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Melissa Halas

SuperKids Nutrition Inc / Melissa's Healthy Living


Certification Nutritionist
Pasadena, CA Offers Virtual Care
Professional designation

R.D. CDE.

Practicing since

1998

Professional designation

R.D. CDE.

Practicing since

1998

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About

Bio

Melissa Halas, MA, RDN, CDE, is a nationally recognized nutrition with 20+ years of experience helping kids, adults, and communities live healthier lives! Melissa provides nutrition counseling through her private practice, for kids’ and family eating concerns, pregnancy nutrition, athletes, and irritable bowel syndrome. As a registered dietitian and mom, she’s passionate about making good nutrition easy, tasty, and fun! She is the founder of the first kid’s nutrition mega-site, SuperKidsNutrition.com, providing expert resources to help grow healthy communities. Melissa is also the creator of the Super Crew®, who get their powers from healthy plant-based foods and motivate young children to develop healthy eating habits from an early age. With a strong commitment to living and teaching sustainability, her activities with the Super Crew promote green choices! SuperKids Nutrition partners with the American Institute for Cancer Research on the Healthy Kids Today Campaign and with over 5000 schools in the US, providing menu activities and parent newsletters. She is a past panel expert on Childhood Obesity for TedMed and current media representative for the California Dietetic Association. You can also check out her other site, MelissasHealthyLiving.com where she inspires adults to live their best life. Begin a new healthy journey with her by booking an appointment today, now through HIPPA compliant web counseling due to COVID.


Special experience

I taught functional foods, organic, vitamins/minerals and plant-based for 18 years. So my knowledge based is excellent in this.


Lived experiences

Yes, I have had experiences with fertility issues, and miscarriages. But most importantly, I have a a graduate and undergraduate degree in nutrition plus a 9 month internship.


Additional Information

Pregnancy patients are my absolute favorite type of client!!!


Services

Meal planning

Consultations

Shopping trips / lists


Specialties

Nourishing Pregnancy

Supporting Postpartum & Breastfeeding

PCOS

Promoting fertility


Diets

Plant-based (vegan / vegetarian)

Low-FODMAP

Gluten-free

Associated with

SuperKids Nutrition Inc / Melissa's Healthy Living

Location

Pasadena, CA

Fee

$160/per hour


Do you focus on serving the perinatal community?

Yes


Appointment Types

Phone / virtual / remote

Training and education

Training: It's required for my RDN to get 75 CEUs per 5 years, and 50 CEU for my CDE. In addition I've taught 8 courses for 18 years, and precept graduate students on nutrition pregnancy/kids and sports/IBS/Diabetes. So I'm always attending webinars or reading research!


Professional affliations: Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Association
California Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior
Sports, Cardiovascular and Wellness Nutrition (SCAN) Dietetic Practice Group
School Nutrition Services (SNS) Dietetic Practice Group
Vegetarian Nutrition (VN) Dietetic Practice Group
Nutrition Entrepreneurs (NE) Dietetic Practice Group
Weight Management (WM) Dietetic Practice Group
Dietitians in Integrative & Functional Medicine (DIFM) Dietetic Practice Group
Hunger and Environmental Nutrition (HEN) Dietetic Practice Group
Behavioral Health Nutrition (BHN) Dietetic Practice Group

Payment info

Accepted payment types

Venmo
Paypal

In-network insurance

N/A

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