Lauren Plunkett RDN LD CDCES, is a registered dietitian and certified diabetes care & education specialist working nationally as a health educator. She specializes in plant-based nutrition for prevention and improvement of chronic conditions. Her professional experience includes pediatric endocrinology, performance nutrition, and virtual primary care. She is a public speaker, indoor cycling instructor, and author of the award-winning book, Type One Determination. Lauren has lived with type 1 diabetes for nearly three decades and adopted a vegan lifestyle 13 years ago. Providing knowledge from the perspective of the patient and health care professional, she is a fierce advocate for healthy lifestyle practices.

The essence of her practice focuses on whole-person healing that connects emotions to the physical body. Reaching below the surface to examine our relationship with food is the key to establishing long-term, body-positive, stigma-smashing, nutrition habits.