Kristen DeAngelis Wellness

Kristen DeAngelis Wellness I'm a Functional and Integrative Registered Dietitian providing virtual 1-1 customized service! Hi there! Welcome to Kristen DeAngelis Wellness!

I am a Registered Dietitian, Yoga Teacher and exercise specialist. I LOVE what I do and strive towards bringing a positive light and support my clients goals for healthy change - not just weight loss but to physically, mentally and spiritually find their best place! I really stress the importance of integrating all parts of our health - including not just the foundation of food, but also the key of sleep, stress, communication, community support, relationships, internal self-talk and much more. My Integrative Health Approach, Kristen focuses on:

Diet and Nutrition
Fitness and Activity
Sleep and Stress
Work / Life Balance
Friends/Family and Social Relationships

MY STORY: I grew up in south Boston (Marshfield) Massachusetts until I was 18 and went on to go to Virigina Tech University (Blacksburg, VA) - Go Hokies! I studied for 5 years to get my accreditation to become a Dietitian. In that time, I also worked as a Personal Trainer, Group Fitness Instructor, served as the President of the Student Dietetics + Nutrition Club, was a Sorority member of Alpha Phi, and also served many other jobs around town (nutrition counseling, bartending, teaching yoga, working at the farmers market). Between semesters of school, I would either work various jobs in the summer but also did a study abroad one summer in Italy and France related to nutrition abroad, I worked at a medical facility in Uganda Africa, and I also went to Seattle to complete my 200 Hour Yoga Cert. In 2013, after graduating with a major in Dietetics as well as Exercise and Health Promotion, I moved to Chicago to do my 9 month internship at Ingalls Memorial Hospital. After completing my internship, I passed my boards and became a Registered Dietitian in 2014! From there, I went on to work with Joe Cross, film producer, wellness celebrity and most well-known for his first film, Fat Sick and Nearly Dead. I worked as Joe's personal nutritionist and Executive Assistant traveling around the USA and around the world internationally for his 2nd film tour as well as his 2nd book tour - it was amazing and I am so grateful for that year! I still work with Joe's company, Reboot With Joe in doing their Guided Reboots! In 2015, I met a charmer, Dan Niehaus, skiing up in Vermont... 6 months later he got a job in Cincinnati, OH and so I decided to stop working for Joe and moved to Cincinnati with Dan. Prior to moving to Cincinnati in the 1 month between leaving working with Joe, I traveled to India for a 5-week yoga program receiving an additional 200 hour training in Vinyasa and Hatha. Now, here in Cincinnati, Dan proposed and we will be getting married in September 2017. Since moving to Cincinnati, I have started my private practice, Kristen DeAngelis Wellness. I also work at TriHealth kenwood womens center - seeing patients at an outpatient center and TriHealth Pavilion teaching weight management classes and cooking workshops. In Cincinnati, I also teach yoga at The Yoga Bar, I am the dietitian at Mission 5 Fitness and I work with Scripps digital company called SimpeMeals in doing some contract work in developing meal plans. I also still work with Reboot With Joe guiding Guided Reboots as well as work for Shea Training, a student-athlete sports training facility in Boston where I do their nutrition programming and social media. Overall, I love love love what I do and I am always aiming to help support those that are looking for ways to improve their lives whether it be improved nutrition, increased self-awareness, or just feeling better overall through a holistic approach. I hope to spread the word of good nutrition and the other important facets that incorporate into a healthy mind, body and spirit.

It’s not in your head. And it’s super frustrating when you know there has to be more you can do than just “wait and see”...
02/24/2026

It’s not in your head. And it’s super frustrating when you know there has to be more you can do than just “wait and see” or jump to IVF m. You’re having regular-ish? cycles.
Your labs came back “normal.” ish?
But yet… something feels off.
You’re just not sure … am I really doing everything right to help my fertility??

Spotting before your period.
Waking up at 3am.
Shorter cycles than you used to have.
PMS that’s getting worse, not better.
Bloating. Constipation. Exhaustion that coffee can’t fix.

These are not random.
And they are not “just part of getting older.”

They are patterns.

In functional fertility work, we look at signaling — progesterone strength, cortisol rhythm, thyroid conversion, insulin stability, inflammatory load, gut clearance.

Because your ovaries don’t operate in isolation.
They respond to your nervous system, your metabolism, your liver, your sleep, your stress.

And when we correct the terrain, ovulation improves.
Luteal phases strengthen.
Implantation environments shift.

This is especially important in your late 30s and early 40s — when subtle imbalances matter more.

If you’re trying to conceive and recognize yourself in this carousel, don’t wait until you’ve “tried long enough.”

✨ DM me the word FERTILITY and I’ll send you the labs I run with my 35-40+ TTC clients.

There is more we can optimize 💪💪

“Advanced maternal age”…. There is fear and yet there’s a ton of ways to improve your fertility at this age!Ive worked ...
02/20/2026

“Advanced maternal age”…. There is fear and yet there’s a ton of ways to improve your fertility at this age!

Ive worked w so many clients 40+ TTC and at this stage I can confidently say there is SO much we can do that moves the dial in big ways that have often not been addressed.

What I see over and over isn’t a lack of effort… it’s that the *right things* haven’t actually been evaluated yet or addressed w a process.

Fertility at 40 is more precision-dependent.

Research shows:
• CoQ10 can improve ovarian response and egg quality in advanced maternal age (m
• Thyroid should be optimized (TSH

02/19/2026

💫Kirsten’s story 🥹 - after multiple miscarriages, IUI, IVF, secondary infertility … and being in a body that felt unrecognizable 💔

At 42 years old When Kirsten and I started working together, we flipped a lot of things on its head - we worked a system rather than just what she thought she should do (or had done in the past)

We went through a flush phase, and then feed and gut phase, supported her metabolism, nourished her hormones, and helped her feel emotionally safe again.

She started to feel like herself again, was getting great results and THEN

…. she got pregnant… and the next miracle was she carried her baby full term and birthed healthy & beautiful Evelyn at 42 yo ❤️❤️❤️

just yesterday, that sweet baby turned TWO.

This is what’s possible through a system, the right method and functional coaching that works with you and heals the root.

💫If you need the tools, process and full alignment for your TTC journey

👉Comment JOIN below and I’ll send you all the details!!

Let’s get you on your path 💛

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02/18/2026

I used to be very anti-fasting in fertility. Especially given my own personal history of eating disorder overtraining / under eating.

In those cases, more restriction is the last thing the body needs (a fast only works as well as the feast!). It needs safety and consistent nourishment

But after 10+ years in practice… my perspective changed…

Not because fasting became trendy or what science showed, but what I was seeing clinically when I used this tool in *certain* patient populations.

In specific fertility cases, fasting can be incredibly supportive:
• endometriosis
• fibroids
• autoimmune conditions
• chronic inflammation
• egg quality concerns
Older maternal age
Needing to improve implantation and egg quality

Fertility isn’t just a hormone issue, it’s a CELL health issue.

Egg quality depends heavily on mitochondrial function, inflammation, oxidative stress, & insulin signaling.

A properly structured fasting window (not under-eating) activates AMPK and stimulates autophag aka the body’s cellular clean-up and repair system. This helps clear damaged mitochondria and inflammatory debris, which matters because eggs have one of the highest mitochondrial demands in the body.

We also see improvements in insulin sensitivity and immune regulation this HUGE for autoimmune fertility cases where the body is stuck in defense mode instead of reproduction.

Fasting is NOT right for everyone trying to conceive.
Missing cycles, very high stress, low body fat, or active disordered eating recovery → nourishment comes first.

But there is also a group doing everything right… and still stuck.

For some, fasting becomes a tool. AND there are soooo many variations of what fasting can look like - time, macro, windows, frequency, calories. For ex. You can achieve fasting benefits by eating a good amnt of calories but shortening a window OR eating throughout the day but 2 days a week for a period of 6 weeks pulling down the cal with higher re feeds.

The goal isn’t more or less food… it’s asking what personalized approach do you need for the right signals for your physiology.

Haters? Fans? That’s my take!

02/18/2026

My husband often laughs about this stuff, but to be honest, this hits the nail on the head for me personally & I think a lot of clients I work with (+ state of the world/greater collective!)

Feb 17 shifts us into the Fire Horse year🔥🐎 (speaking of it’s also a lunar eclipse & szn right before lent & other religious shifts - a LOTs goin on)

Last year (Snake) was inward: reflection, patience, shedding old patterns.

This year is outward: movement, courage, momentum, life force, clarity

Say YES to
• community & creativity (LEAN INTO THIS ONE)
• starting before you feel “ready” (ahem way too many of us out there)
• eating enough vs restriction & feeling “less than”
• sunlight + being outside
• honest conversations & boundaries that protect your energy

Say NO to
• people your body tenses around
• chronic under-fueling
• complaining with no action
• late nights, hustle/grind, cortisol chaos
Isolation, people pleasing

As women - our hormones are affected by this hugely. Because our body needs to feel SAFE in order for downstream messages to happen re hormones, immune system, gut, healing etc. It depends on a regulated nervous system and one that has clarity.

Fire horse energy, I see you. I hear you. Now let this next chapter begin 🔥 🐎

01/30/2026

YES eye exercises. Stay with me here! If you’re living on a computer… this matters more than you think.

Your eyes are not just for seeing — they are directly wired to your nervous system - which is wired to your hormones, gut (& really all systems).

Hours of screen time =
• Fixed forward gaze
• Minimal eye movement
• Chronic sympathetic activation

Which tells the brain one thing: stay alert, stay braced, stay stressed.

And here’s the fertility connection 👇
A nervous system stuck in “go mode” deprioritizes reproduction. Safety comes first. Ovulation, implantation, hormone signaling come second.

Intentional eye movements do something powerful:
• Calm the amygdala
• Activate the vagus nerve
• Shift you into parasympathetic (“safe + receptive”) mode
• Improve brain–body communication
• Support HPA–HPO axis signaling

This is why practices from yoga, somatics, and even trauma therapy use eye movements — they regulate the nervous system fast, especially for high-achieving, computer-heavy lives.

Think of it as nervous system hygiene for modern fertility.

Try this today:
LOOK OUTSIDE as often as you can far away, distance, checkout the peripheral vision.

30–60 seconds of slow left-to-right eye movements
Breathe deeply
Notice the exhale get longer

Small inputs. Big physiological shifts.

Your body needs safety whether it’s reproductive health or honestly just chilling TF out 🤍

01/21/2026

You’re fcking FED UP. you’ve been burned. You’ve been through the system and are grasping at straws at this point.

By the time you see me with just a tiny glimmer of a hope maybe maybe this could work… You also are coming with a timeline of years of struggles, and of course leads to skepticism… I want to believe this can work, and I see all of these testimonials and outcomes, but will it work for me?

I honestly like to remind people that when you come to while you might feel like a unicorn that you’re the only one this is happening to or your case is so unique. You don’t know if you’ll ever find relief for that and outcome.

Often times on my calls I ask my clients do you believe you can heal? Because there is science and protocols and I explain all day to you about how the systems are connected and the extremely detailed approach that we take here putting everything under one roof unlike what I have seen in any other practice but at the end of the day, you could have all of the info that you need in the world, but it might be that last question of do you believe YOU can heal.

sit with that for a minute because as your coach, I will be the guide I will pull all the things together with a strategic way we approach along with weaving, supplements, nutrition, labs, genetics, comprehensive hormone test, testing, peptides you name it. *AND* do you have belief this system and in yourself?

I believe in you. Our clients and community is here to believe in you. Healing takes time but there is a system a process and it requires a little bit of faith that despite the years of infertility or gut issues or autoimmune flares - we are here for you, do you believe in you?

01/21/2026

“I had fertile mucus but didn’t ovulate.”
“My ovulation tests were positive twice.”
“My app said I ovulated… but it doesn’t line up.”

Let’s walk through this 👉

Ovulation is a sequence and beautiful orchestra of events

First, estrogen rises as the dominant follicle matures.
When estrogen stays high long enough, it signals the brain to release LH.

Estrogen typically peaks 12–48 hours before ovulation.
Then LH begins rising
The egg is released about 24–36 hours after LH starts rising — or roughly 10–12 hours after LH reaches its peak.

And here’s the part no one tells you:

Sometimes estrogen rises beautifully…
LH even starts to surge…
but the egg isn’t released.

So hormones fall.
Your body recalibrates.
And days later, estrogen rises again, LH surges again, and ovulation finally happens.

That’s why some women see multiple positive OPKs or fertile signs that come and go.

This is especially common postpartum, with PCOS, thyroid imbalance, chronic stress, under-fueling, insulin resistance, or nervous system overload.

It’s not your body “failing.”

It’s your body checking:
Am I safe enough?
Do I have enough energy?
Is the environment supportive enough to reproduce?

Just using your garmin watch to say “but it says I’m ovulating”… sorry sister, there’s more than just what day you had your period last month.

I DO love and some of these fantastic tools but keep in mind we are watching trends here.

Save this for later. Share it with someone who’s trying to make sense of her cycle 🤪

01/20/2026

AMH is often talked about like it’s a fixed number… a fertility “expiration date.”

But the truth is: AMH can change. And more importantly — it’s only one piece of the fertility puzzle.

Here’s what matters:

🧬 What AMH actually tells us
AMH reflects your ovarian reserve — how many recruitable follicles you likely have.
It does not measure egg quality.
It does not predict natural pregnancy on its own.
And it does not define your ability to become a mom.

📊 Reference ranges (general clinical use):
• Very low: < 0.5 ng/mL
• Low: 0.5 – 1.0 ng/mL
• Optimal / average reproductive range: ~1.5 – 4.0 ng/mL
• High (often PCOS-associated): > 4.0 ng/mL

In functional fertility work, we often love seeing women above ~1.5 ng/mL, but context is everything (age, FSH, cycles, ultrasound findings, symptoms, goals).

📈 Can AMH actually improve?
Yes!! — multiple studies show AMH can increase with:
• Correction of vitamin D deficiency (increases of ~10–30% seen in some trials)
• Improved insulin sensitivity & metabolic health
• Reduced inflammation & oxidative stress
• Targeted mitochondrial & ovarian nutrient support (CoQ10, omega-3s, antioxidants, etc.)
• Coming off long-term hormonal birth control (AMH is often suppressed temporarily)

⚠️ Why AMH can be low:
• Age (natural decline — but not destiny)
• Long-term birth control use
• Thyroid dysfunction
• Autoimmune or chronic inflammation
• Nutrient deficiencies (vitamin D, iron, B12, zinc)
• Insulin resistance
• High stress / HPA axis dysfunction
• History of ovarian surgery, endometriosis, or chemo

💛 The part I want every woman to hear:

Low AMH does not mean:
• You can’t get pregnant
• You need IVF immediately
• Your body is broken
• You waited too long

It means your ovaries may need more support, not more fear.

Your fertility is influenced by:
hormones + metabolic health + immune balance + mitochondrial function + nervous system + environment + nourishment.

So proud of this clients work and the continued win we are seeing!!!

01/14/2026

I picked up baby reya today and her little cough had gotten a bit worse and I haven’t felt this type of anxiety in a while… Can you imagine having a hard time breathing but also having a hard time telling the people caring for you what is going on?! Being a baby is tough that’s for sure!

I went home and poured some love on her. These are the things I did. If you have any additional things you did helpful please share - the parenthood community is something special when we come together and offer ideas. I always learn from you all and hopefully this sparks little reminders as well.

Trying to conceive after coming off birth control — but now no period, bloating, gut issues, poor circulation, and thyro...
01/09/2026

Trying to conceive after coming off birth control — but now no period, bloating, gut issues, poor circulation, and thyroid dysfunction? This is more common than you think.

When someone has been on birth control for 15–20+ years, the body is deeply impacted. Missing cycles don’t happen in isolation. Thyroid, adrenals, digestion, liver detox, circulation — it’s all connected. And that’s exactly how I approach every case.

We always start with a Flush protocol to nourish the adrenals, stimulate the thyroid, and up-regulate liver detoxification. Many of the key nutrients involved in methylation are depleted after long-term birth control use, so restoring those foundations is critical.

From there, we moved into our Feed phase — feeding up the metabolism, helping her reach her full metabolic potential, and beginning deep gut work. For Z, that meant a focused 5-R gut protocol after reviewing her stool test results.

Once gut issues were resolved, we transitioned into hormone support, carefully watching blood sugar and continuing to personalize her plan so her body could safely turn hormones back on.

And now?
✨ So many wins resolved — and she’s officially expecting. ✨

This is why we zoom out. This is why we respect the body. And this is why root-cause, whole-body work matters so much when trying to conceive. 💛

TTC or working on regulating your hormones, cycle, thyroid or gut? DM me 4F and I’ll share with you about this process

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