Tiffany Holt
Tiffany Holt is an integrative registered dietitian nutritionist (RD/RDN) and research dietitian with the Centers for Integrative Nutrition and Integrative Research at UC San Diego Health. In her current position, she splits her time between outpatient clinical care and nutrition research. In clinical practice she offers one on one counseling to help implement meaningful nutrition changes for shifting disease processes back towards wellness. As a research dietitian, she assists in all stages of a study including protocol development, intervention implementation, and data analysis. Previous or active research projects include whole food, plant-based, and anti-inflammatory diets in the setting of hormone-related conditions, cancer, digestive diseases, eye diseases, autoimmunity and mental health conditions.
Nutrition became a passion for Tiffany after applying "food as medicine" in her own life as a Division I soccer player facing injury. While she continues to compete in recreation soccer leagues today, she has become a professional in the nutrition world. She has also served as a board member and past-president with the San Diego District of the California Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, a state affiliate of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND). Tiffany is a member of specialized Dietary Practice Groups including Dietitians in Integrative & Functional Medicine (DIFM), Research Nutrition, Cardiovascular Health and Well-being (CV-Well), and Sports and Human Performance Nutrition (SHPN).
Tiffany graduated with advanced nutrition training from Bastyr University master's degree program. While in practice, she has also completed functional nutrition training with the Institute of Functional Medicine, Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, and peer-to-peer mentorship with tenured RDNs. Her work experience with UC San Diego Eating Disorders Center for Treatment and Research, Bastyr Center for Natural Health (BCNH), and dietetic internship with UC San Diego Health, have been invaluable learning opportunities she uses daily as a dietitian.
Outside of work, Tiffany enjoys family time with her husband and kids, cooking, playing soccer, running and weight training. Reading, sunshine and tending to her plants, are her restoration essentials.
Tiffany is an integrative registered dietitian nutritionist and research dietitian, passionate about using whole foods for healing and preventing disease. She specializes in metabolic health, gastrointestinal conditions, women's health, and eating disorders.
The Center for Integrative Nutrition (CIN) vision is to embrace food as the cornerstone of health and disease prevention, treatment, and recovery, for individuals, communities, and the entire planet. CIN supports a food first approach to nutrition-related care. Strategies including culinary medicine and behavior change counseling are integrated into nutrition goals to cultivate meaningful interventions for patients. This specialty practice allows the RDN to blend standard nutrition care with aspects of lifestyle, complementary, alternative, and functional medicine. All of these types of medicine encompass patient-centered, healing-oriented approaches that embraces conventional and complementary therapies. Overall, our RDNs apply the concept of Food as Medicine in a clinical setting and treat a wide variety of medical diagnoses ranging from chronic diseases to weight loss or weight gain to autoimmune and rheumatological conditions, as well as counseling for weight management and eating behaviors.
Patients can expect visits to focus is on collaboration between patient and provider to create patient centered, data-driven, safe, and customized nutrition and lifestyle recommendations. Nutrition visits at CIN allow time for developing a meaningful partnership and regular follow up care starting with review of diet journals and completed with detailed after visit goals. Food as medicine is for everyone in a situation where they are open to changes in their diet to better their health.
