Therapeutic Nutritional Consultations
Tara Carpenter, NC.
Nutrition Consultant helping people create digestive strength.
Tara Carpenter is a Nutrition Consultant (NC.) helping people of all ages create digestive strength. She is accustomed to working with people in the throes of discomfort; she is adept at designing meal plans that are both therapeutic in nature and aim to bring balance to underlying yeast, bacteria, yeast, and/or viral overgrowth.
At this time, all nutritional consultations are held remotely.
Eating therapeutically is overwhelming to begin. You’re in good hands with Tara. She helped my family navigate this path too.
Nutritional Consultation Ethics
- A holistic, integrative approach encompassing whole, organic, nutrient-dense food and lifestyle choices that promote digestive health.
- A scientific, non-dogmatic approach for nutritional guidance based on client’s individual dietary and health needs.
- Based in integrity with an honest, fair, objective perspective.
- A promise to safeguard client confidentiality and respect client autonomy.
Primary Nutritional Interests
- Body Ecology Diet
- Digestive & Digestive-Related Issues
- Gut & Psychology Syndrome
- Low FODMAP Diet
- Nutritional Deficiencies
- Prenatal & Postpartum Nutrition
- Proper Food Combining
- Specific Carbohydrate Diet
- Weston A. Price Diet
- Yeast Overgrowth (i.e., Candida, Candidiasis)
Secondary Interests
- Bacterial Overgrowth (i.e., small intestinal bacterial overgrowth)
- Eat Right 4 Blood Type
- Food Allergies & Sensitivities
- Histamine Intolerance
- Macrobiotics
- Paleo Diet
- Parasitic Overgrowth (i.e., helminthic, protozoan overgrowth)
- Viral Overgrowth (i.e., influenza, rotavirus, herpes)
Experience
- 1996-2024: Therapeutic Personal Chef in client’s home kitchen.
- 1998-1999: Kitchen Apprentice at Vega Healing Retreat with Japanese Masters (Cornelia Aihara, Shizuko Yamamoto) in Chico, CA.
- 1999-2001: Natural Foods Baker at Esalen in Big Sur, CA.
- 2001: Kitchen Apprentice at Tassajara Zen Center in Carmel, CA.
- 2014-2024: Administrator of the following FaceBook Support Groups (B.E.D. Support, B.E.D. Kids, B.E.D. Recipes).
- 2014-Present: Therapeutic Nutrition Consultant world-wide.
Education
- 1996-1997: Studied abroad at University of Tasmania in Australia.
- 1998: Bachelor Degree of Science at Wheelock College of Education & Human Development in Boston, MA.
- 2000-2001: Esalen Massage Training in Big Sur, CA.
- 2009-2011: Therapeutic Counselor & Chef Training at MacroAmerica with The Briscoes in Oroville, CA.
- 2008-2011: Nutrition Consultant Certication at Bauman College in Berkeley, CA.
- 2011: Chef Training at Culinary Institute in Atlanta, GA.
For inquiries or to book a therapeutic nutritional service, please email tara@happybellies.net
May all bellies be happy!
