Juli Keene also known as the Los Angeles Nutritionist started her private nutrition practice in 1996

With ASc, BSc, MS and CN degrees in  psychology, health science, & clinical nutrition, Certificates in functional medicine, and extensive, expert level education and training in nutritional lab testing it’s no surprise that Juli Keene maintains a 98% success rate in getting her clients to their goals quickly and efficiently. Many of Juli’s clients have been with her for decades. 

Juli got her first degree and worked in the psychiatric field for 4 years with the goal of becoming a child psychiatrist, but after seeing the lack of improvement with many of her young patients and starting to study the effects of nutrition on children’s moods, behavior and mental health Juli pivoted to becoming a Nutritionist. She studied biochemistry and health science, earning a BSc, and MS, from Cal State Los Angeles, and Chapman University. She completed the licensing and the Certified Clinical Nutritionist Program at The American Health Science University graduating as class Valedictorian with the CN certification, and  the Institute for Functional Medicine certifications in 1996 to 2002, and she began to help people reach their health and nutrition goals in Los Angeles.

Juli purposely avoided the typical Registered Dietitians education which at the time was completely dictated by the American Dietetic Association (now called the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics). The typical RD education was about dieting, the four food groups, the (faulty) Food Pyramid and a lot of other incorrect information that was created by food industry marketing teams to allow for the SAD (Standard American Diet) at the time. The prevailing nutrition information from Dietitians at the time was to eat a low to no fat diet with low protein and very high carbohydrates with a lot of processed food being the norm. RDs and the ADA /AND also put out a statement in the mid 90s declaring that we did not need to take any supplements because their recommended diet contained everything we need to be healthy. This was later reversed as RDs started to sell supplements and it was then endorsed by the AND. In hindsight we can all see that the 1990s saw a rise in obesity and diet related diseases in US mainly from this faulty nutrition information being “fed” to our nutrition professionals at the time. Now we have a bit more truth and balance in the field thanks to groups like The Dietitians for Professional Integrity and Clinical Nutritionists like Juli Keene who did not the accept the nonsensical claims and even text books from an obviously and proven biased organization.

MORE EDUCATION AND TRAINING TO BECOME A FUNCTIONAL NUTRITIONIST

During and after her years of college to become a Licensed Clinical Nutritionist, Juli did programs of functional medicine, advanced lab testing, and clinical methods before and after starting her private practice in the South Bay area of Los Angeles. Juli spent the past 25+ years training with and learning from the top functional and integrative medicine experts in the world including; Jeffrey Bland MD, Dr. Bernard Rimland, Dr. Andrew Weil, Dr. Robert Crayon, Dr. David Brownstein, Dr. Alan Gaby, Dr. Jacob Teitelbaum, Dr. Mark Hyman, Dr. Shari Lieberman, Dr. Harry Eidener Jr, Dr. Datis Kharrazian, Dr. Veersandaal, Dr. Leo Galland, Dr. Eric Braverman, Julia Ross MFT, the author of The Mood Cure, and many more. Juli has learned from and been mentored since the mid-1990s by Dr. Harry Eidener Jr, an expert in managing blood chemistry with lab testing and nutrition also known as the blood biopsy. The goal of the blood biopsy studies was to learn to predict neoplasm (cancer) before it happens. From this training Juli has learned to optimize the lab testing and body chemistry of herself and so many others. Juli has gone on to teach other Nutritionists what she learned from all the amazing doctors listed above. 

Juli Keene has done years of training and has decades of experience on how to naturally support optimal performance, mood issues, eating disorders, weight loss, complicated gastrointestinal issues, and substance addiction with food, supplements, and lifestyle. Juli was among the first practitioners to attend the “Applying Functional Medicine in Clinical Practice” modules as they became available early on. She studied with the Institute for Functional Medicine in the specific areas of GI-gut healing, mitochondrial health, immune function, hormone balance & endocrine health, specialty lab testing, cardiometabolic health, and more.

Juli started using fasting and keto diets way back in the 1990s when she worked mainly with children with autism, mental health issues, chronic illnesses, and epilepsy, and more recently starting in 2015 she started to research and use it again for weight loss and optimal performance for adults and especially the professional athletes that she has worked with for many years. Juli has become an expert in intermittent fasting and the use of low carb, moderate to high-fat, moderate to high-protein, nutrient-dense diets to help the professional adult and teen athletes she works with to hit their performance goals. Juli teaches them how to smash their goals by cutting their addiction to and reliance upon excessive carbohydrates, building more muscle, and becoming fat-adapted athletes and higher functioning humans. Of course, everyone is unique, so lab testing and clinical observations are an integral part of personalizing a diet for each athlete, celebrity, and person she works with.

Working With Professional Athletes With Eating Disorders.

Juli has extensive experience with those in recovery from eating disorders including professional and aspiring pro athletes and she has helped many of her clients to realize that they have an eating disorder issue that needed to be addressed. Juli does not work with people in the acute phase of eating disorder treatment unless the client has a competent eating disorder therapist or doctor and is committed to recovery. Juli does take professional athlete’s with eating disorders in the later stages of recovery with stable weight and a support team. The lab testing and tracking can be customized for each client’s needs. 

Working with many celebrities, Professional Athletes, Executives, Entrepreneurs, Youtube actors, professional poker players and and many of the highest functioning humans on earth for decades has helped Juli to realize that  so many athletes look healthy on the outside but actually have complicated gut issues that can affect performance and cognition. An optimized, healthy gut contributes to a balanced mood, steady hormone levels and amazing performance. 

With her ELITE PROGRAMS for VIPS, celebrities and high performing humans Juli checks for food intolerances, and sensitivities, does in-depth labs, stool testing plus saliva or blood hormone testing as well as deep testing for nutrient levels, detox ability, hormone testing and longevity optimization. Juli also using Continuous blood glucose meters (CGM) and heart rate variability monitors with her athletes and VIPS as well as the Apple watch, the OURA ring and other similar methods. Athletes at the Jr high, high school, college, professional, and Olympic levels have to take every advantage available if they want to be the very best. The thing that really sets Juli Keene apart as a celebrity nutritionist is the experience and development of her framework that makes it as simple and quick as possible with her super-high level of support. Juli trains the staff of her VIP clients to support them in the nutrition changes so that they can focus on what they do best in the world as they reach their transformation and goals. Juli has literally turned average people into super heroes and back again in the healthiest, easiest, safest, ways. 

Changing our food can be an overwhelming job but Juli breaks it down into manageable and a simple process. The emotional, behavioral, social and other issues have to be identified, acknowledged and then a plan can be put in place with accountability to support the changes. Working with Complicated Chronic and Acute Issues is tricky but Juli is well-versed in it with a high level of success. She takes new clients as she can.

In 2020 Juli started an online program including group support for people dealing with issues like MCAS, POTS, mold illness, Lyme, Hashimoto’s or Graves and more. She also does offer private work with this population when her schedule permits. If you are dealing with an illness like this please contact our office to see if you are a good fit.  Juli also shares a lot of information for free on her Instagram @JuliKeeneNutritionist and she does live classes and Question and answers when she can. She also has free video on her YouTube channel on a class she taught at the beginning of the Covid-19 Pandemic about healthy eating, how to lose weight, and how to figure out your macros. The link is on this website and on her Instagram profile links. Search Juli Keene for podcast episodes. 

Juli is a firm believer in real food, no dieting, no calorie counting, and Biochemical Individuality. She founded her practice on this principle back in 1996 and has held true to this principle since then. This theory directly opposes the one- size- fits- all, cookie-cutter, any foods fit, approach that most traditionally trained (not holistically trained or functionally trained) medical doctors and dietitians are taught in the United States. We each have different genetics, biochemistry, health history, lifestyle, and personality. Each of us needs a food, supplement, and lifestyle plan designed with all of these things in mind.

 

Here is an episode of The Doctors TV show where Juli Keene and her 2 participants show the doctors and the audience that diet and what you eat is more important than how much you work out with Devin’s amazing results in only 21 days when he only gave up sugar. See the results for yourself here at this link https://www.thedoctorstv.com/videos/nutritionist-wants-you-to-drop-sugar-not-calories

WHO DOES JULI KEENE, the LOS ANGELES NUTRITIONIST WORK WITH? 

Over the past 26 years, Juli Keene Nutritionist has worked with thousands of clients from all over the country including many celebrities, Pop stars, rockstars, actors, YouTube personalities, TikTok personalities, actors, directors, producers, talent agents, models, CEOS, captains of industry and a whole lot of professional athletes in the US and worldwide at high school, club, college, and professional levels as well as American and other athletes abroad in all sports and in the NBA, NFL, NHL, MLS, AVP, WSA, WBA, P1440 and more including most sports, over 20 corporations, and many, many families.

Juli also started working with professional poker players back in 2015 because she plays poker tournaments and optimal nutrition matters no which “Sport” you do. Professional poker and chess are brain sports but physical health and strength are required to be the best. People who are high-functioning or want to function even higher must make their nutrition and health a PRIORITY. Juli understands time, attention and access, constraints and helps her pros become accountable and get their nutrition optimized. If you have a complicated case and and or if you prefer total privacy Juli is the nutritionist for you.

A big reason that Juli has done so well working with all of these populations is she respects the privacy of the people she works with and doesn’t post their information on the internet or share it with the media or anyone. Your Nutritionist’s clinical skills, education, training, years in practice & reputation should speak for them without name dropping.If you are in the public eye 

and thinking about working with juli just know that your privacy will be respected. 

Born in the West San Fernando Valley, Juli went to the SF Bay area as an undergraduate, went to Chapman University in Orange County and moved to Hermosa Beach in the early 90s, and is still a resident of the South Bay beach cities area. Juli in her 50s now, enjoys her work, the beach, horses hiking, skateboarding, the gym, swimming, biking, dancing, cooking, reading, playing poker, studying nutrition, and traveling with her daughter Emma who is a student and fine artist, and her husband Curt who owns a residential construction company in south bay beach cities. Reach out for more information to JuliKeeneCN@gmail.com