Testimonials

What matters most to us at IFN Academy?  Our students’ experience!  We are delighted to share what our students are saying about their IFNA training. We hope you’ll join us...

The scope, depth and comprehensiveness of IFNA training provided me with the knowledge and confidence to transition successfully from an inpatient clinical nutrition position to IFN private practice and my...

I am honored to be a part of this amazing group of practitioners! IFNA has changed my life – and that is no overstatement.

I work in a functional medicine practice and have been interested in doing the IFNA training program for some time. I recently completed the 4 Track program and am so...

What an inspiring and well planned program!  Just what I needed to re-invigorate my interest in my career. I feel the program was of exceptional quality, excellent faculty and resources.

Thank you so much for offering such an amazing program for practitioners! This program has given me more knowledge than I could have ever imagined and I am beyond thankful...

Not a day goes by that I don’t use what I have learned from IFNA and this is underscored by the message that there is ALWAYS more to learn and...

It was definitely an amazing program and SO worth the hard work. It was especially helpful to be practicing as I was learning. I would do it again in a...

The IFNCP certification will be the key to the future of dietetic practices because it provides the skills needed to analyze the causative influences of one disease with many causes,...

The IFNA training was hands down my best investment!   The course is cutting edge, detailed, very well organized and evidence based.   As an internship director for many years, I feel...

I LOVED this course and it just got me excited all over again about coaching!! It’s so refreshing to learn about nutrition and wellness from an integrative and functional perspective.

IFNA training was a dream come true for me! I am deeply grateful for all the knowledge and skills I learned in my IFNA training. I am VERY proud of...

I have enjoyed the updated modules so much more. I have restudied all of the Tracks. As a result, I have learned so much!  Thank you for the hard work...

You designed a wonderful program that has been incredibly helpful in my private practice. It has definitely helped me add value to my patients’ health and wellness journeys.

I received so much benefit from my course work with the IFNA Team and I am happy to share whenever I have the opportunity. My IFNA training made recent teaching...

Signing on was one of the best decisions I ever made.  It helped me put so many pieces together.  The process has greatly enhanced my skills and confidence, not to...

I wish I could be at there (FNCE Wash DC) this year, but I’m now working for Beaumont Integrative Medicine (and private practice), thanks to my training through IFNA. Beaumont...

I want to thank Dr. Sheila Dean for her guidance, training and mentorship to get me started on my journey to my dream of owning my own functional nutrition based...

I’d like to start by addressing how grateful and thankful I am for first developing and providing such an incredible platform and medium for education, and secondly for allowing me...

With all sincerity it is the most exceptional work I have ever seen. My expectations were already high but they are exceeded beyond my imagination. You and Kathie make a...

Without a doubt, you, [Sheila] and Kathie have put together a seamless, research documented, absorbing, content packed course. I cannot say enough about the overall professionalism of the course with...

This note is to let you know how much I appreciate all the help provided during the courses. You have put together an amazing curriculum. The information provided in the...

I really enjoyed the IFNA program as it covered more advanced topics than any other online program, including many system imbalances and conditions and how therapeutic diets, nutraceuticals and labs...

I can’t wait to get my IFNCP! I’m going to take the exam soon. I am so pleased with what you (Sheila) and Kathie and everyone has done with this...

IFNA has been a game changer for my career. Over 15 years ago I entered the field of nutrition with a food as medicine mindset when I competed my undergraduate education...

IFNA is the real MVP when it comes to functional nutrition education for RDNs. This program is incredibly comprehensive and so applicable when it comes to every day practice. The...

I would like to express how much I am enjoying the training.  The presenters have been AMAZING and my excitement for learning more grows with each module.  I am feeling...

Thank you for your continued support through education. IFNA has changed my practice of nutrition and I am forever grateful.

IFNA training was extremely valuable and changed the course of my career! So, it’s the best investment I’ve ever made!

What a journey! I’ve loved EVERY minute and am ecstatically happy to apply my new knowledge to my clientele. Thank you for all you’ve done!

Just a comment on how impressed I am with the very high quality of program IFNA and its affiliates offer compared to others out there. I’m proud to say I’m...

I love, love the fact that you, Sheila and IFNA team are so open to suggestions and work collaboratively with alumni and students. That is what makes IFNA program so amazing....

I am happy and proud of IFNA and to be a wellness ambassador through food and total lifestyle. I live by the Japanese saying of 一期一会、to be awake and present in...

Thank you so much! I am so grateful for the continuing education and abundant tools provided by the IFNA program which help me better support my clients to optimize their...

I absolutely love the IFNA program and feel like I’m even more committed now to learning all that I can about nutrition!

IFNA was life-changing for me personally and professionally!

I have to say, finding this training program has honestly made going through the LONG process of obtaining my RDN completely worth it. I’m so encouraged to know there are...

Excellent Program! I love each second of the learning MODE!

The two of you should be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – because both of you do …. rock! This program was all that I had...

Overall, this course has expanded my knowledge of functional nutrition exponentially and that knowledge has, over the last two years, increased my ability to develop more comprehensive, beneficial and realistic...

The review course was very beneficial. There is an overwhelming amount of information and it was nice to have a course to help me focus in on the most important...

I am helping to start an integrative and functional nutrition program at the health system where I work in Nebraska.  We are excited to bring this unique service to a variety...

My journey with IFNA has been full of intellectual excitement and academic gratification–cannot thank you enough!

The IFNA training has been invaluable in terms of offering new services to clients. I continue to learn so much and love it!

I enjoyed your training immensely.  I recommend to all RD’s that I am in contact with, especially the next generation. I am contacted quite often by inspiring RD’s…and meet with them to help...

I was ready to take my nutrition knowledge to the next level and did not know where to turn.  The concept of integrative and functional nutrition has always been attractive...

I wanted to thank you for the program content thus far!  I have just completed T2M2 and it has transformed my relationship with my clients!!  I can’t tell you how...

This has been the best continuing education I have done in all the years I have been a dietitian!

Thank you so much for putting together such a stunning distillation of years of experience from you and your guest instructors, so people like me can more forward with more...

I have completed several Functional Nutrition training programs and have learned so much from each of them. However, I felt the IFNA program provided me with the some of the...

Thank goodness for IFNA! I’ve been blown away by the experience and I’m only at Track 1! Would highly recommend to anyone. 6 months ago I left a big corporate...

The Culinary Immersion was just that, a true “immersion” on so many levels.  Thank you for providing such a rich experience.  Denise’s training was A-plus.  I so enjoyed the venue,...

I have completed the program!! Yeah!! It has been incredibly educational and a wonderful experience! You have both done a magnificent job of creating an exceptional program and I am...

I am blown away by the amount of material and quality of education that this Track provided. Best investment of my time and money that I have made so far...

I commend you on the work you [Sheila] and Kathie have done. Your website is beautiful and the organization and thoroughness is admirable. You are ​truly an exceptional model of knowledge,...

The IFNA course has been outstanding so far….way beyond my expectations.  Each week is like reading a new chapter in a book that you can’t put down 🙂  I spent...

I just started with course one with a goal to become certified. I am loving it! It’s professional, well organized and full of useful (and interesting) information. Your hard work...

I learned an enormous amount of information from the training and have already incorporated some educational handouts into my private practice. Thank you for helping bring RDNs to the forefront of integrative...

I’m brand new to functional medicine so these tracks have been amazing. IFNA has been a blessing and I love our smart, kind, helpful and overall fantastic community!

 I love your program. This is the kind of nutrition that I’ve wanted to practice for my whole career – you’ve given us the platform to do that from through...

I just wanted to send a quick note to let you know how much I’m enjoying the [IFNA] Track’s. They are well organized, clear, and packed with information and resources...

THANK YOU SO MUCH for this training! This is exactly what I have been looking for. I have immersed myself in Functional Medicine/Nutrition since graduating with my RDN almost 4...

The CSI track has been incredible so far!! Love seeing how all the information gets pulled together, in real life patient situations. It’s like “reality tv” for the functional dietitian....

I can’t thank you enough for such an informative and truly life changing program. Thank you for the generous amount of time that you gave us to complete the program. I can’t...

THANK YOU both for all you do – this is such impressive work and material…very very grateful that you both cared enough to try and help all of us learn...

Thank you for offering such a fantastic program for us.  It’s really been a saving grace for me –  thank you for your contribution to my education and teaching!

I think your program setup is perfect. Love this website. Appreciate reminder emails. Joining webinars are easy. Really like the forum idea and way they are setup. I haven’t had any tech issues at all....

Thank you for creating this Academy, and for all the hard work you did in delivering the information in integrative and functional nutrition! I’ve learned so much, and am eager...

Thank you for the very informative, updated and practical course. I have taken/learned a lot from track 1, 2 and 3.  I am very satisfied with the knowledge acquired. Even more, I am very happy...

Have you ever felt like you were in over your head, trying to learn all you can, and still not feel quite ready to step out of your comfort zone?...

The IFNA program has offered me more training and tools to increase my skills with hard patients than I’ve found almost anywhere else. I reference my training and tools daily!

Thank you so much for IFNA. The Therapeutic Diets Track and Track 3 were my favorites. Absolutely phenomenal! These tracks have really motivated me and given me resources to learn...

The IFNA program will be an invaluable asset as I begin private practice. Many thanks for your hard work and dedication to the field!

Kathie Swift is a rare gem in the integrative/functional nutrition community and among my nutrition heroes. Whether she’s talking about published clinical data, teaching dietary protocols or offering clinical pearls,...

This webinar with Dr Kara Fitzgerald was fabulous! I have been using Organic Acids, NutrEval and GI Effects for several years now with my patients. Her explanation of the Organic acids...

Sheila, What a great job you did tonight presenting the patient case and touching on all of the systems with so much insight, and also tweaking our curiosity to delve deeper. Truly...

Dear Dr Dean, I want to tell you how much I appreciate all you have done to educate RDNs. Your enthusiasm is contagious and not only am I impressed with your...

As a dietitian in midcareer, I can’t thank both of you enough for offering such a comprehensive and invigorating training. I have been contemplating various certifications for years and am so pleased with...

I listened to the Q&A and the first session live last night and it was awesome. I AM SO EXCITED to be starting this journey. There is something so comforting and reassuring...

Anyway I did want to tell you how much I LOVE(d) Track 1!  You & Kathie have done an incredible job in creating such a thorough & organized program! I...

Thank you so much for attaching those resources and always being so prompt in responses. Their awesome and much appreciated. I LOVE this program- it’s exceeded my expectations with  top notch...

I’ve been growing leaps and bounds but have been salivating over the IFNA program. This has motivated me to take the plunge!

I am so enjoying these webinars and discussions! There is so much for me to immediately apply to myself as well as to my immediate family. I feel greatly blessed to...

Wow, what an outstanding program! I’m so sad that its over. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Just when I think I’ve heard my favorite presentation another one comes along and blows me away in terms of it’s scope and depth of research and experience backed information...

I want to express my gratitude to Sheila and Kathie for their outstanding IFNA program. I’ve just been through the Therapeutic Diets module and benefitted from mentoring sessions w/ Sheila...

Just a thank you for such an informative discussion session–You Rock! Again, love your teaching style.  You and Kathie are providing the direction that our profession must take–it is such...

SO … SO … SO very impressed….this whole program is just remarkable. What a reflection on you both.

Kathie is an authority on integrative and functional nutrition through her extensive years of practice and continued self-learning. Moreover, Kathie nurtures and encourages medical professionals, such as myself.  Most importantly,...

I am really enjoying the program.  It’s groundbreaking really, at least for a traditionally trained R.D. (that I am). Laura Fogleman

I would like to share with you both how timely and incredibly beneficial Track 2 has been for me as a professional.  I can’t share with you emphatically enough how...

First, I just have to say a huge thank you. It is overwhelming how much you are doing and how wonderful your IFNA program has been for me. Words really...

I’d like to share with you a personal testimonial that what I learned in this course helped me to finally identify and seek medical care for some health issues I’d...

I just want to thank Sheila and Kathie for all this great info! Last night’s module was so packed with valuable information! Each slide was so rich and informative. Such...

Kathie’s inspirational guidance helped me navigate the roadmap of my professional career which lead me to my current position as Director of Nutrition for 6 offices. Having a nutrition mentor...

Dr Sheila Dean is a a phenomenal dietitian. The amount of knowledge she has in integrative and functional nutrition is incredible. She has truly inspired me to become a better...

Dr Sheila Dean is an amazing teacher and went above and beyond to help us understand the material and answer our questions. She is so smart, so dedicated and so...

Dr Dean was extraordinary. She was very knowledgeable, accessible and pleasant to work with She challenged me in ways I did not know I could be challenged. I have learned...

Dr. Dean taught one of my nutrition and functional medicine courses at MUIH. She had a wealth of information to share, and is so entirely passionate about what she does...