Natalie is passionate about the science of nutrition and how to optimize one’s health assessing diet, nutritional supplements, and functional medicine testing (laboratory analysis for gut, brain, and/or genetic imbalances).
Natalie is an experienced registered dietitian nutritionist who practices personalized nutrition medicine. She offers nutrition counseling in the areas of oncology, digestive health, and integrative/functional medicine. Natalie is available for office, online, and phone consultations.
She views nutrition from an integrative and functional perspective seeking to determine the underlying cause(s) of various health-related issues.
Natalie’s recommendations are based on your biochemistry – your blood, urine, and/or stool. For cancer patients, her goal is to use nutrition to augment cancer therapies, mitigate side effects of cancer treatments, improve immune function, and enhance one’s quality of life.
With over 20 years of experience as a registered dietitian nutritionist, Natalie is a well-seasoned practitioner. A board-certified specialist in oncology nutrition, Natalie is the founder of Natalie Ledesma Integrative & Functional Nutrition Consulting, the clinical nutrition specialist at Smith Integrative Oncology in San Francisco, and the founding dietitian for the nutrition program at the University of California, San Francisco Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Natalie serves as a consultant and speaker for Digestive Care, Inc. As a member of the Lilly Lecture Bureau Faculty, Natalie regularly presents to health care practitioners on Nutritional Counseling in Oncology Care. She is a certified LEAP therapist who helps manage adverse food reactions with an emphasis on food sensitivities. Natalie provides nutrition counseling and frequently presents nationally on various cancer and integrative health focused nutrition topics. She has taught college courses and cooking classes, and has been extensively involved in community outreach involvement.
Natalie is highly regarded in her industry and is often sought out for her expert opinion. She has been interviewed by The New York Times, NBC, Fortune magazine, Cure magazine, MAMM magazine, Runner’s World, and the San Francisco Chronicle. Recent publications include Oncology Nutrition for Clinical Practice (co-editor and author), Health & Wellness: Living with Prostate Cancer for the Prostate Cancer Foundation, and nutrition chapters in Clinical Nutrition for Oncology Patients, Everyone’s Guide to Cancer Therapy, Everyone’s Guide to Cancer Survivorship, Nutritional Issues in Cancer Care, and Supportive Cancer Care: The Complete Guide for Patients and their Families.
Natalie attended the University of California, San Diego, graduating on the provost honors list with a B.A. degree in Psychology. She then pursued a M.S. degree in Nutritional Sciences from San Diego State University and was awarded Outstanding Graduate Student in the Exercise and Nutritional Sciences Department.
When appropriate, Natalie utilizes various types of testing that are best suited for each person. These include tests that assess:
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general health (i.e., micronutrient testing, organic acid testing, genetic testing, metabolic testing to determine your daily caloric needs)
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digestive health (i.e., comprehensive stool analyses, breath testing, food sensitivity testing), and
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hypothalamus pituitary axis (HPA) dysfunction (i.e., sex hormone, adrenal hormone analyses)
for your insight, support, and tenacity
these last 9 months.
I’ve had more success with you than any other practitioner of late.
I appreciate you sticking with me.
Looking forward to future discoveries and fixes…my hero!
— Eden
Natalie was great to work with.
She is extremely knowledgable about nutrition and cancer.
She has offered invaluable solutions
for my complex condition (cancer + chronic fatigue).
Her insight, ideas and action plan
got me going in the right direction.
Her constant research on cancer and nutrition
keeps her /us informed.
Her talks at UCSF are great too!!
— Suzy
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