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Eat for your health, the planet, and your values.

Meet Diana

Diana Rodgers, RD, is a “real food” nutritionist and sustainability advocate near Boston, Massachusetts.

She’s an author of three books, runs a clinical nutrition practice, hosts the Sustainable Dish Podcast, and has served as an advisory board of numerous nutrition and agriculture organizations including Whole30, Animal Welfare Approved and Savory Institute.

Diana is a leader in sustainable food systems and speaks internationally about the intersection of optimal human nutrition, regenerative agriculture, and food politics. Diana is co-author of, Sacred Cow: The Case for (Better) Meat and the director, producer of the companion film, Sacred Cow. Her new initiative, the Global Food Justice Alliance, advocates for a nutritious, sustainable and equitable worldwide food system.

 

How I Got Started...

As a child, I was sick and underweight. My doctor thought my stomach pain was from a lactose intolerance and I was told to drink soy formula instead of cow’s milk. I was always hungry, suffered intense nose bleeds, and had low energy and muscle tone.

In high school, my first summer job was on a farm on Long Island, working both in the fields and at the roadside stand. This began my passion of food and farming.

My digestive issues were really starting to become a major issue in my mid-20’s. I mentioned to my new doctor that I had lactose intolerance and she asked me more questions about my digestion. I told her I thought it was nerves or maybe IBS, but luckily, she knew enough to run a blood test for Celiac Disease. I couldn’t believe it came back positive. I also had an endoscopy, which confirmed it. How could someone be allergic to WHEAT? I mean, I ate it three times a day. Toast for breakfast, a sandwich for lunch and pasta for dinner. I decided to take one weekend to eat all the wheat I wanted, and have never intentionally consumed gluten since.

How I Got Started...

As a child, I was sick and underweight. My doctor thought my stomach pain was from a lactose intolerance and I was told to drink soy formula instead of cow’s milk. I was always hungry, suffered intense nose bleeds, and had low energy and muscle tone.

In high school, my first summer job was on a farm on Long Island, working both in the fields and at the roadside stand. This began my passion of food and farming.

My digestive issues were really starting to become a major issue in my mid-20’s. I mentioned to my new doctor that I had lactose intolerance and she asked me more questions about my digestion. I told her I thought it was nerves or maybe IBS, but luckily, she knew enough to run a blood test for Celiac Disease. I couldn’t believe it came back positive. I also had an endoscopy, which confirmed it. How could someone be allergic to WHEAT? I mean, I ate it three times a day. Toast for breakfast, a sandwich for lunch and pasta for dinner. I decided to take one weekend to eat all the wheat I wanted, and have never intentionally consumed gluten since.

Gluten-Free Solved Part of the Problem...

Two weeks living gluten-free changed my life. The problem is, I ate gluten-free toast or gluten-free cereal for breakfast, a gluten-free sandwich for lunch, and gluten free pasta for dinner. I’d wash down dinner with a gluten-free beer. My car was filled with gluten-free snack bars. I was starving all of the time. If I didn’t eat every couple of hours, I was miserable. I had intense headaches, got shaky and saw red if I skipped a meal. I was addicted to food! I was diagnosed with gestational diabetes with our first child and was certain I was destined for type 2 diabetes very soon.

For my second pregnancy, I followed a Weston A Price diet, taking cod liver oil and eating lots of pasture-based animal products. I still ate grains but soaked them first and really focused on increasing my animal protein and fat intake. I tested negative for gestational diabetes with that pregnancy. My desire to make sure my children received optimum nutrition motivated me to attend the Weston A. Price conference in the fall of 2008. I stocked products like lard and real sauerkraut. I read every book I could find on nutrition and became overwhelmed and confused with all of the information.

Gluten-Free Solved Part of the Problem...

Two weeks living gluten-free changed my life. The problem is, I ate gluten-free toast or gluten-free cereal for breakfast, a gluten-free sandwich for lunch, and gluten free pasta for dinner. I’d wash down dinner with a gluten-free beer. My car was filled with gluten-free snack bars. I was starving all of the time. If I didn’t eat every couple of hours, I was miserable. I had intense headaches, got shaky and saw red if I skipped a meal. I was addicted to food! I was diagnosed with gestational diabetes with our first child and was certain I was destined for type 2 diabetes very soon.

For my second pregnancy, I followed a Weston A Price diet, taking cod liver oil and eating lots of pasture-based animal products. I still ate grains but soaked them first and really focused on increasing my animal protein and fat intake. I tested negative for gestational diabetes with that pregnancy. My desire to make sure my children received optimum nutrition motivated me to attend the Weston A. Price conference in the fall of 2008. I stocked products like lard and real sauerkraut. I read every book I could find on nutrition and became overwhelmed and confused with all of the information.

I Found My Calling...

In late 2009, I enrolled with the Nutritional Therapy Association and now hold a certification in Nutritional Therapy. Towards the end of my course, I read “The Paleo Solution” by Robb Wolf. It completely changed my life. I learned how to balance my blood sugar and further reduce irritating foods. My food cravings and shaky feeling and headaches between meals disappeared. My athletic performance dramatically improved. I no longer felt like a slave to my next snack or meal. My food addictions were gone!

I spent over 18 years living on a working organic farm in New England farm that operates a vegetable and meat CSA program, a strong education program with the local schools, sells produce to restaurants and local schools, donates excess produce to a community to meal program, and sponsors low income shares to those who can’t afford the CSA.

I now live outside of Boston and am focusing on transforming the world’s food system through the Global Food Justice Alliance, which advocates for access to sustainable and nutrient dense animal-sourced foods to fight malnutrition and provide food security. 

I also continue to help others both one-on-one and through courses, and am helping companies learn to incorporate more sustainable and regenerative agricultural techniques. To learn more about working with me or hiring me as a consultant or speaker, please learn more here and check out my events page.

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Professional Endorsements

Diana Rodgers brings a wealth of experience with food—from growing it on her own farm, to preparing it in delicious and nutritious ways, to designing dietary plans to prevent and reverse disease. I can’t recommend her enough.

Chris Kresser
Author of New York Times best seller The Paleo Cure / Co-director and President of California Center for Functional Medicine

Diana is an exceptional resource for anyone looking for a realistic and balanced plan to take back their health through food and lifestyle changes. She knows her science and has the unique ability to translate it to help people in an approachable, friendly way. If you’ve been failed by standard nutrition advice, I highly recommend a consult with Diana to get you on the right path.

Mark Sisson
Author of The Primal Blueprint / Founder and CEO of Primal Nutrition, Inc.

As an expert in metabolic medicine, I’ve seen first hand the diseases that our highly processed, hyper-palatable diet has inflicted on my patients. Diana’s unique approach, with real food nutrition and lifestyle changes, is not only based in evolutionary science, but it also works. I highly recommend Diana as a truly knowledgeable dietitian who can help patients recover from, and prevent, modern disease.

Michael R. Eades, M.D.
Author of the NY Times Bestselling Protein Power

Overcoming our societal ignorance requires hand-holding and cheerleaders. Diana is a cheerleader for a healthy future; a future with ecological, economic and emotional integrity. We cannot build a healthy future on potato chips, fast food and convenience. She inspires many people to come down out of the stands, reclaim their health, and begin playing the most exciting game – life!

Joel Salatin
Farmer / Polyface Farms

Diana Rodgers is the real deal: a passionate sustainability champion, brainy Paleo nutritionist, and loving mom. She taught me firsthand how our dietary choices impact not just our health but also the workers who grow our food and the world we live in. Whenever I need the straight truth about feeding my family the right way, Diana’s the first person I contact.

Michelle Tam
New York Times Bestselling Author, Nom Nom Paleo / Nom Nom Paleo

Diana is one of the few dieticians I have entrusted to give my Whole30’ers practical, effective nutrition advice. She knows how hard it is for people to change their relationship with food, and understands that connecting with her clients and readers emotionally is just as important as giving them the right dietary prescription. Diana inspires change; her knowledge, passion, and dedication to the well-being of her clients and our community is what makes her both an exceptional dietitian and a true thought leader.

Melissa Hartwig
New York Times Bestselling Author, The Whole 30 / Whole 30

Diana really understands human nutrition. She is also one of the few who gets the critical link between human health and sustainable food production. I highly recommend her as a practitioner to help you with your diet and as a leader in the sustainable food movement.

Robb Wolf
New York Times Bestselling Author, The Paleo Solution

The shift in consumption from whole foods to highly processed foods have resulted in nutrition related disease and environmental destruction. Diana provides and excellent, easy-to-follow road map for changing our diets and regenerating the health of our families, the environment, and the planet.

Allan Savory
Founder of The Savory Institute / Author of The Grazing Revolution: A Radical Plan to Save the Earth

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