Caring for people who care for their health.

Practice Overview

  • At Uncovered Nutrition “real” is the priority. Real nutrition, real health, real long-term improvement for real people living real lives. Nutrition uncovered from the gimmicks of dieting, the constant preoccupation with manipulating your body, the pressure of impossible appearance standards and the overwhelm of nutrition information online.  Desa practices individualized nutrition counseling to improve health without sacrificing your relationship with food, your body, or movement. We do not exist to perfect our bodies but caring for our bodies may allow us to experience more fullness and enjoyment in life.

    The mission of Uncovered Nutrition is to help you establish sustainable health behaviors while healing your relationship with food & your body so you can invest more of your time, energy, and effort doing the things you were created to do.

  • At Uncovered Nutrition, every aspect of your health is a priority. Food and nutrition are key players in health, but must work in combination with joyful movement, mental health, and emotional health to create longevity and enjoyable daily habits.

    We incorporate intuitive eating and weight neutral nutrition counseling. Compromising nutritional adequacy or the relationship with food and movement for the sake of weight loss is not offered at UN.

    Nutrition counseling is a collaborative effort. We enjoy incorporating client feedback and preferences to create solutions to nutrition roadblocks. Client autonomy is always respected. UN provides professional recommendations and guidance but does not aim to micromanage or demand client change or progress. UN practices mental health informed nutrition care and makes collaboration with other providers a priority.

  • Disordered Eating

    Eating Disorders - anorexia, bulimia, binge eating disorder, orthorexia, OSFED, ARFID

    Amenorrhea

    Endocrine Concerns - diabetes, pre-diabetes, PMOS

    General Nutrition Concerns - diet quality, diet structure, hypertension, cholesterol management, heart healthy nutrition, etc.

    Intuitive Eating

    Chronic Dieting and Weight Cycling - frequent weight fluctuations

    Body Image

    Food & Body Peace

    Exercise Relationship & Nutrition Support

  • Uncovered Nutrition resources are for anyone that finds them beneficial. Nutrition counseling is offered to residents of VA, DC, MD, NC, CO, and CA. Clients that are ready to commit to & actively participate in regular appointments gain the most from nutrition counseling

    Desa’s specialty populations are disordered eating, eating disorders, diabetes, and polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome, & individuals that feel they are doing everything “right” but food and exercise still feel off.

    UN may be for you if you:

    • Need a dietitian for eating disorder recovery

    • Want support in managing blood sugar and PMOS without strict eliminations

    • Want to feel more confident and less confused about your diet and exercise

    • Feel you are exhausted from battling food and body image every day alone

    • Are tired of going around in circles with diets only to feel like a failure each time

    UN primarily works with women ages 20-50 but happily works with all genders ages 50+ and 15+.

  • Incorporation of Christian faith in sessions is available upon client request.