition gives you the knowledge and structure to keep your body strong, your hormones balanced, and your energy steady so you can live and perform with confidence, not caution.
Areas of Specialization
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Hormonal Health & Menopause Optimization
Pre-, peri-, and post-menopause nutrition designed to support hormones, metabolism, and mood.
Learn how to fuel your body through hormonal transitions, support thyroid and adrenal health, and reduce inflammation for long-term vitality. -
Performance Nutrition for Active Bodies
Nutrition and recovery strategies designed for athletes and active professionals who want to train smarter and prevent burnout.
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Stress, Fatigue & Recovery (The Biology of Trauma)
When stress becomes chronic, it changes your body’s chemistry.
This area focuses on regulating your nervous system and metabolism through nutrition, breath, and lifestyle tools that reduce inflammation, calm the body, and restore resilience.
How It Works
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Initial Functional Assessment
A 90-minute session to review your health history, symptoms, and labs. Together we map your energy patterns and identify key areas for support.
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Personalized Plan & Strategy
You’ll receive a clear, tailored roadmap that integrates nutrition, supplementation, stress recovery, and movement strategies designed around your unique physiology.
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Continued Care & Support
Follow-ups, lab reviews, and accountability check-ins ensure your plan evolves with you as your body adapts and heals.
Consultations
I offer both in-person and virtual sessions to support your goals wherever you are.
Each plan is customized to your physiology, health history, and lifestyle, combining nutrition, movement, and recovery strategies designed for real, sustainable results.
Initial Functional Assessment
Duration: 90 minutes
Comprehensive intake, symptom + lifestyle mapping, and lab review (if available). You’ll leave with a clear plan for nutrition, recovery, and next steps.
Health History Assessment: A thorough review of your medical background and symptoms.
Lab Testing Analysis: Evaluation of relevant lab results to guide our approach.
Nutrition Consults: Examination of diet history, food preferences, eating habits, allergies, and sensitivities.
Consultation Fee $350
GET STARTED TODAY!
Interested in becoming a new patient? I’d love to hear from you! Please fill out the New Patient Interest Form or email me at info@melikirkwood.com or book a strategy call.
Follow-Up Consultations
Duration: 30-45 minutes
The follow-up consultations build on the foundation established in your initial visit. Sessions include:
Comprehensive nutrition guidance
Whole food recommendations and personalized meal planning
Custom herbal formulations from our dispensary
Tailored supplement recommendations
Laboratory testing reviews
Lifestyle recommendations
Health coaching
45 minutes $150 (progress review, plan refinement, lab updates)
30 minutes $120 (quick tune-ups, questions, supplement adjustments)
Preventative Care Cadence (recommended)
For the first year, I recommend quarterly check-ins (every 3 months) to stay proactive with energy, hormones, and metabolism. After year one, many clients shift to biannual maintenance unless training or life stressors increase.
All sessions are available both virtually and in person.
In-person sessions are held in Savannah, GA, at local wellness and collaborative spaces.
Virtual sessions are hosted via a secure telehealth platform and available globally.
Flexible pricing tiers and limited sliding-scale memberships are available to ensure access and equity.
“I am grateful to have connected with Meli and count her as a lifelong person and resource in my life! From the beginning, she took time to understand my journey and has given me the knowledge and tools needed to reach my goals, step by step. I count Meli and her expertise as a priceless gift in my life.” — C.W.
Real Transformations: