Sandi Cohen, NC
What Students Are Saying
About Full Body
Full Body Systems, our 10-month practitioner training program, is for coaches and clinicians, practitioners and aspiring practitioners, who want to get breakthrough results with every client by harnessing the powers of Functional Nutrition.
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“Coming from a conventional nursing background, I found that although I intuitively knew that treating symptoms wasn’t really addressing people’s health, I didn’t know why or how until studying with Andrea. Full Body Systems has taught me the anatomy and physiology that explains “what’s going on in there” in a way that I didn’t learn from my nursing education.”
Jennifer Nathanson, NP
“Full Body Systems has already made a HUGE impact on the way I practice. Now, my client recommendations are extremely effective and my confidence has skyrocketed. I’ve had so many “aha!” moments this year, and I just can’t believe I know what I know now! Having no clinical background, it’s pretty challenging to learn this stuff. But, Andrea’s delivery of the content makes it easier to digest and I love going back to the content again and again.”
Crissy Luna, CIHC, INHC
“This has been a remarkable year for me in some very unexpected ways and I’m happy to say front and center has been Full Body Systems (FBS), Andrea Nakayama and her Functional Nutrition Alliance team.
Andrea is probably one of the brightest and most generous teachers available to us in the world of functional nutrition. In fact, I would say, she is a defining player in what it means to work with clients and patients within a functional approach to nutrition. I have been through several other courses with either a focus on lab work or an eye to functional methodologies previously. FBS was by far the richest in content, learning, support, accountability, and freshness.
Andrea’s teaching style is very alive and hands-on; she both inspires you and teaches the skills to be this kind of a dynamic practitioner. I’ve been in practice seeing clients with chronic pain for seven years and felt my approach was very successful and holistic. Now that I’ve been through FBS I have so much more to offer my clients and a whole new way of really engaging them in their wellness journey. I’m excited and they’re excited.
If you are thinking about FBS, just do it. You won’t regret a moment.”
Crissy Luna, CIHC, INHC
Who’s behind
Functional Nutrition Alliance?
Nominated as Top Educator for 2017 by the Evolution of Medicine
Meet Andrea Nakayama..
Hello, I’m Andrea Nakayama. I’m a Functional Medicine Nutritionist, educator and speaker pioneering the movement to transform healthcare into a system that WORKS. I know that a Functional Nutrition approach is the answer to our healthcare crisis, both for individuals and for society at large.
I created Functional Nutrition Alliance to teach practitioners of every scope the Functional tools, systems and mindset shifts that have been instrumental in my own success as a clinician.
Like many of you, my road to understanding the power of nutrition began with a personal tragedy. My young husband, Isamu, was diagnosed with a fatal brain tumor when I was just 7 weeks pregnant with our only child.
Isamu was given only 6 months to live. Unwilling to simply watch him die, I began diligently researching nutrition, diet and lifestyle modifications. In the face of such a grave diagnosis, these were the only places my ailing husband and I had complete control over. We began using food as medicine, and Isamu lived nearly two and a half years after his diagnosis, long enough to share the beginnings of our son’s life.
Some time after my husband’s death, I experienced what Matthew Sanford, a paraplegic yogi, describes as “Post Traumatic Growth.” I knew I had a choice — to let this tragedy define my life in a purely negative way, or to find the opportunities hidden within. I became determined to understand the mechanisms that lead to chronic disease, to understand how and why the body reacts as it does and to discern the aptitude that we have to unlock our healing potential using the keys that nutrition can provide.
What I have learned is that when we as clinicians truly take a Functional approach — asking questions instead of prescribing formulas, fostering partnerships instead of placing ourselves or the physicians above our patients, and looking to physiology to lead us to each client’s unique root causes instead of rushing for the generic quick fixes — people can find levels of vitality they never thought possible. These results foster my passion, and my drive to always learn more about the healing potential of the human body.
Functional Nutrition Alliance (FxNA), my school for practitioners, was born out of the success I had in my private practice, and my desire to serve more people than I could help alone. To truly revolutionize the way we do healthcare, we need an army of practitioners who know how to practice both the science and the art of Functional Nutrition.
Although my work and mission very much define my life, I do have a few other loves. When I’m not focused on revolutionizing healthcare, you can find me reading novels on the beach, cozying up to my two Siamese kitties, listening to podcasts, and spending time with my amazing teenage son Gilbert.