Helping You Achieve Your Metabolic Health Goals
Metabolic Health Dietitian for Insulin Resistance & Prediabetes
Lower blood sugar, curb sugar cravings, and achieve sustainable weight loss through personalized medical nutrition therapy and a food-as-medicine approach tailored to your individualized needs.
Insurance-covered virtual nutrition counseling for women in the Southeast.
Food is Fuel for the Body
Nutrition and lifestyle changes are the most effective interventions for improving metabolic health. Nutrient-dense foods and healthy lifestyle habits provide benefits that go far beyond what any pill can offer.
Using a functional and integrative nutrition approach, we provide personalized care that addresses root causes of metabolic dysfunction, improves metabolic health, and supports lasting improvements in energy, blood sugar balance, and overall health.
Is Working with a Metabolic Health Dietitian Right for You?
If you have been diagnosed or are struggling with any of the following, working with a metabolic health dietitian can help you better understand what to eat, how to support your metabolism, and how to improve your overall metabolic health:
- Insulin resistance, prediabetes, or type 2 diabetes
- Unexplained weight gain or weight loss resistance
- Blood sugar swings, cravings, or energy crashes
- Difficulty losing weight despite dieting
- Taking GLP-1 medications
Working with a metabolic health dietitian provides personalized, evidence-based guidance to help you make sustainable changes that support increased insulin sensitivity, metabolic function, and long-term health.
Signs Your Metabolic Health May Be Struggling
Many women experience metabolic dysfunction before receiving a diagnosis. Common signs your metabolic health may need support include:
- Difficulty losing weight
- Weight gain around the abdomen
- Sugar cravings
- Energy crashes after meals
- Brain fog or fatigue
- Increased hunger shortly after eating
- Elevated fasting glucose or A1C
- High triglycerides
What is Metabolic Health?
Metabolic health refers to how efficiently the body regulates key systems that influence energy, weight, and disease risk, including:
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blood sugar
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insulin function
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cholesterol
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triglycerides
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blood pressure
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inflammation
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body composition
When these systems are working properly, the body can maintain stable energy, healthy weight regulation, and balanced hormones.
When metabolic health becomes impaired, it can contribute to:
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prediabetes
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type 2 diabetes
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fatty liver disease
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stubborn weight gain
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chronic fatigue
Nutrition and lifestyle strategies can significantly improve metabolic function and reduce long-term disease risk.
How Medical Nutrition Therapy Improves Metabolic Health
Through integrative medical nutrition therapy, we focus on treating the root causes of metabolic dysfunction with:
- Blood sugar stabilization strategies
Balanced meals that reduce spikes and crashes - Protein-focused nutrition
Supports metabolism, fullness, and muscle preservation - Gut health optimization
Helps reduce inflammation and improve metabolic function - Anti-inflammatory nutrient-dense foods
Emphasis on whole foods that support long-term health - Sustainable calorie balance
Reverse extreme dieting and metabolic slowdown
Personalized Nutrition to Support Your Health Journey
Personalized nutrition plans are tailored to your unique needs using an evidence-based, functional, and integrative approach to support metabolic health.
Integrative tools used to support your metabolic health include:
- Functional nutrition strategies based on your health goals and lifestyle
- Advanced lab testing to assess metabolic health markers
- Science-backed supplements available through Fullscript, a trusted professional dispensary
- Evidence-based medical nutrition therapy to support blood sugar balance, metabolic function, and overall health
Metabolic Health Conditions Supported
Julie Pace, RDN works with women experiencing a range of metabolic, hormonal, and weight-related concerns that are often connected to underlying insulin resistance and metabolic dysfunction.
These conditions include:
- Insulin resistance
- Prediabetes and type 2 diabetes
- PCOS and hormone imbalance
- Fatty liver disease
- Weight loss resistance
- Metabolic syndrome
These conditions are often interconnected and can be improved through targeted, personalized nutrition and lifestyle strategies.
Nutrition Support for GLP-1 Medications
If you are using medications such as Ozempic, Wegovy, or Mounjaro, nutrition guidance can help you:
- Maintain adequate protein intake
- Preserve lean muscle mass
- Reduce nausea and digestive side effects
- Avoid nutrient deficiencies
- Support long-term weight maintenance
- Prevent rebound weight gain
Meet Julie Pace, RDN
Julie Pace is a registered dietitian nutritionist with over 25 years of clinical experience helping women improve metabolic health, hormone balance, and digestive wellness.
Julie’s expertise in metabolic nutrition has also been featured in national health media outlets including EatingWell, EverydayHealth, Shape, Yahoo RealSimple, and Healthline providing insights on topics such as metabolic health, hormone balance, and nutrition for optimal health.
Virtual Nutrition Counseling Covered by Insurance
Virtual nutrition counseling makes it easy to work with a metabolic health dietitian from the comfort of your home—and in many cases, sessions are covered by insurance.
Virtual appointments are available for women across the Southeast and select U.S. states.
Julie Pace, RDN is an in network provider with:
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Aetna
- United Healthcare
- Cigna
Privacy & Confidentiality
Your sessions are private and secure. We do not record consultations or use your personal data for marketing purposes.
Ready to Get Started?
Struggling with insulin resistance, prediabetes, or metabolic health concerns?
Get personalized nutrition support from a registered dietitian to improve your metabolic health and achieve better health with lasting results.