Katherine Kiviat MS, CNS, LDN
Licensed Dietician Nutritionist
Meet Katherine, a Clinical Nutritionist taking a Functional Medicine & Integrative approach to supporting clients with interventions that focus on finding the root cause of digestive, endocrine, and mental health conditions, including anxiety, hormone imbalance, IBS, and autoimmunity. She helps clients achieve optimal digestive function, increased energy, decreased anxiety and depression, and hormonal balance through addressing food sensitivities, replenishing nutrient insufficiencies, using supplements and functional testing when needed.
In alignment with her belief that autoimmunity and other chronic illnesses are strongly influenced by the state of our nervous system, Katherine focuses on helping clients balance their mind, body and spirit. She works together with clients to fit individual needs at their own pace.
After more than a decade working in photojournalism both as a photo editor and photographer, Katherine was inspired to pursue a new career. Triggered by her son’s as well as her own health challenges,
she now help others live healthy and happy lives.
Born in NYC and having lived abroad for 15+ years, she has experience in vastly different environments from the U.S., France, and Italy to Jerusalem, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India and Thailand. This opportunity exposed her to the best of both Eastern and Western healing modalities. she has lived with and worked with people from all walks of life and is well versed in many different cultural beliefs and dietary observations.
With a previous background in the photojournalism industry, Katherine has experience working with clients from all four corners of the globe, fast paced work environments, and stressful jobs. She is also an experienced mom to a son who suffered from asthma for years as well as someone who has herself struggled with and now manages her own autoimmune conditions.
Education
Masters of Science in Nutrition and Integrative Health, MUIH
Certified Health Coach, Institute of Integrative Nutrition
Hatha Yoga 200 Hours, Laughing Lotus Yoga
Bachelor of Arts in Visual Arts, Oberlin College
Associations / Continuing Education
Licensed Dietary Nutritionist in Florida, Illinois and Maryland
Certified Nutrition Specialist (CNS) by the Board for Certification of Nutrition Specialists (BCNS)
Professional Member of the American Nutrition Association (ANA)
2021 The Art of Digestive Wellness with Liz Lipski
2022 Yoga and Recovery Symposium : Healing from Recovery and Eating Disorders
2022 ANA Personalized Nutrition Summit : Nutrition for Mental Health
2023 ANA Personalized Nutrition Summit : Healthy Aging & Longevity
2024 IFM ‘s Annual Functional Medicine Conference AIC: Repair . Restore . Regenerate
2024 Neuroinflammation & Parkinson’s Disease with Camille Freeman
2024 ADHD: A Training for Practitioners with Camille Freeman
MY STORY
Like many practitioners in the field of integrative and functional medicine, I have a personal history with chronic illness.
I GET IT, I'VE BEEN THERE; EXHAUSTED, STRESSED OUT, UNCOMFORTABLE IN MY OWN BODY, BLOATED, NOT BEING ABLE TO FOCUS THROUGH THE BRAIN FOG. . . HOW CAN YOU LIVE A FULL LIFE IF YOU DON'T FEEL LIKE YOUR BEST SELF?
I had worked as a photographer for magazines all over the world including Vanity Fair, Newsweek, Time and The New York Times Magazine. I had travelled and lived in challenging but incredibly inspiring places like Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Jerusalem, France and Italy.
Minutes after our son was born, he suffered from a pneumothorax and had to be transported from the small hospital where I had him to a larger one an hour away. Although he seemed to fully recover, at 10 months old he developed bronchiolitis, and would then would go on to have asthma attacks about every 2 weeks when he would catch a cold or a virus at the playground. This lead to hospitalizations, too many rounds of Prednisone and a lot of stress for us. It wasn’t until he was three years old, when we moved to Thailand, that things began to change. We were advised to change his diet and run some functional tests to see where his nutritional needs were lacking and where there might be any imbalances in his body that needed help. It was literally within two weeks that he was off his daily steroid inhaler and never suffered from another asthma attack again (he is now 13).
It was around that time, when I decided to go back to school to get a masters of science in clinical nutrition. I was so amazed by the effects we had witnessed in our own son, I wanted to help others. I was in the perfect location to study the balance of Eastern and Western nutrition along with complimentary medicines. It was only while I was in graduate school that I realized all that stress from constantly moving from place to place, having a child who was constantly ill while trying to work as a magazine photographer had taken its toll on me. I had developed an autoimmune condition called Hashimoto’s – perhaps you have heard of this or have it yourself. It is the number one cause of hypothyroid in the modern world. I felt EXHAUSTED all the time, had little motivation, my moods were all over the place and my GUT was seriously trying to tell me something. After years of grad school and using myself as a guinea pig, I was able to emerge from it healthier and happier than I’d been in years. It was through this entire journey that I realized how unique each person is and how we can’t all do the same thing, by following the same protocol to get back to our true selves. Everyone is unique and deserves the personal attention of looking at them as an individual.
I now I channel my passion for food, nutritional knowledge, yoga and meditation into helping other women reach their optimal health in safe, effective, practical ways.
SOME OF MY CLIENTS’ TOP HEALTH CONCERNS
Autoimmunity
Anxiety
ADHD
Chronic Fatigue
Depression
GI Issues - IBS, SIBO, Bloating, Constipation, Diarrhea, etc.
Food Allergies / Sensitivities
Joint & Muscle Pain
Hashimoto’s / Hypothyroid
Hormone Imbalance
Inflammation
Migraines
Perimenopause/ Menopause