Genetics & Root Cause

The Decode Method

The Decode Method is a genetics-first approach to understanding why your body has stopped responding. We test, we connect the systems no one else connects, and we build your plan from your own data.

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Your body, decoded.

Personalized, restriction-free nutrition backed by your genetics - finally, a plan built for your body.

Have you tried everything?

If you’re not eating the food that’s right for you, it will keep you trapped in a vicious cycle of yo-yo dieting, stress, fatigue, hormone dysfunction, and weight gain.

This is for you, if you’re:

Exhausted, stuck, not yourself

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Dealing with bloating, fatigue, or hormones

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Ready for real DNA-based answers

Told your bloodwork is “normal” but you don’t feel normal

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Wanting to lose weight without giving up everything you love

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Done with diets that don’t work

What is Genetic Nutrition?

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Genetic nutrition reveals how your body uniquely metabolizes food, responds to carbs and fats, processes nutrients, and handles inflammation and hormones. Your DNA is the instruction manual you were never handed. With it, we build a personalized plan.

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Four Systems. One Connected Picture.

  1. Genetics - the lens. How your body processes food, nutrients, caffeine, and stress. This is where we start, because it explains everything downstream.

  2. Gut health - the overlooked root. The system most practitioners skip. Gut function influences hormone metabolism, inflammation, and nutrient absorption. If your gut is struggling, addressing hormones alone will only take you so far.

  3. Hormones - the shifting landscape. Through perimenopause and beyond, the rules change - and so does how your body responds to everything you were doing before.

  4. Metabolic health - the outcome. Energy, blood sugar, and how your body holds or releases weight are downstream of the first three. Rebalance those, and this follows.


What You’ll Uncover:

Hidden system imbalances and food sensitivities stalling your progress

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Micronutrient gaps that may be blocking fat loss and energy

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Your ideal macro balance for sustainable weight loss

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DNA-based insights into hormones, methylation, and metabolism

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The type of exercise your body responds to best

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Your unique sensitivity to carbs, fats, caffeine, and alcohol

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How your body manages stress, sleep, and inflammation

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Genetic hunger and fullness cues (so you understand cravings)

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Your risk for blood sugar imbalance or insulin resistance

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What’s Included?

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Genetic test kit + detailed report with professional results analysis

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Comprehensive intake assessment to identify system imbalances

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A personalized nutritional and lifestyle protocol built from your results

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Tailored supplement protocol to support nutrient gaps and metabolic health

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Optional: GI Map (stool test) and Dutch Hormone Panel

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The Process

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Phase 1

Discover

Identify the system imbalances holding you back. Implement tailored fundamentals, sustainable habits, and foundational gut support - so you feel the difference before your genetic results arrive.

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Phase 2

Decode

Review your genetic test results and implement your personalized protocol, layering in functional testing where your symptoms call for it - connecting your gut, hormones, and metabolism.

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Phase 3

Maintain

Refine your plan based on how your body responds, then build your long-term maintenance strategy - so this becomes how you live, not another program you finish.

Now is the time.

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If you've been stuck in a cycle of diets, exhaustion, and second-guessing your body, this is your chance to try something different. Something rooted in science, built from your data, and designed to work with your body.

What Clients Are Saying

“I feel so much better all around. My digestion and energy is better, and I’m down 10lbs with 2.3'’ off my waist and 3'’ of my hips! Thank you so much for everything!”

— Kate

“I can’t tell you how many programs I’ve tried, and yours is the only one that actually helped me. I lost 12.2 lbs in 6 weeks and feel so much better for the first time in a long time. I am eternally grateful for you, and can’t wait to work with you again when you are back from mat leave.”

— Jess

“I feel like Alex is a partner with me and my health. She got my internal systems working, my inflammation down and I finally started losing weight. Her main goal is to work with you, within your lifestyle. As far as I’m concerned she is a miracle worker and I would highly recommend her!”

— Susan

Let’s decode it.

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