About Me

Hi, I am Patricia Shelton.

I am a Certified Functional Medicine Practitioner and a Nutritional Therapist. I have had training from both the UK and the United States.

I now practice in Zurich, Switzerland.

Check out more information about my qualifications, my practice, and about me below!

Qualifications, Certifications, & Memberships

BA Economics, BA Psychology from Hobart and William Smith Colleges, USA.

Memberships

BANT, since 2016

IFM, since 2017

AIP, since 2018

Certifications and Qualifications

  • Candidate for MSc in Personalized Nutrition, pending conferral in November 2024, from the Centre for Nutrition Education & Lifestyle Management in partnership with Middlesex University London.

  • Graduate Practitioner of The Center of Integrative Sports Nutrition (UK), as of 2022.

  • The first and only Certified Functional Medicine Practitioner in Switzerland.

    Completed the Functional Medicine Practitioner Certification from The Institute for Functional Medicine (USA) in December 2020.

  • ReCode Trained practitioner in the Dale Bredesen program for Reversing Cognitive Decline.

    Recieved certification from Apollo Health, for Dale Bredesen Alzheimer's Program, in 2020.

  • Acquired Autoimmune Paleo Coach Certification in 2018 from the Autoimmune Paleo Certified Coach Practitioner Training Program.

  • Recieved Diploma of Nutritional Therapy from The College of Naturopathic Medicine (London, England).

What Drives My Practice

The most important piece of my learning that I carry forward, and hope to pass along to others, is that from the fundamental biochemical make up, we are all individual.

While much of each of us is extremely similar, there are slight differences in the codes that direct all the bodily functions within us, and we need to listen to our own signals and understand better our own make-up to be able to give ourselves the gift of the best nutrition and lifestyle to benefit our individual bodies.

“We are all individual... What is the perfect food for one body, may indeed be the opposite for another.”

What is the perfect food for one body, may indeed be the opposite for another. We need to gain a better understanding of ourselves so we are not following the headlines of the health trends that are of benefit to some people in the hopes that we will benefit us as well.

Finding answers to our individual body needs and being able to make informed choices about what we eat, drink, and how we live, enables us to move forward out of the worries of nutrition, and onto the other challenges of our lives we hope to pursue.

More About Me

I am an American, born and raised in New York City. I trained to be a Nutritional Therapist in London, England at the College of Naturopathic Medicine, and to be a Certified Functional Medicine practitioner with the Institute for Functional Medicine in the USA. I now live and practice in Zurich, Switzlerand. I work with clients within Zurich and greater Europe, in-person when possible and also online when more practical.