Nutrition Is Medicine at Ridgeline Medical
At Ridgeline Medical, nutrition isn't an afterthought — it's a cornerstone of every visit. Our providers guide patients through personalized nutritional strategies, and we offer a dedicated online nutrition program to go deeper.
A New Approach to Lasting Health
At Ridgeline Medical, nutrition is a staple of care — not an optional add-on. From the moment you walk through our doors, our providers are ready to talk food, function, and how what you eat affects everything from your energy to your hormones to your long-term disease risk.
Built Into Every Provider Visit
Nutrition isn't reserved for a specialist referral at Ridgeline Medical — it's woven into every appointment. Our providers discuss dietary habits, nutritional gaps, and food-as-medicine strategies with patients at each visit, no matter the reason you came in.
Root-Cause, Whole-Body Thinking
Rather than simply treating symptoms, our team looks at how nutrition contributes to conditions like hormone imbalance, fatigue, blood sugar dysregulation, and chronic inflammation. Food is information for the body, and our providers treat it that way.
Education You Can Act On
We believe informed patients get better results. Whether it's a quick tip during your visit or enrollment in our dedicated online nutrition program, Ridgeline Medical gives you the knowledge and tools to make lasting change.
Nutrition Is Part of Every Visit
You don't have to seek out a separate dietitian or wait for a referral. At Ridgeline Medical, our providers go over nutrition in detail at each visit — connecting what you eat to how you feel and helping you make practical, sustainable changes that support your overall health goals.
Whether you're managing weight, balancing hormones, improving metabolic health, or simply looking to feel better day-to-day, nutritional guidance is part of the conversation every single time you come in.
At your visits, your provider will:
- Discuss your current eating habits and identify nutritional gaps
- Connect specific foods and dietary patterns to your symptoms or lab results
- Recommend evidence-informed dietary changes tailored to your health goals
- Explain how blood sugar, inflammation, and hormonal balance are all tied to what you eat
- Coordinate nutritional guidance with any ongoing treatments or medications
- Point you toward deeper resources, including our online nutrition program, when appropriate
Go Deeper With Our Online Nutrition Program
Beyond your provider visits, our structured nutrition course gives you the tools, education, and ongoing coaching support to make lasting change. Led by a certified Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioner.
Kristine May
BSHS, FNTP — Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioner
Kristine May brings over a decade of clinical nutritional healing experience to Ridgeline Medical's wellness programs. As a board-credentialed Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, Kristine specializes in identifying and addressing the nutritional deficiencies and physiological imbalances that underlie chronic illness, hormonal disruption, digestive dysfunction, and fatigue.
Her approach is rooted in the understanding that food is information for the body, and that healing is possible at any age when the right foundations are in place. Kristine's curriculum blends biochemistry, lifestyle medicine, and mindset coaching into a practical, accessible journey that meets patients where they are.
- BSHS — Bachelor of Science in Health Sciences
- FNTP — Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioner
- 10+ Years of Clinical Nutritional Healing Experience
Education That Heals
For patients who want to go deeper, the Ridgeline online nutrition program — run by Kristine May — is available for just $200. It's clinical-grade nutritional education made simple, affordable, and transformative, giving you the knowledge and tools to take real ownership of your health.
6-Month Structured Journey
The course spans six months, enough time for real physiological change to take hold. Each month introduces new concepts, builds on previous lessons, and gives you the space to practice without overwhelm.
Tailored Email Campaigns
Content is delivered through thoughtfully crafted, personalized email campaigns. Lessons arrive on a schedule that matches the course curriculum, making it easy to learn from wherever you are, no commuting, no scheduling conflicts.
Simple & Cost-Effective
Quality nutritional education shouldn't require a second mortgage. This program is priced to be genuinely accessible, a cost-effective investment in your long-term health that delivers measurable value from day one.
At-Home, On Your Schedule
Everything is designed for real life. You engage with the material at your own pace, in your own home, without disrupting work or family commitments. Health education that adapts to you, not the other way around.
Course Outline
Each of the 12 modules covers a critical pillar of nutritional healing, delivered over six months so your body has time to integrate each lesson before moving forward.
Your Questions, Answered
Everything you need to know about the program, how it works, and how to get started.
Still have questions? Our team is happy to help you decide if this course is the right fit for your health goals.
Expand Your Understanding of Nutrition
Recommended Read
The Hunger Code
by Dr. Jason Fung
Dr. Jason Fung is one of the world's leading experts on metabolic health, insulin resistance, and therapeutic fasting. In The Hunger Code, he breaks down the true drivers of hunger and weight gain — explaining why conventional calorie-counting fails and what the science actually says about how the body stores and burns fat.
This book aligns closely with the nutritional philosophy at Ridgeline Medical: treating the root cause, understanding hormonal drivers, and empowering patients with knowledge that leads to lasting change. Our team highly recommends it as a companion to both your provider visits and our online nutrition program.