About Tracy

TRACY HRITZ, MS, RD, AND LD/N

Tracy Hritz is an experienced nutritionist, dynamic life coach, and integrative health/wellness counselor.  She provides comprehensive and compassionate client/patient care by skillfully interweaving an extensive background in Western/Eastern nutrition, dietetics, and holistic health.

TRACY’S PHILOSPHPY

Move into maximum health by aligning  body, mind, and spirit

“To achieve ultimate wellness, one must reach the root causes of their discomfort and disease. While many of us share the same symptoms and diagnosis of disease, we seldom experience the same causative factors.  Investigation is essential to effectively reduce – and ultimately eliminate – the key factors responsible for discomfort and dis-ease. In turn, I focus equal attention on designing a detailed plan of therapy that is agreeable, achievable and effective for each individual client.”

TRACY’S STORY

I was an obese child with a family full of mixed messages about food.  My mother, an Ilene Ford runway model, stuffed us with Ding Dongs, Captain Crunch, and Swanson’s frozen dinners, while serving out stinging criticism about our bodies.  For us, appearances were everything, and I was already set up for failure. By adolescence, I suffered from an eating disorder that descended into dangerous binge and purge behavior.

Consumed by anxiety and chronic pain, at age 22, I turned to fitness and nutrition. However, this time it wasn’t an extreme swing, that’s often associated with see-saw dieting.  Through a gradual introduction to holistic nutrition, I started to understand that no amount of medications could save me until I decided to change the way I lived – and loved myself.

I was hired as a trainer at a world famous fitness club in Aspen Colorado. From there, I pursued my Master’s Degree in Human Nutrition. Yoga, massage and centering prayer supplemented my healthy diet habits. I healed my body, as well as my destructive thoughts and food behavior patterns.

I’ve been on the other side of body dysmorhphia for 20 years. Today, my business helps countless clients change their diets, adapt healthy mindsets, and eliminate dis-ease.  I understand the challenges first hand, and it’s my greatest inspiration to share how it feels to be healthy, energized, and free.

SERVICES

Tracy’s services range from comprehensive treatment of critical disease, to tailoring personal wellness and healthy weight loss programs. Some of her specializations include:
• weight management
• vegetarian nutrition
• behavioral health nutrition
• oncology nutrition

EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATIONS

• M.S., Human Nutrition and Dietetics, Colorado State University
• Certified Hippocrates Health Educator for Hippocrates Health Institute, West Palm Beach, FL
• LDN – Licensed Dietician/Nutritionist
• Complimentary Certifications/Training:
• The Institute for Functional Medicine- AFMCP
• American Institute for Cancer Research
• Metagenics Inc- First Line Therapy through.
• Contemplative Outreach- Centering Prayer Facilitator (meditative techniques for integrating spirituality, health, and relaxation)

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS / ACCREDITATIONS

• The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (formally The American Dietetic Association)
• The Florida Dietetic Association
• Commission for Dietetic Registration
• The American Botanical Council
• Institute for Functional Medicine
• Mentorship with Liz Lipski PhD, CCN, CHN
• Dietitians in Integrative and Functional Medicine (DIFM)
• Behavioral Health Nutrition
• Oncology Nutrition
• Vegetarian Nutrition

CONTACT TRACY

tracy@nutridance.com
561.346.6002