ExpandYourDiet.ca - the Nutritional Education site of Andrea Bartels

Andrea Bartels, BA, R.N.C.P. is an Ottawa-based Registered Nutritional Consulting Practitioner with combined experience in nutrition and environmental studies. She enjoys sharing her passions for food, nutrition and health as a practicing nutritionist, writer, teacher and lecturer.

Andrea completed her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Geography from Carleton University in 1996. Having a special interest in spatial patterns of disease, Andrea took every opportunity to study the relationship between disease and lifestyle in specific geographic areas. These studies motivated her further to study correlations between nutrition and disease, so she moved to Toronto to attend the Institute of Holistic Nutrition. In 1999, Andrea graduated with a Diploma in Applied Holistic Nutrition, and returned to her hometown of Ottawa to gain experience as a nutritional consultant.

Andrea has acquired years of professional experience working for natural food and vitamin retailers, and within clinical environments. After careful analysis of a client's needs and lifestyle, she produces dietary recommendations suited to his/her health goals.

Andrea's counseling successes include, but are not limited to: digestive problems, yeast problems, weight management, allergies, rheumatoid arthritis, pain and other inflammatory conditions. Andrea's holistic nutrition philosophy includes an understanding that we are not just what we eat, but what we absorb. She emphasizes the importance of a clean diet and lifestyle that minimizes stressors and improves resistance to stressors in our daily lives.

Andrea shares her passion for nutrition and the environment with students enrolled at the Ottawa branch of the Canadian School of Natural Nutrition, where she has been teaching curriculum courses on a part-time basis since 2001.

She also presents health and nutrition-related workshops regularly to public and private organizations. Andrea enjoys learning and frequently attends professional seminars to remain on the cutting edge of the nutrition field.

What is a Registered Nutritional Consulting Practitioner (RNCP)? The following link will provide information on educational standards and qualifications: www.ionc.org.

Some of the professional workshops Andrea has attended:

3-Day Intensive: Integrative HealthCare Symposium, New York, NY - February 2010

Life is Sweet: Solutions for Diabetes. 1-day workshop, Ottawa - June 2010

Women's Health and Natural Medicine Intensive. Presented by Tori Hudson, N.D. In Toronto, ON (2008)

The Depression Pandemic: Natural Strategies for Bridging the Mind-Body Gap. Presented by Lyra Heller, M.A. in Ottawa, ON (2008)

The Next Revolution in GI Health Restoration. Presented by Michael B.Wald, M.D., D.C. in Montreal, QC (2008)

Clinical Approaches to Chronic Disease: Highlights from the Functional Medicine Research Center. Presented by Aaron Hoo, N.D. in Ottawa, ON (2008)