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Transform Your Health and Your Life with Online Programs Developed by Expert Nutritionists
We give you the support and guidance to overcome the most common health challenges so you can get back to living your life.
Explore Our Live Group Programs
Have our experts guide you through a carefully developed program, while having a small group going through it with you.
Your Fertility Program
A group program for nutrition, self-care, and community centered on conscious conception. Join the list to get notified when this program releases.
Starting January 6th, 2025!
Peri +Menopause Program
Empowering women through life’s changes. Reignite your spark, reclaim your body, and build your tribe with this live, online, 8-week program.
Returning Spring 2025 – pre-register now:
Unlearning Diet Culture
Find your community and break free from chronic dieting. Discover your deep capacity to feel good in your body, and break free from the fear and shame that comes with diet culture.
Returning 2025 – pre-register now:
Get Instant Access to Our Self-Guided Programs
Have our experts guide you through a carefully developed program, while having a small group going through it with you.
Starkel Nutrition Detox Cleanse
Detox your liver, Detox your life. Jumpstart your health with this real-food based detoxifying cleanse.
What drew me to Starkel Nutrition Programs was their emphasis on sustainable change…
Before I joined the Detox CleanseI had been on the diet roller coaster ride for years, and had experienced the highs which were inevitably followed by the lows. I wanted off that ride. The program emphasizes going at your own pace and building on your successes.
The leaders helped me see that it is ok to focus on one change at a time, and because of that I have reclaimed my energy and zest for life.It truly is a life-changing experience!
—Angela
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Decreasing Anxiety Around Food – Learn How to Break Free from Restrictive Eating
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About Us
Nutrition and Natural Health Experts Making Health Transformation More Accessible
Starkel Nutrition Programs grew naturally out of the Starkel Nutrition nutrition clinic. Serving the Seattle, Washington area since 2008, and founded by Julie Starkel..
Working with countless patients, we started seeing some recurring themes where our patients needed our support and guidance. We also realized that not everyone has the ability to have one-on-one nutritional counseling, and wanted a way to help more people more affordably.
So we started to create group nutrition programs that would address the top issues we saw in a thorough, compassionate, and effective way, allowing our program participants to achieve their desired results more cost-effectively and within a community.
And what a big difference the community made! Being able to communicate with someone who is experiencing what you are experiencing makes the journey more fun, achievable, and successful.
Now we offer a growing selection of online group programs and self-directed programs at Starkel Nutrition Programs to address the biggest needs we see people struggling with.
Our Amazing Team Guiding You to Success
Maddie Hays MSN, CN
Functional Medicine Nutritionist
About Maddie
Maddie is a Certified Nutritionist specializing in women’s health, gastrointestinal health, and sports nutrition, and was educated and trained through a Functional Medicine lens. Although she was involved in competitive sports for most of her childhood and early teens, she didn’t realize the importance of nutrition until her college years. This sparked a profound interest in leveraging food and supplementation to influence health outcomes. Shortly after, Maddie went on to complete her Master of Science degree in nutrition at the National University of Natural Medicine.
Maddie is passionate about personalized nutrition and loves to help her one-on-one clients discover what strategies and foods work best for them. She incorporates a food-first approach to manage health conditions, and loves diving into the biochemistry of foods, supplements, and their influence on human physiology.
Maddie is the project manager for Starkel Nutrition Programs, overseeing the content creation, marketing, outreach, and development timelines for all of our offerings.
Emmilia Smith MS, RDN/CD
Functional Medicine Nutritionist
About Emmilia
Emmilia’s passion for integrative medicine and whole foods nutrition has evolved throughout her life and career. Like many of her clients, she grew up learning from various outlets that wellness should look and behave a certain way. After learning the transformative impact of integrative functional nutrition through her formal and self-directed education, and witnessing the shame, confusion, and damage that can come from a narrow approach to health through her work with patients, it has become clear to her that the health journey is different for everyone.
Emmilia believes that behavior change is possible but takes commitment, effort, and compassion. For this reason, she is a Certified Mindful Eating Practitioner, loves digging deep into the behavior change side of our program development, and continues to enjoy seeing clients one-on-one in our clinic.
Emmilia is the Program Coordinator and steers the ship of our nutrition program development – from content creation to final production.
Julie Starkel MS, MBA, RDN/CD
Functional Medicine Nutritionist
About Julie
Julie is the founder of Starkel Nutrition, a medical and nutritional counseling clinic with master’s level nutrition specialists in areas including brain health, oncology, diabetes, high cholesterol, autoimmune disease, gastrointestinal health, stress and nutrition, and eating disorders, primary care, among other concerns.
Julie is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist and Certified Dietitian (RDN/CD), a member of the American Nutrition Association, Entrepreneurs Organization Accelerators (EOA), and is a former executive board member of the national practice group Dietitians in Integrative and Functional Medicine. She is passionate about health and has a personal mission of sharing health around the world.
Julie helps with nutrition program content development, marketing and overall direction.
Starkel Nutrition’s Core Values
Outstanding Quality of Care
Inspiring
Boundless Growth
Mindful Communication
