Testimonials

Working with Paula has been an absolute pleasure! It’s hard to imagine that there is anyone more knowledgeable about functional nutrition and how to heal the body through food and supplementation. Our sessions and all of the health testing have been incredibly educational. If knowledge is power, Paula has provided me with superpowers!

Through my work with Paula, I have completely shifted my mindset from shoving anything fast and easy into my body to understanding that I can actually change how my body feels by nourishing it. I am just partially through the process of healing, but already I have more energy, my digestive system is working much better, I am thinking more clearly, and my skin has cleared up. I can’t wait to see what the future holds as I continue this journey! Paula has provided support every step of the way and has made my transition as easy as possible – from messages asking how I am feeling to sending hundreds of delicious recipes. Cooking used to intimidate me, and I didn’t have a good understanding of what was actually “healthy.” With Paula’s guidance, I finally have a stockpile of nutritious, delicious meals I can whip up in minutes.

I have recommended Paula’s services to many friends and family, and I will continue to share everything Paula has taught me. I believe everyone can benefit from learning how best to nourish their bodies and make a lasting impact on their health.

Paula’s knowledge and expertise has already helped me greatly. I am a 49-year-old woman who’s had Hashimoto’s disease since I was 19 years old. A year before the pandemic I had many issues with my eye health (retinal detachment) which resulted in many surgeries and I lost my depth perception.

Once the pandemic hit, drastic changes occurred and I was starting to become very overworked which led to complete stress overload of my body and mind. Many health concerns started to arise (severe anxiety, sore eyes, insomnia, weight gain, fatigue) but then I started having heart palpitations in May of 2021. I went to my doctor immediately and saw numerous doctors and cardiologists and they gave me all the tests. No one could find anything wrong, didn’t know what to do, so they sent me on my way. That is when I knew I needed to seek an alternative and was referred to Paula.

I consulted with her in August 2021 and we discussed all my health concerns. After a month of working with her, my heart palpitations went away.

Right away, Paula gave me a thorough understanding of what I needed to do in order to get my health on track. I got started by eliminating gluten and dairy, switched to a high-quality water filter, started taking the recommended supplements, and eating more quality foods.

In the two months, I have been working with Paula, I also have less anxiety, I sleep better, I lost my sugar cravings, and I lost 5 pounds and feel less bloated.

I am excited to continue on my health journey with Paula. It has been a challenge, but I know this is the best investment I have made so far for myself.

She is very thorough, educated, hardworking, and compassionate. I would highly recommend her to anyone seeking to truly take control and better their health and lifestyle for a brighter present and future.

I am very grateful for all the technological advances in medicine over these many decades, but I am especially grateful for what seems to me to be an enlightenment growing within our culture regarding personal health and well-being and the manner in which we care for ourselves.

I have come to realize that ‘To be as healthy as one can be’ involves one’s whole self. Paula is a significant part of this for me. Her easy manner, careful listening, and expert analysis and feedback gives me an extraordinary insight into the current state of my health. The explanations she has provided have helped me understand so many different functions and interactions with a level of detail I can refer to when necessary. She provides wonderful online dietary tools, one’s own test results, and recommendations. With this background, I had no trouble changing my vitamin regimen, water consumption, protein intake, and (even though it was hard) putting limits on the milk I was drinking. I continue to incorporate new ways to adjust my eating, I am stronger than ever, and as a by-product weigh now what I did 20 years ago. Paula’s work has definitely expanded my ability to believe I will achieve the healthiest life possible – however long it may be.

As a fitness and performance coach, I need to make sure that my health is prioritized so that I can help my clients achieve their optimal health and fitness goals. I wanted to set an example with my clients, family, and friends by seeing Paula gain a better understanding of what I need to better my overall health.

After my blood test results came back, Paula and I set up a zoom call to go over the results and answer any questions I had. I love that she went through all the results and educated me every step of the way, right down to the cellular level. She was able to tell me what sources of food will give me the necessary nutrients I need to enhance my body.

One of my main concerns was anxiety and lack of sleep. I have been working with Paula for about three months and have been sleeping much better, feeling less anxious about everything, and having had less muscle soreness/faster recovery.

I would highly recommend consulting with Paula no matter what your health and/or physique goals are. She can help give you the tools and education to maximize your life, whether you want to feel good, look good, enhance performance, tackle gut issues, balance hormones, prepare for pre and post-pregnancy (which is what I will be doing).

If you want to have long-term sustainable health and a higher quality of life, it is never too late. Invest in yourself so you can have a longer, happier, and healthier life.

I’m a strength and conditioning coach based in northern San Diego. I work with many high-level athletes and fitness clients. I need to make sure I’m feeling my best every day, perform at a high level, and optimize my recovery so I can continue empowering my clients to reach and maintain their goals.

Working with Paula has been an absolute eye-opener; as a coach, I make sure I minimize processed food and I have a balanced, high-quality macronutrient intake. Paula was able to find so many nutritional deficiencies by evaluating my blood work. In our consultation, she explained the blood work results very clearly and thoroughly.

In addition, she made sure to educate me about the best food sources that will bump up my macronutrients, vitamins, and minerals to optimal levels.

It’s been three months now since my consultation with Paula and implementing my personalized plan. I’ve felt 100 times better! I feel more energized, stronger, and recover much faster (less sore after high-intensity training).

I’ve been around people that are feeling under the weather or got diagnosed with COVID after seeing me, and I haven’t gotten sick. My training remains the same and my 1RM back squat went from 335lbs to 385lbs, and my body fat% went from 19% to 15%. I’m thrilled with the health, performance, and physique results that Paula helped me achieve.

In addition, I’ve seen the same kind of results with all my clients that have worked with Paula.

If you care about and want to optimize your health, performance, how you feel, and physique, you have to book a consultation with Paula today! There is no better place to invest than your health!

I had been working on my health for over a year since having my second (and last) child when I first contacted Paula. I had been slowly changing my eating habits, exercising more regularly, and finding a more regular sleeping pattern. However, I still felt that something was missing – that using models and recommendations designed for many, weren’t always addressing my specific needs and issues.

Since working with Paula, I am feeling better than ever! It has indeed been a journey, one we are still on together, but I feel seen, heard, and supported at all times. Paula has listened intently to everything I have shared with her, asked thoughtful questions, and provided gentle but impactful guidance throughout the 6+ weeks we have been working together. She is kind, funny, and very uplifting. I trust her insight and feel confident that she has done the appropriate research to provide the right recommendations best suited for me and no one else. I am so beyond grateful for her!

Paula of Radically Nourished is amazing! We have been working with her for a few years now and we are very happy with her approach to health care! She is so knowledgeable. She is very dedicated to helping us heal. She is also always quick to get back to you when you have a question! I would recommend her to anyone looking to improve their health!

I consider her part of my wellness plan. I have been through tests and detoxes with her and I am always happy with the results! She is extremely knowledgeable and I totally trust her with the health of my family. She’s the best!

2 years ago I was diagnosed with severe Ulcerative Colitis. Doctors prescribed me maintenance medication, recommended a high fiber diet, and sent me on my way.

I started feeling helpless because I wasn’t feeling any better. My body ached, I was chronically fatigued, and didn’t have any energy. I was scared, depressed, and wasn’t living a quality life due to my poor state of health — and I had no idea how to fix it. I knew I needed to advocate for myself. That’s when I found Paula at Radically Nourished.

After consulting with Paula, I was immediately relieved. I felt confident that with her help I could feel better, and get back to living a normal lifestyle.

Paula has helped me immensely to better understand my disease. I know how to manage it through proper diet, and how to navigate my way through life making the right choices to better benefit my overall health. I feel better today than I have in a very long time.

Paula is the best. I am extremely grateful for all she has done for me and I highly recommend her.

I started seeing Paula about 6 months ago. My gut was in disarray, I was stuck with my weight, I felt unhealthy, I had parasites, among other things… Paula’s immense wealth of knowledge has allowed me to get rid of most of the parasites, get my eating under control and more than anything feel healthy again!

Paula has greatly impacted my life by providing long term life tools with food, overall habits and body issues. She is warm and healing while also getting you to hold yourself to a higher standard.

Thanks to Paula, my gut health has improved significantly as has my mobility and overall health!

(This is my most serious review, ever.) Right when the pandemic started we discovered that our son had developed a severe case of eczema, food allergies, and had a relentless ongoing yeast infection. He was miserable and it wouldn’t go away no matter what we tried. (I should also mention that I was breastfeeding at the time and didn’t realize how important my own diet was.). It was only after scouring the internet reading everything I could get my eyeballs on and monitoring his symptoms daily that we discovered all of this. It was only because of my own healing journey with a wheat allergy that I knew I could treat my son’s condition with diet and nutrition. It was a hard long road to get his rash to finally go away and figure out all of his food allergies & sensitivities. Even though I thought I was doing all of the right things, “you don’t know what you don’t know,” the Naturopathic Doctor I was working with recommended I work with Paula to dial in his diet and have professional guidance. Of course, when I saw all of Paula’s credentials I thought to myself, “ok, here’s a lady who knows more than I know.” It wasn’t hard for me to make the decision to work with Paula and she’s been such a guiding light for us. Nothing beats a mom’s intuition, but having it validated by a professional really helps give me peace of mind that I’m doing all the right things for my son’s healing. I also have to keep reminding myself that healing takes time and having Paula by our side has made all the difference, especially during the times when I feel as though I want to give up. She helps our trek along with adjustments to his diet and other insights that I just wouldn’t know otherwise unless I was certified in all the things Paula is certified in. I mean, she’s certified in Wizardry… like, yeah, I need all the magic I can get!

Paula Sturm, the dietitian with Radically Nourished, has been an absolute game-changer for my clients. I have been a personal trainer for over a decade and have supported many people in losing their excess weight. Losing weight is not always about eating less and working out harder. Many times, an imbalance of hormones, lack of nutrients in your daily diet, chronic stress in your day, or digestive disorders could really halt any progress you may expect from a workout in the gym. Lack of progress can be very frustrating to the personal trainer and client. Identifying these areas and creating a plan to overcome them is what Paula excels in. Applying Paula’s dietary guidance with the workouts has created many success stories with my clients; as well as their ability to sustain their results long after the program is complete. Paula’s clinical understanding of your nutritional needs in combination with her genuine commitment to your success is priceless to anyone ready to begin the journey of living a healthy lifestyle.

Paula cares about getting people healthy, she is very “detailed” on what she does!!

She really can help you! I’ve had IBS since I was a little kid (now 58) and I’m finally getting better with Paula’s professional help.

I started working with Paula Sturm shortly after having a breast cancer scare from a mammogram. Being a fitness professional my entire adult life, I already had the exercise portion down, but my diet needed some work. I wanted to develop a focus on cancer prevention, as well as lower blood pressure.

Since working with Paula, my blood pressure has improved. My mammograms and other cancer screens have come back negative and my doctor has been very happy with my blood work. I’ve also had much more energy, endurance, and greater focus.

She’s thorough, organized, and very empathetic. Her professionalism gave me great confidence in her ability to help. She put me at ease by answering all of my questions and just being super easy to talk to and communicate with. She was never judgmental, demeaning, or abrasive, and she was incredibly supportive to me during the entire process.

Paula helped me to refine several eating habits. I already had pretty decent habits, but Paula’s expert advice helped me to tweak the things that I needed to so that I could accomplish my goals. She also served as a great source of encouragement and accountability that helped me to succeed. Furthermore, after my husband witnessed the impact of Paula’s work in my life, he decided to work with her as well and has had tremendous results in his nutrition and overall health.

I loved working with Paula. She was very informative and answered my questions in ways that I could understand what was happening in my body. I loved having labs done to see where and what is happening inside me. She helped me and my family understand how important it was to make better choices in the way our food is grown and where to make better choices if money was an issue. I’m happy to say that both my husband and I have lost weight. This comes from being informed and making better choices! I would highly recommend working with her.

I was blessed to have found Paula when I did. In the past three months that I’ve been working with her, I’ve experienced more healing than the two years I was working with a naturopath. She’s an angel.

I owe Paula heartfelt thanks for all she helped me with. I was dealing with both a parasite and C Diff infection and she was the only person who suggested a stool test in all these years. Without her insight I would still be searching for help. I’m forever grateful for her help, her patience, and for her caring about my health.

I came to Paula when I was in the second trimester with my second child. I wanted to do what I could to help prevent some issues I had with my first pregnancy and to make sure I was getting the proper nutrition for myself and my baby. My diet prior to seeing Paula wasn’t balanced and I wasn’t sure exactly what to eat. Plus, I wasn’t sleeping well and my energy was low. Now, I feel more energized, my sleep is much improved, and I have the knowledge and confidence in myself to eat balanced meals. I also eat more mindfully and put more thought into my daily food choices. Paula gave me the education and encouragement I needed to eat the best foods for my situation. She also gave me appropriate supplements for my body and for my baby. I now feel confident in bringing about a healthy pregnancy.

Thank you so much for your help! I’m finally able to do big activities and not feel like complete trash the next day. We biked 45 miles with 6000 feet of gain and today I feel fine. I know it’s because of the food and my body getting used to the extra calories. I’m less anxious, more rested, and exercise feels fun again. I couldn’t have done it without you!

I found Paula in July of 2020 after coming to my wit’s end and feeling completely desperate. Before I met Paula, I had worked with a well-known naturopath here in San Diego and spent a couple of thousand dollars with no improvements. To say I was discouraged was an understatement.

I have suffered from gut issues since I was 8, which affect every aspect of my life. Being in pain after eating was normal. I had developed anxiety about food due to my terrible reactions to many many things. I avoided restaurants like the plague. I avoided travel. I avoided life. Doctors could never figure out what was wrong. I was diagnosed with IBS and that’s the label I lived with for almost 30 years.

After just six months with Paula, after almost 30 years of suffering, I was able to eat any food without pain. No reactions. Nothing. I started to gain a bit of weight back, get my energy back, and the biggest most incredible change – my anxiety about eating subsided and I started to feel comfortable going out. My shame and fears around my problems went away, my fears faded, I started a new full-time career, and I became a healthier and happier person.

Paula’s approach isn’t just nutrition. She covers the mental, spiritual, and emotional parts of healing. It’s a complete 360 approach.

I would go as far to say, in a way, she’s my angel. Thanks to Paula, I HAVE a life now. I will continue working with her, probably forever, at a maintenance level.

I have always struggled with those extra 5-10lbs and finally at 31 years old, during quarantine, I decided I needed help making a life change for the better. My eating habits were not as healthy as I had thought and I had gained over 10 pounds after contracting COVID19 and taking a couple month break from running or intense cardio at the request of my physical therapist. This is when I reached out to Paula and she made all the difference in my health! We started with a custom plan that addressed my weight loss goals, exercise routine, digestive issues and even my hormone imbalance. In the first two months, I reached my weight goal, felt amazing and was seeing a noticeable improvement in my run times prior to COVID. Paula continually helped me develop better eating habits daily by providing real-time feedback. This helped me build better habits quicker and reach my goals that much sooner. We continued on to develop a custom plan to train for a mini marathon. The recommended supplements and custom nutrition guidelines for my run days have been a huge improvement in my training. To add to this, my weight has been consistently managed and is no longer the driving force behind everything I eat, which feels like a huge weight off my shoulders. In addition to all of this, my intermittent digestive issues I struggled with have completely disappeared! It’s amazing to know I’m healthier, stronger and on a better life path all because of what I’m putting in my body. Thank you Paula for truly changing the course of my life for the better!

I’ve had an uphill battle with Rheumatoid Arthritis for 20+ years. After countless medications and surgeries, my joints were shot, my medications weren’t giving me much relief and I was staring at the prospect of more surgeries for my ankles and feet.

I had extreme difficulty walking after rising from a seated position. I would hobble with a cane and walker for 50 steps before my ankles would loosen up enough to allow me to function. Fear of falling took over and I didn’t want to sit down due to knowing the pain that followed getting up to walk. I told my husband that I wasn’t going to go through surgery again. I’d been through enough and wanted to try a new path of treatment.

I started this journey with Paula mid October 2020. After reviewing test results and making dietary changes and supplements to get my gut health in order, I have dropped 30 pounds and can do things I never thought I’d do again, like gardening. I can walk up and down the steps to our boat to go fishing and take my dog for walks. Camping is pleasurable again. And I can make the treks to my hunting shack. My overall health has improved. My skin isn’t as dry and my heels haven’t been this healthy in 30 years.

It’s incredible what changes have happened for me just by addressing my gut health. It makes me wonder if I would have connected with her earlier in my RA diagnosis if I would have avoided the major surgeries I’ve been through.

I’ve been blessed to team with Paula in this journey and will be forever grateful for her expert guidance and coaching.

After struggling to get pregnant for so long, I finally got what I’ve been hoping for — a positive pregnancy test! I’m so grateful to Paula for her help in this process. It’s been an emotional one for me and her support and willingness to listen is much appreciated! I continue to work on meditation, light yoga and visualization, as she recommended.

Paula changed this sugar-crazed, 143.5 lb. woman into a much more sensible 124.5 lb. goddess. Yep! I have maintained this wonderful new healthy weight for well over a year. Soooo freakin’ happy. Everything she taught me is so appreciated.

I had been struggling with my postpartum health since my daughter was born three years ago. I had seen naturopaths, western medicine, acupuncture you name it. I then came across Paula through a google search. On our initial call, she mentioned a few things that may be going on by just listening to my story. I quickly booked a package with her and my health, my sleep, and ultimately my fertility all improved within a few months. She really took the time to understand the whole picture of what was going on and used some tests to draw up the conclusions. She was thorough and thoughtful and I would highly recommend Paula to anyone who has been stuck in their journey for better health.

Depressed, tired and post-partum, I contacted Paula and the first thing out of my mouth was wanting to lose weight. She was most concerned about getting to the root of my issues so weight loss would happen naturally. She did testing and taught me baby steps toward clean eating, supplements, and what foods to add and remove. Once I made these changes to my life, inflammation went down, energy went up, depression decreased, and so forth. I always tell her she’s the “nutritionist whisper.” She’s still my go-to for nutrition and supplement advice.