Hi, I’m Araceli Benavides, MS, CNS, LDN, IFMCP
Your path to healing is personal.
I’m here to help you walk it with clarity, support, and real results.
I’m a functional nutritionist who believes in the power of food as medicine, the importance of getting to the root, and the deep healing that’s possible when we support the body’s natural intelligence.
My goal is to help you heal from the inside out.
My own health journey began at six years old with a cardiovascular condition that I was told would be lifelong. Years later, through the guidance of an integrative doctor in Peru, I was able to reverse it using food, targeted nutrients, and natural therapies. That experience changed everything.
Now, as a Certified Nutrition Specialist and Functional Medicine Certified Practitioner, I help others do the same. Whether we’re supporting gut healing, detoxification, hormone balance, or cognitive decline, my goal is the same: to uncover the root causes and give your body what it needs to thrive.
I believe that optimal health is possible, and I’m here to help you get there with compassion, collaboration, and care that’s grounded in science and personalized for you.
Education & Certification
- Board certification: Certified Nutritionist Specialist
- Institute of Functional Medicine Certified Practitioner
- Master of Science in Human physiology and Integrative Medicine, Georgetown University 2018
- Licensed Dietitian and Nutritionist
- Reversing Cognitive Decline ReCODE 2.0 Training – ongoing
Experience
- CNS Supervised Practice Experience, Capital Integrative Health, 2020
- Clinical Assistant, Capital Integrative Health, 2019-2020
- Nutritionist, “Antonella Bustamante Nutrición” (Peru), 2017-2018
- Developed and published research article on Helicobacter pylori and gut microbiome, Nutritional Research Institute (Peru), 2018
- Clinical Nutrition Internship, Hospital Edgardo Rebagliati (Peru), 2017
- Public Health Internship, NGO “Asociación Mensajeros de la Paz”, 2017