what we do

I Work With You to Create a Custom Nutrition Plan & Healthy Habits

Nutrition is my passion…. and knowing how nutrition works in our bodies is my Super Power! I love working closely with my clients, learning their stories and helping solve their questions and concerns. The Nutritional Road is  different for each and every one and this challenges my nerdy brain! There’s nothing more that I’d rather do than to help people navigate through their journey! 

A Word From Our  Founder

Meet Cathy Schmelter, Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN)

I started An Ounce of Nutrition because I wanted to educate others about the value of consuming more real, fresh sustainable foods. I’ve always been a label reader and was mystified by the number of artificial additives and preservatives in food that provide no nutritional benefit.  I was into what was in foods and how are they made (e.g. food processing) before it became cool and trendy to do so. 

I, like other nutrition professionals, talk about nutrition and its impact on their health, but I was also curious – very curious about how these foods impact the environment, workers and the animals of the world. Later I learned things like how avocado farming is causing us to lose forests in Mexico and how palm oil is destroying rainforests. All of which I have shared with clients many times over the years.

But the thing that interests me most around sustainability is how the food choices we make are impacting the animals of the world.  It truly breaks my heart to hear about animals suffering to provide food for us, simply because they can’t talk and don’t have a voice.