Made with Barakah | Functional Nutrition Dietitian — Gut Health, Hormones & Women's Wellness
Functional Nutrition · Women's Health

Your symptoms tell
a story. We listen.

Root-cause solutions that heal your gut, balance your hormones, and restore your health — with compassion and personalized care at every step.

Gut Health Hormone Balance Sustainable Weight Loss Functional Labs Virtual Nationwide Insurance Accepted
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Alah Elasmar RD · LD · IFNCP · Clinical Herbalist

The Whole Body,
Root-Cause Approach

Root-Cause Solutions · Long Term Nourishment

Our approach goes beyond creating meal plans and calorie counting. Our focus is on addressing you, the entire person — not just an isolated set of symptoms. We believe optimal health involves looking at the body from a holistic point of view, addressing health issues from their root cause. That includes assessing nutrition intake, conventional + functional labs, stress, sleep, movement/exercise, nervous system health, thyroid health, hormones, and the gut microbiome.

  • Functional Medicine Lab Testing: Root-cause approach using functional lab testing such as DUTCH & GI-MAP to assess hormones, gut microbiome, and metabolic health.
  • Food is Information, Instruction, & Nourishment: Food as medicine approach to help support your body's capacity to heal and thrive.
  • Symptoms History: Comprehensive medical symptoms questionnaire to help connect the dots internally and reach root cause solutions.
  • Personalized Nutrition & Lifestyle Plan: Personalized nutrition tailored to your specific needs, lifestyle, and health goals.
  • Whole-Body Integration: Mind-body connection integrating lifestyle changes and nervous system regulation tools to create a holistic plan for you.
  • Medicinal Herbs: Medicinal herbs for a more integrative approach to healing that isn't seen typically in conventional healthcare.
Explore Services

Root-cause care for
what you're living with.

01

Gut Health & Digestion

Bloating, IBS, SIBO, H. pylori, leaky gut, and chronic digestive symptoms — uncovered and addressed through GI-MAP testing and targeted nutrition protocols.

02

Hormone Imbalance

Estrogen dominance, low progesterone, PCOS, thyroid dysfunction, perimenopause — mapped through DUTCH hormone testing and resolved through functional nutrition.

03

Sustainable Weight Loss

Weight that won't budge despite effort is almost always a metabolic or hormonal story. We address the root causes no diet plan has ever touched.

04

Hashimoto's & Thyroid

Autoimmune thyroid conditions require a whole-body approach — beyond TSH. We work through the gut-thyroid connection, inflammation, and nutrient repletion.

05

Skin & Hormonal Acne

Skin is a mirror for internal health. Hormonal acne, rosacea, and unexplained breakouts are often downstream of gut and hormone imbalances we can address.

06

Fatigue & Brain Fog

Persistent exhaustion and cognitive fog are never "just stress." We investigate adrenal function, micronutrient status, and the gut-brain connection to restore your clarity and energy.

Sessions covered by your insurance.

Blue Cross Blue Shield United Healthcare Aetna Cigna

Out-of-network reimbursement may also be available. Reach out to confirm your specific plan benefits.

How we
work together.

01

Initial Comprehensive Nutrition Assessment

We start with a 90-minute session to explore your full health history, digestive and hormonal symptoms, recent labs, and lifestyle. This step is all about understanding your root causes and patterns before building a strong foundation for healing.

02

Functional Medicine Lab Testing

Depending on your needs, we may order functional labs such as the GI-MAP stool test or DUTCH Hormone Panel — uncovering hidden root causes that standard labs routinely miss.

03

Your Personalized Root-Cause Protocol

You receive a protocol based on your assessment and labs — a therapeutic meal plan, targeted supplements, medicinal herbs, nervous system support, and lifestyle habits rooted in functional medicine and evidence-based nutrition.

04

1:1 Sessions, Ongoing Support & Adjustments

We meet weekly or bi-weekly for virtual nutrition counseling. Your protocol evolves with you — adjusting supplements, tracking symptoms, celebrating wins, and fine-tuning every step of your healing journey.

Real people,
real healing.

Before I got treated with Alah, I was so sick — heavy brain fog, my arm ached like it was broken, extreme gut sensitivity, abnormal periods, and three years of relentless anxiety. Once I started her protocol, I was feeling so much better within two weeks. By the end of the first month, all my symptoms had disappeared and I went back to work.

— Fatima A.

On top of seeing physical changes in my body, the emotional aspect of my health journey improved so much. It became really easy to be forgiving toward myself and my habits, and it truly helped my emotional relationship with food. Dedicating time to my mindset and linking it to my diet felt so good.

— Anisa K.

Clinical insights for women
ready to feel well again.

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Alah Elasmar RD · LD · IFNCP · Clinical Herbalist

A practice built on
listening deeper.

I'm a Functional Medicine Registered Dietitian and the founder of Made with Barakah — a root-cause nutrition practice for women who are tired of being told their labs are "normal" while they feel anything but.

With a B.S. in Human Nutrition & Foods from the University of Houston, an Illinois State dietetic internship, and advanced IFNCP training through the Integrative & Functional Nutrition Academy — I bring clinical depth and a whole-person lens to every protocol I build.

RD, LD IFNCP Clinical Herbalist B.S. Human Nutrition & Foods Licensed in Texas Virtual Nationwide
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Find your
root cause.

There are often root causes behind what you're experiencing, and you deserve more than temporary fixes. Let's take a deeper, personalized approach — together.