Ruby Baggan
From My Own Healing to This Work
My path into this practice began through lived experience.
Like many of the people I support, I appeared high-functioning on the outside while quietly navigating digestive imbalance, chronic stress, and a growing disconnection from my body. I searched for answers for years — through conventional medicine, functional testing, and restrictive protocols — and found that most approaches addressed symptoms without touching the deeper patterns driving them.
That experience reshaped everything I understand about healing.
I came to see that gut health and nervous system regulation are inseparable. When the body feels safe, supported, and properly nourished, healing becomes sustainable — not cyclical.
This understanding continues to guide every aspect of my clinical work today.
Clinical Training & Lineage
My work as a functional nutrition practitioner bridges modern clinical science with the wisdom of traditional healing systems, including Ayurveda and Traditional Chinese Medicine.
Clinical Credentials
- Registered Dietitian (RD)
- Integrative & Functional Nutrition Certified Practitioner (IFNCP)
- Master Clinical Herbalist
- Trauma-Informed Healing Training
- Advanced Training through the Institute for Functional Medicine (IFM)
- Clinical Experience, at Cleveland Clinic Center for Functional Medicine
Traditional & Ongoing Study
- Ayurvedic study rooted in the teachings of Dr. Vasant Lad
- Ongoing Traditional Chinese Medicine study including Giovanni Maciocia
What Makes This Approach Different
Most gut health programs focus on food — what to remove, what to add, which protocol to follow next.
This work goes deeper.
As a clinical herbalist and gut health dietitian, I work with the full picture: digestive physiology, nervous system regulation, herbal support, and the daily rhythms that allow the body to heal and stabilize over time. When the gut and nervous system are addressed together, symptoms shift in ways that elimination diets and supplements alone rarely produce.
Root Cause Healing
Uncovering the deeper patterns beneath digestive symptoms rather than managing them at the surface. When the underlying imbalances are addressed, healing becomes more sustainable.
Nervous System Regulation
Supporting the body’s ability to move out of chronic stress physiology so digestion can function as designed. The gut cannot fully heal while the nervous system remains dysregulated.
Integrative Herbalism
Using clinical herbal medicine alongside functional nutrition to restore gut function, reduce inflammation, and build long-term digestive resilience — without forcing the body beyond its capacity.
Who I Work With
I specialize in supporting people who appear to have it together — in their careers, as mothers, or both — while privately navigating bloating, fatigue, irregular digestion, and symptoms that feel impossible to figure out.
Many have already tried elimination diets, supplements, and multiple practitioners — or spent years in doctors’ offices only to be told their labs are normal and everything looks fine, while continuing to suffer inside their own body. They are not looking for more information. They are looking for clarity, expert guidance, and a path that actually holds.
If that resonates, I would be glad to explore how we can work together.
Ready to Begin?
If you’re ready to move beyond symptom management and support your gut and nervous system at the root, explore how we can work together.
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