Crave Health

01/21/2021

🧡 Evolution is a wonderful thing! 🧡

Do not worry, your providers are still here to serve you! It just may look a little different than you’re used to 😁 we love you all, and are so grateful for your trust in us for over 12 years!


🏥 Our physical office location will be closing March 2021. COVID gave us all a chance to check out our current patient demographic, try out telemedicine, and re-evaluate how we practice. Everyone is happy, healthy, and excited for 2021.


👩🏻 Ashley will be practicing nutrigenomics and working with professional athletes. You can find her


👩🏻 Melissa will continue wonderful 1:1 client care. You can find her at melissarlmhc@gmail.com


👩🏻 Jessica will be focused on functional nutrition and nutrigenomics. You can find her and


👨🏻Bob will continue supporting clients in wellness and behavior change. You can find him at clientcare@bobsummerford.com


👩🏻 Lida will continue to support clients with disordered eating, wellness and fertility. You can find her at lida@soundmindnutrition.com


👩🏼 Megan will continue to serve her clients in all aspects of health and wellness. You can find her at kadennutrition@gmail.com


👩🏼 Cassie will continue her 1:1 client care and can be found at


👩🏽 Nadia will be focused on nutrigenomics and personalized nutrition and can be found at and

03/17/2020

To all of the clients at Crave Health,

My name is Ashley Besecker and I am the owner and founder of Crave Health. I personally picked out and hired your wonderful providers, Melissa, Cassie, Jessica, Bob, Megan, Lida, and Nadia.

At this time I have made the executive decision to temporarily close our physical office in Bellevue, WA due to the current health crisis. Washington State is the hardest hit with the Coronavirus and COVID-19, currently with 40 deaths reported and growing by the day.

Your providers may or may not personally agree with my decision, so any frustration that you may feel as a client, please direct to me, and accept my sincerest apology for any inconvenience this may cause you.

Most of our providers offer telehealth (video conferencing) and phone sessions, so please discuss that option with your provider directly.

If you have any questions please feel free to contact me directly at
ashley@crave-health.com

I would also strongly encourage anyone who is not fully quarantined and social distancing to do so now. The quicker we all escalate to that level of action, the sooner this will all be over.

Sincerely,

Ashley Besecker, RDN, CD
Owner & Founder of Crave Health LLC

01/06/2020

Ashley wrote an ebook! If health and wellness are one of your new year's resolutions check out this quick start guide. It's available for download now and on sale now for $9.99!

Crave Health LLC

11/06/2018

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09/13/2018

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I hate taking pills 💊 so I get IV Vitamin Drips! 💃🏻
It’s brilliant. I go 1-2 times per month to Alpine Integrated Medicine in and relax for 40 mins and get hydrated 💦 and get my vitamins. It covers everything but my and so I take those via pill daily but the rest goes directly into my cells! By getting a drip or even a shot 💉 (B12 anyone?) I ensure that the proper form of the vitamins are getting into my system. There are genes we inherit that make it difficult to translate certain forms of vitamins into their actual “active” form the body can use (such as ). So many of us are buying vitamins over the counter, and peeing out a lot of the nutrition (and 💸) simply because our body can’t convert it into the right form for our cell to use, 🤦‍♀️ ! Plus it keeps me hydrated and there are awesome ND’s that can tweak my IV based on how I’m feeling. Last month with all the fires and smoke we added extra to boost 💪
So go check them out and tell them Crave Health sent you! We love partnering with other awesome clinics. @ Alpine Integrated Medicine

08/02/2018

We’re excited to announce the launch of the first video on our new !
Visit our profile 👉 and tap the IGTV button in our Highlights to watch featuring Ashley Besecker RDN, CD. Stay tuned for more interviews and important insights on our ! #🎥

07/25/2018

I AM SO PROUD OF THESE AMAZING PEOPLE! The body issue is a celebration of these incredible athletes physical bodies 💪, but I want to celebrate the guts that it takes to strip down and bare it all to the world! You guys are truly being open, vulnerable, confident and showing that there are so many different body styles that can all perform at incredible levels. Congratulations to each of you! ❤️ Now lets make sure we eat, move, and live to keep these bods as long as possible! Right & ? 😉

07/21/2018

We’ve all heard the saying “find your tribe”, but let’s look at what that really means and how it impacts your health. 🔍
💙 The face-to-face interactions you have on a daily basis are one of the strongest predictors of how long you’ll live. This statement is so impactful. This comes from the work of Susan Pinker and Dan Buettner of the book The Blue Zones.
💙 This includes family, friends, neighbors and friendly strangers. You need to get OUT from behind your phone and computer and look people in the eyes and be in the physical presence of others to exchange ideas and emotionally connect.
💙 Surround yourself with others that align with your values, goals and priorities. We become most like the 5 people we spend the most time with. Take a look at who is in your current inner circle and how much time you spend with them. Are they enhancing your life? Are you enhancing theirs?
💙 A colleague of mine Dr. Mark Hyman says it this way, “More and more we are finding that having community is a bigger driver of your health than diet, exercise, or lifestyle.” Wow.
So take a look at your tribe, your fam, your community! Build it up, make it strong, and better health will follow.

07/05/2018

ATTENTION ATHLETES!
Do you realize that when you play at an elite level (college, professional, I would say even competitive high school) you have to be SO CAREFUL about the nutritional supplements that you put in your body?? 💊💊💊
1️⃣ They must be NSF Certified for Sport.
2️⃣ Don’t take things just to take them. Or because so-and-so told you they were good. Supplements can interact with medications and other supplements!
3️⃣ Stay away from artificial stuff. There are lots of NSF Certified for Sport supplements out there that are full of artificial colors, flavors and ingredients. You’re body is a temple! (And potentially your money maker!) So fill it with quality stuff. See our link in bio to see what I think about Advocare...🙄
4️⃣ Have a pro (like us!) curate a personalized, streamlined supplement regimen for you. We like to use food first, then high quality pharmaceutical grade supplements (as little pills as possible!) as indicated by genetic variations or blood work. Again, don’t just take stuff to take it!
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Two of our FAV high quality brands are and by but you can only get access to them through healthcare providers like us! One appointment with me (in person or via video conference) can get you access to brands like these through our awesome online supplement platform .
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Tap the MAKE AN APPOINTMENT button in our bio 🔗 to get started!

06/21/2018

Heart Attacks are scary.
Many of us know the horror of losing a loved one to the sudden onset of a . But did you know that you can prevent yourself from ever having one? ❤️ We can be predisposed to cardiovascular disease, arterial plaquing, and heart attack’s simply by inheriting some bad genes, specifically a gene called 9P21. (Did you know that I HAVE THIS GENE?? 😱) But guess what? Because of the information in this book, I will NEVER HAVE A HEART ATTACK. ❌ I’ll put💰on it.
It’s all about . Nutrition 🥦 Exercise 💪 and getting on top of some key labs 💉 can get you ahead of the game. This month’s is by Bradley Bale, MD and Amy Doneen, ARNP. The for preventing cardiovascular disease is your key to a healthy heart and a long, healthy life! Pick it up, read it, and then call us and we can help you implement the entire protocol!
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06/07/2018

Let’s talk about 🧠❤️
We are just coming out of month and when we talk about what’s healthy for the brain, that translates into so many other facets of our lives like emotional health, our ability to handle and process through stress and traumatic events, critical thinking, balance, confidence, and much more. Here are our top tips for a superhero brain!
🧠 Boost your diet with Mono and Polyunsaturated Fats: Fish, Nuts, Seeds, Avocados, different types of cooking oils.
🧠 150 minutes of each week - doesn’t matter how you spread it out! Walk, run, bike, lift, play!
🧠 SLEEP. We need restful sleep each day for a reason. It’s a chance for our brain to rest and for our body to perform incredible cleaning tasks like . Be sure you get 6-9 good hours each night. Healthy sleep = healthy brain.

05/09/2018

We are SO EXCITED to share how personalized health and nutrition has been helping 2 of our rockstar clients, Sue Bird and Megan Rapinoe! Stay tuned as and take over our instagram stories this Friday to share how they have used nutrition, genetics, and biochemistry to raise their training and their health to the next level! 💪🥦🔬

04/02/2018

Salmonella recall: Check your dried coconut! Natural Grocers and Vitamin Cottage Brands...

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Vitamin Cottage Natural Food Markets, Inc., a Lakewood, Colorado-based natural grocery chain, is recalling Natural Grocers brand 10-ounce Coconut Smiles Organic due to the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young childr...

01/16/2018

For all the Washington and Oregon dietitians out there... Ashley is doing a webinar today on MTHFR for Washington State Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and State Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics! Login to your state academy account to watch at 3pm PST!

01/02/2018

Crave Health was just featured in The Bellevue Club Reflections Magazine! Check us out!

http://www.bcreflections.com/2018/January/its-genetic

Bellevue Club member and owner of Crave Health, Ashley Besecker, talks about why diet trends are soon to be a thing of the past as the rise of nutrigenetics offers a much more sophisticated approach to weight loss, disease prevention and so much more.

12/30/2017

Our from research to conferences to incredible articles outlining the future of medicine that we are apart of. The providers at Crave Health are working so hard to bring you the best that functional medicine has to offer and we feel honored to help you reach your optimal health. Cheers 🥂 to 2018!

12/26/2017

Did you open up a DNA test this Christmas? It was listed as the #1 gift this year! If so, did you know that we can interpret that DNA data for you for health and medical information as well as ancestry data?!

- What diet works best for weight loss for you?
- Are you prone to joint injury?
- Are you lactose or gluten intolerant?
- Do you possess the Alzheimers or Heart Attack Gene?

Click below to purchase and schedule your interpretation and review session with us (in-person, via phone or via video) and Ill tell you how to download your raw data once your results are in... thats where we dig around and find all of your genetic info!

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12/19/2017

What you gift your team of amazing dietitians and counselors at an integrative health practice.... 🥦🥕🧡👍🏻🎁❄️🎄