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Improve Your Mood With Food

brownjill / December 6, 2024

Let’s unpack some of the exciting (and preliminary) new research about the link between gut health, mood, and stress. This […]

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Gut-Brain Connection: The Role of the Nervous System

brownjill / December 6, 2024

You may have read or learned from your healthcare provider that there is a gut-brain connection… but what does that

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Ellison Clark, MS RDN LDN

Ellison is a licensed Registered Dietitian with a strong background in endocrinology and hormones. Originally from North Carolina, Ellison is a proud Carolina Tarheel alum, and met Dr. Brown while working in community nutrition at the foodbank where she was a program coordinator for Cooking Matters at the Store grocery store tours and educational programs. Ellison completed her Masters in Nutrition from Meredith College in Raleigh.

Her early career includes clinical nutrition positions with Atrium Health before settling into private practice to focus on endocrinology and hormone health. Her continuing education training has focused on PCOS, nutrition and gut health.

Ellison sees clients in person in Wilmington, and via telehealth.

Dr. Jill Brown, DCN RDN LDN IFNCP CLT

Integrative Dietitian and Founder

Dr. Jill Brown is a licensed Registered Dietitian and Board Certified Functional Nutrition Certified Practitioner. Originally from the Midwest, Dr. Brown completed undergraduate studies in Education at Texas Woman’s University, a Masters in Nutrition from Meredith College, and a Doctorate in Clinical Nutrition from Maryland University of Integrative Health.

Her early career started in Neonatal Intensive Care at both UNC and Duke Hospitals and Diabetes Self Management Program. She later took on a leadership role with one of the Feeding America food banks as Director of Nutrition, setting into clinical roles at Duke Integrative Medicine and Kaizen Nutrition & Wellness.

She has extensive training in integrative and functional nutrition as well as several complementary modalities including Clinical Aromatherapy, Polyvagal Theory, Herbal Medicine, Functional Women’s Health, Heart Math®, and Reiki Energy Healing.

Dr. Brown sees clients at her home office in Mebane, and via telehealth.