Davar approaches each patient in a personalized and holistic manner, emphasizing preventive wellness and long-term health. Not only a dietitian, Davar is also a bilingual Russian-American health coach, radio host, speaker, author, yogi, and theta healer. Based in Miami and New York City, Davar specializes in integrative, healthy-aging nutrition and lifestyle interventions. To help promote balance, Davar’s upcoming book, Driven Women Wellness: Your Guide to Self-Care for Self-Preservation, offers a cohesive list of priorities, plans of action, and hacks to help women reach wellness goals while managing their busy lifestyles in a sustainable way. I caught up with Davar to learn more about her long-term approach to personalized nutrition, get a glimpse into her morning wellness routine, and hear about her quick, nutrient-loaded breakfast ideas that any busy person will appreciate! The population group that I focus on are young to middle-aged women and men with diverse backgrounds and health conditions. To me, this year’s National Nutrition Month banner “Personalize Your Plate” means that we celebrate our bio-individuality and embrace the fact that we all have unique lives and specific circumstances that define our relationship with the food on our plates, our bodies, and our health. I approach dietary pattern recommendations for each client holistically. In addition to lab values and genetics data, I examine how key lifestyle facets (e.g., sources of stress, physical activity, support system, etc.) affect their health status. I’ve discovered that an active lifestyle, community living, loving family relationships, and spirituality are critical traits of cultures around the world who live the longest, healthiest lives. When I do have the time to cook a proper breakfast for myself and my family, my go-to meal is a vegetable frittata with broccoli, zucchini, mushrooms, and onion. I serve up the frittata with sourdough toast made with organic flour and grass-fed ghee, topped with avocado, lox, or goat cheese and a greens salad. Connect with Ella at www.nutritionistella.com and on social @nutritionistella. In addition to her mindbodygreen contributions, Ferira is published in Health, Metagenics Institute, American Family Physician, The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, and Osteoporosis International. She has a passion for the translation of evidence-based science into innovative and high-quality products and information that help people lead healthier lives. She is a believer in compassionate, informed, and personalized approaches to nutrition, health care, and wellness. Ashley lives in beautiful Charleston, South Carolina, where she was born and raised. Whether savoring an orchestral performance or delectable meal at a local restaurant, you will find her enjoying Charleston’s cultural and culinary arts with family and friends.
