Discover the Power of Lifestyle Medicine
Learn how to implement healthy habits to transform your health and wellbeing.
For many chronic disease (diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol) often your lifestyle habits (nutrition, physical activity, sleep, and stress management) has more of an impact than your genes! You have great control over your health destiny.
Change your habits, change your life!
I am a pharmacist who advocates for using lifestyle as medicine.
There is no medication in the world that can promote whole-body wellness the way nutrition and lifestyle can.
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DOCTOR KRYSTAL:
DipACLM
Is certified in Lifestyle Medicine through the American College of Lifestyle Medicine (ACLM)
PharmD
Has earned her Doctor of Pharmacy from the University of California, San Francisco
Faculty
Teaches physicians how to use Lifestyle Medicine to treat patients in Family Medicine
Clinician
Helped start a Lifestyle Medicine Clinic. Leads group programs to reverse prediabetes & diabetes. Coaches patients individually.
LEARN ABOUT THE POWER OF FOOD AS MEDICINE
I can help if you...
- Have been wanting to "eat better" but are not quite sure what foods are healthy
- Have tried so many diets and are ready for a scientifically proven, healthy, sustainable weight loss solution
- Have intentions of living healthy but seem to get off track or are unable to stick with it
- Have had friends or family have a heart attack and it served as a "wake up call"
- Have a family history of cancer and you want to do everything you can to prevent it
- Want more energy to play with kids or grandkids or enjoy hobbies like traveling, hiking, etc.
- Have been diagnosed with prediabetes or diabetes and you want to control or reverse it
- Want to lower your cholesterol and/or blood pressure without medication
- Want to prevent, treat and reverse other chronic diseases like heart disease, obesity, pain, depression, and anxiety with nutrition and lifestyle medicine
- Want to enjoy a long, healthy life
Yes, It Really Is Possible!
Your diet can change your life!
Learn how what the science says is the most health-promoting diet.
ENROLL NOWMost deaths in the US are preventable, and they are related to what we eat.
Want to lose weight and keep it off (without starving yourself)?
Nutrition is the most important factor for weight loss. Weight loss is a multi-billion dollar industry so marketing strategies may leave you confused. What's the best diet?
Learn about the diet that has shown the most sustained weight loss with no calorie restriction and no exercise requirement.
Lose Weight
Did you know that Type 2 Diabetes can often be REVERSED?
Per the Centers for Disease and Control Prevention (CDC) "Diabetes is the cause of leading cause of kidney failure, lower-limb amputations, and adult blindness...
If you have diabetes, you’re twice as likely to have heart disease or a stroke than someone who doesn’t have diabetes—and at a younger age."
What do the studies show?
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71% of participants (140 out of 197) needed stop medications for diabetes after a 3 week lifestyle program
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In patients with an average insulin dose of 23 units, over half of participants had to stop their insulin after 16 days of a weight-maintaining Lifestyle Medicine diet. The other participants had to drastically reduce their dose
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A Lifestyle Medicine diet reduced A1c by 3x more than the American Diabetes Association (ADA) Diet. And, patients preferred it 2:1
Learn about the diet that can help REVERSE diabetes.
Reverse Diabetes
Let's talk about heart disease.
Did you know...
- Heart disease is the #1 killer in America?
- Heart disease is responsible for 1 in every 5 deaths in the US?
- In the US, someone has a heart attack every 40 seconds
- Heart disease was shown to be REVERSIBLE?
Even if your father, and your father's father, and your aunt, uncle, brother and sister had a heart attack, that does not have to be your health destiny. Rewrite your health future using lifestyle as medicine.
Learn about the ONLY diet that has been shown to REVERSE HEART DISEASE
Reverse Heart DiseaseWant to lift your mood and have more energy?
This diet:
- Significantly improved depression in just 2 weeks
- Promoted less tension, anxiety, depression, anger, hostility
- Improved fatigue
- Increased energy, focus and mental clarity
- Increased productivity and daily functioning
- Increased positive attitudes
- Increased feelings of engagement, meaning and purpose
- Increased vitality, flourishing, and motivation in 14 days
Nutrition is the most important factor for weight loss. Weight loss is a multi-billion dollar industry so marketing strategies may leave you confused. What's the best diet?
What would you do with all that extra energy?
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Nutrition affects nearly every aspect of our lives.
Nutrition affects mood, sleep, cravings, stress, energy, weight, cancer risk, immune function, autoimmune disease, acne, stroke risk, Alzheimer's disease, heart disease, diabetes, high cholesterol, and more.
Lorna
"I feel great about the changes I have made to my diet because I know it will lead to a healthier me."
Krystal’s nutrition class was exactly what I was looking for and more. My goal in taking her class was to improve on a what I thought was a good diet. I wanted to lose weight and maintain it. I was also concerned about disease as I aged.
Before I started the class, I did not realize that she was encouraging a whole food plant based diet. However, her knowledge and information convinced me that this is the best diet for me. Krystal’s class was relaxed, fun, informative, and interactive. She was very encouraging and nonjudgmental. Her philosophies on how to transition to a whole food plant based diet were instrumental in my progress.
As a result of Krystal’s class, I now eat about a 95% plant based diet. I have lost weight and have no problem keeping it off. I have more energy and I feel great about the changes I have made to my diet because I know it will lead to a healthier me. Krystal’s class made a big impact on my life.
I highly recommend taking Krystal’s class. She is very knowledgeable and a pleasure to work with.
Tab
"...I was able to bring down my blood glucose levels to a safe range during the course of the class."
I enjoyed Krystal’s nutrition program – it was well-organized and although backed by scientific detail, was easy to understand.
I learned a lot about a Whole-Food Plant-Based (WFPB) diet and Krystal provided guidance on how to get started and items to consider (e.g., the Dirty Dozen and pesticides in produce) when putting together a meal. I enrolled in hopes of controlling my Type 2 diabetes. Combined with intermittent fasting and exercise, I was able to bring down my blood glucose levels to a safe range during the course of the class.
Many in the class were focused on weight loss and they all had made good progress by the end of the course. I was focused on lean muscle mass and Krystal provided advice on getting sufficient protein during strength training. Getting that kind of personalized advice was a big benefit of being in class. I would highly recommend taking Krystal’s course.
What are the benefits of this diet?
Hi, I'm Doctor Krystal
I am a pharmacist who advocates for using food and lifestyle as medicine. There is no medication in the world that can promote whole-body wellness the way nutrition and lifestyle can.
I became a pharmacist to help people use the most effective and safest medications. Now, I prevent and reverse diseases with nutrition and lifestyle changes so medications are not needed and can even be stopped (under the close supervision of a healthcare provider).
I (like many health care providers) was taught that diseases like diabetes, high blood pressure, and heart disease were chronic, irreversible diseases that would continue to get worse year by year. Ten years into my career, when I discovered the power of lifestyle medicine, I found out that that just was not true. Many people can reverse their diabetes, high blood pressure and heart disease. The power is not in the medications. For the most part, medications are treating the symptoms, not the root cause of the disease. To treat the root cause, the power is in using diet and lifestyle as medicine.
But I did not always eat healthily...
My diet complete transformed in 2021 when I learned the incredible impact of nutrition on our bodies. I had no idea that food could impact my mood or energy levels. The foods I was eating were poisoning me and I thought I ate a generally "healthy" diet (please note, the above were my favorite foods, not what I ate every day).
In hind sight, all of my nutrition information came from "prevailing conventional wisdom" and Google.
Now I have read the studies. I have seen the evidence and I know with confidence I am fueling my body with foods that nourish me, energize me, and combat diseases.
Not long ago, my favorite foods included bacon, BBQ ribs, bacon cheese burgers, pork belly, fries, and all things with cheese. I have since eliminated those things from my diet for years now (though cheese slips in from time to time). If you had asked me to "give up" those foods for <<name your price>> I would have laughed and adamantly refused- thinking, "I could NEVER!". Everything changed when I learned the power of food as medicine. Now I choose not to eat those foods because when I say no to them, I am saying yes to a healthier, happier me, my future, and alignment with my values.
The good news is, you do not have eliminate any of your favorite foods complete to enjoy the benefits of a healthy diet.
I have helped many people learn about and transition to this health-promoting, life-saving, delicious diet. I would love to help you, too, so I designed a course to take you step by step.
This Nutrition Course Is For You If...
- You want to live a long and healthy life
- You want to eat a healthy diet, but want to know specifically what that means
- You want to lose weight without feeling hungry or deprived (and keep the weight off!)
- You want to combat diseases like diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and cancer
- You want more energy
- You want to learn quick and easy meals that are nutritious but don't take long
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Here are some ways we can work together to achieve the health and happiness you and your family deserve! Get ready to reach new heights together!
Want to get a better idea of how I can support you and what we can accomplish together?
Call or text me to schedule a free 30 minute discovery call. We can talk about ways I can support you and help you achieve the health and happiness you and your family deserve!
To schedule your FREE 30 minute Discovery Call, please call or text (925)392-1915.
Looking forward to hearing from you!