Gut Health Dietitian for Women | IBS, Bloating & Digestive Support
Personalized nutrition support for women struggling with IBS, bloating, and digestive issues so you can feel better after eating and stop guessing what works.
Virtual appointments available for women across Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Florida, including Birmingham and Tuscaloosa.
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Meet Julie Pace, RDN
Julie Pace, RDN, is a registered dietitian specializing in women’s gut, hormone, and metabolic health. She helps women improve digestive health, including IBS, bloating, and chronic gut symptoms, through a personalized, functional nutrition approach.
Her practice focuses on helping women move beyond restrictive diets and symptom-chasing to identify the root causes driving digestive issues such as Irritable Bowel Syndrome, gut inflammation, and bloating.
Rather than short-term fixes, she takes a systems-based approach that considers digestion, hormones, and metabolism together helping women feel more confident in their food choices and less stressed around eating.
Her expertise has been featured in national publications including Healthline, Everyday Health, Real Simple, EatingWell, Parade, and Health.com, where she provides expert insights on digestive health, hormone balance, and sustainable nutrition strategies.
Ready to take the next step toward better gut health?
Why Your Digestive Symptoms Feel So Unpredictable
If your digestion changes from day to day, or even meal to meal, you’re not imagining it. Symptoms like IBS, bloating, and irregular bowel habits are often driven by multiple systems in the body working together.
Your gut and brain are constantly communicating through what’s called the gut-brain connection, which can make the digestive system more sensitive in conditions like Irritable Bowel Syndrome. This means normal digestion can sometimes feel like pain, bloating, or urgency.
Hormones, especially in women, can also influence digestion throughout the month by affecting gut movement, sensitivity, and inflammation. This is one reason symptoms often fluctuate with your cycle.
Your gut bacteria, immune system, and stress levels also play a role. Changes in any of these can increase gas, bloating, food sensitivity, and bowel irregularity often in unpredictable patterns.
This is why there usually isn’t just one trigger or one “problem food.” Digestive symptoms tend to come from a combination of factors, which is why a more personalized, root-cause approach is often needed.
A Root-Cause Approach to Gut Health
Your symptoms aren’t random. They’re the result of multiple systems in the body working together, including digestion, hormones, metabolism, stress response, and the gut microbiome.
In conditions like Irritable Bowel Syndrome, these systems can become more sensitive, leading to symptoms such as bloating, constipation, diarrhea, and food intolerance that seem unpredictable or food-related.
My root-cause approach focuses on identifying the underlying drivers of your digestive symptoms rather than just managing flare-ups.
By looking at gut function, hormonal patterns, and lifestyle factors together, we can create a more personalized nutrition strategy that supports long-term digestive health and helps reduce symptom cycles over time.
I take a systems-based approach across gut, hormone, and metabolic health to create nutrition strategies that address the root drivers of symptoms rather than isolated issues.
Conditions Treated with Integrative Medical Nutrition Therapy
Digestive Conditions
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
- Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO)
- Reflux and GERD
- Ulcerative colitis
- Crohn’s disease
Common Digestive Symptoms
- Chronic bloating and gas
- Constipation or diarrhea
- Food sensitivities and intolerances
Gut Health Imbalances
- Microbiome imbalance
- Post-antibiotic or post-illness gut disruption
What You Can Expect
Working together is focused on helping you better understand your digestion and create a clear, personalized plan to support long-term gut health. Instead of generic recommendations, you’ll receive nutrition guidance tailored to your symptoms, history, and lifestyle.
Many women working with a gut health dietitian experience improvements in symptoms such as bloating, irregular bowel habits, and discomfort associated with Irritable Bowel Syndrome. The goal is not quick fixes, but sustainable changes that support digestion, hormone balance, and overall wellbeing.
You can expect a supportive, step-by-step process that helps reduce confusion around food choices, identify patterns driving your symptoms, and build confidence in how you eat day to day.
How the Process Works
Working together is a step-by-step approach designed to help you better understand your digestion and create lasting improvements in symptoms such as bloating, irregular bowel habits, and IBS-related discomfort.
Step 1: Initial assessment
We review your symptoms, health history, and current nutrition patterns.
Step 2: Identify root causes
We look at factors such as gut function, stress, hormones, and lifestyle patterns that may be influencing your digestive health.
Step 3: Personalized nutrition plan
You receive a tailored strategy focused on supporting gut health and reducing symptom triggers.
Step 4: Ongoing support and adjustments
We refine your plan as your body responds so you can continue making progress over time.
Serving Women Across Alabama and the Southeast
Julie Pace, RDN provides virtual nutrition counseling for women across Alabama, Mississippi and surrounding states. This allows you to access personalized gut health support from the comfort of your home, no matter where you live.
For clients who prefer in-person care, appointments may also be available in select locations in Birmingham, AL and Tuscaloosa depending on scheduling and availability.
Your Privacy Matters
Unlike large telehealth companies, Core Nutrition Health & Wellness does not record sessions or use personal health data for marketing purposes. Your consultations remain private, secure, and confidential.
Insurance & Payment Options
Nutrition counseling services is often covered by many major insurance plans. We are in-network with Blue Cross Blue Shield, Aetna, Cigna, United Healthcare and more.
If you are unsure about coverage, I can help guide you through the verification process before your first appointment so you understand your options clearly.
Self-pay options are also available for clients who prefer to move forward without insurance.
Ready to Improve Your Gut Health?
If you’re dealing with bloating, IBS, SIBO, reflux, or ongoing digestive symptoms, personalized nutrition support can help you identify what’s driving your symptoms and create a plan that actually works for your body.
Julie Pace, RDN, provides evidence-based, individualized nutrition strategies designed to reduce digestive symptoms, support gut health, and help you feel more confident and in control of your food choices.