WOMEN TO WATCH
2021

Meg Green, MS, RDN, LD IFNCP

Registered Dietitian and Integrative and Functional Nutrition Certified Practitioner
Meg Green RD, PLLC

I coach ambitious women on how to shatter the shell of complicity and create impeccable health. It is my mission to help uncover root causes while contributing tools and support healing at the deepest level using food as medicine. I currently work with clients one-on-one and through group coaching to balance hormones, nourish thyroid function and revive metabolism. Together, we create a clear, customized plan based on the client’s body’s unique needs to renew health and get back to living the best season of life.

PRESSING QUESTIONS

How I knew this was my passion

My family is full of dominant females who also had skills with food—either as great cooks or as growing produce to even having health food stores. I inherited skills from each one and paved my way of using food as medicine.

Biggest challenges in my career

Breaking stigmas around nutrition. Calories and weight are separate from self-worth. Try on providers like clothes— if it isn’t a good fit, move on. Investing in your health is priceless and it shouldn’t be placed on the back burner. Lastly, advocate!

My first job and what it taught me

I contacted a weight-loss camp CEO for a college project. He offered me a job on the spot to teach nutrition classes. Experiencing effects of weight bias taught me how to be part of the solution and not the problem.

What keeps me coming back to my job every day

My clients! I see and support them. I know what it’s like living with debilitating fatigue, severe brain fog and to hurt mentally and physically only to be told by a doctor, “It’s in your head. Just eat less and exercise more.”

Best career moment so far

After experiencing how functional nutrition completely changed my Hashimoto’s disease symptoms, I decided to learn more. I found the Integrative and Functional Nutrition Academy and in four months, I completed the 12-month program to become the only IFNCP in Arkansas.

A skill I never expected to need in this field

Helping people understand a banana is not “bad” food. Where did the bad rap come from?! Also, describing poop. I talk about poop all the time.

One practice I use to maintain my mental health

Meditation and mindfulness. Deep breathing with different hertz waves helps along with working with an amazing therapist.

Best advice I ever received

I felt pulled in different directions because I tend to say “Yes.” I had a professional tell me to “Stop taking 10 steps in 10 different directions. Focus on your goal and take 10 steps in that one direction.”

The one thing I wish people knew about my field

Taking an integrative approach to nutrition is knowing that when eating an apple, the fiber feeds gut bacteria and creates a chemical release which prevents inflammation and reduces cellular damage, as opposed to just being a single fruit serving for the day.

The first thing I do to course-correct when I hit a wall

Sleep and rest

IT'S ALL IN THE DETAILS

Hometown

Wynne

I can't start my day until

I have a large cup of water on my nightstand and I drink it first thing

Hobbies

Cooking, gardening, reading, paddle boarding and resting

Binge watch

“The Sopranos,” I rewatch it every year

Last good read

“The Four Winds” by Kristin Hannah

Favorite meal in town

The Root Cafe’s deviled egg salad on a gluten-free bun

Best recent local discovery

Bella’s Kitchen. It’s a game-changer and lifesaver!

Latest splurge

Secret birthday trip for my daughter

Most-used app

Healthie and Clubhouse (my new obsession)

Dream vacation

Maya Bay in Thailand

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