The Rupa Team is excited to announce our partnership with the Integrative and Functional Nutrition Academy (IFNA). The goal of our partnership is to provide IFNA students and graduates with a platform to more easily order specialty lab tests and understand the data they get back from labs.

IFNA is a leading functional nutrition academy that offers both a functional nutrition certification and an Advanced Practice Credential, the IFNCP! We are excited to be working with their extremely well respected and accomplished team.

Learn more about IFNA’s approach to functional medicine nutrition education at the following link — The IFNA Program

A Brief Overview of IFNA

IFNA is a leading functional nutrition academy with thousands of graduates. The IFNA Program teaches a medical nutrition model that combines modern science, clinical wisdom and integrative therapies to create a highly impactful plan of care. Practitioners who go through The IFNA Program learn a “root cause” approach to treating disease where the body is looked at as an integrated system.

The IFNA Program is 100% online, clinically oriented, and includes mentorship. The program was founded by two noteworthy integrative medicine nutritionists — Dr. Sheila Dean and Kathie Swift, MS.

Along with the founding members, IFNA’s distinguished faculty and advisory board includes top leaders in integrative and functional medicine that are trained in a variety of medical specialities.

Reviews about IFNA

There’s a reason IFNA holds a high reputation in the functional medicine community — it teaches foundational skill sets that practitioners use their entire career.

Program graduates give reviews like the ones below:

"Not a day goes by that I don’t use what I have learned from IFNA and this is underscored by the message that there is ALWAYS more to learn and understand about nutritional health.  It has forever altered the way I view health and wellbeing." -Shauna Prouten, RD, IFNCP

"With all sincerity it is the most exceptional work I have ever seen. My expectations were already high but they are exceeded beyond my imagination. You and Kathie make a great team, with your innovative approach to teaching and the phenomenal scope of instructional material. The tools are beautifully intuitive. I feel as if I’m on a journey where each practice paper informs the next, and together they weave a comprehensive historical foundation of today’s healthcare model.  I am already changed by a deeper understanding." -Joy A. Rupe, RD, LD, CDM, CFPP

"The IFNA training was hands down my best investment!   The course is cutting edge, detailed, very well organized and evidence based.   As an internship director for many years, I feel this training can benefit all entry level and seasoned practitioners regardless of your dietetics career path.  Thank you, Kathie and Sheila for this exceptional and transformative training and for the gift of knowledge & health!" - Alison Reyes, MS, RDN, LDN

Read more IFNA reviews here.

The Bottom Line

Rupa is extremely excited to be partnering with IFNA and integrated into their curriculum. IFNA strives to make world renowned nutritional practitioners and Rupa is excited to help support these professionals in providing the highest quality of care for patients.