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About Amy Archer

OPTIMIZE YOUR BRAIN HEALTH WITH A DIETITIAN AND AUTHOR

Amy Archer, RDN, CLT, CHWC, is a registered dietitian nutritionist who provides virtual nutrition counseling to clients in Arizona, California, Colorado, Michigan, and Virginia. Her practice focuses on brain health and healthy aging, ADHD, concussion recovery, and the gut-brain connection. From 2018 to 2024, she worked for an adult ADHD clinic in Los Altos, California, and she has supported ADHD clients in her private practice since 2014. She is the author of An Integrative & Functional Nutrition Approach to ADHD Management: Guidance for the Clinician and Nutrition & Concussion Recovery. Each plan is personalized and built to complement the care clients receive from their healthcare team. She is a brain health coach at BetterBrain, which specializes in brain health, including dementia prevention.

Empowering thousands through a functional nutrition approach, she addresses gut-brain challenges by optimizing diet and lifestyle with a food first philosophy.

Background and Experience

  • B.S. in Nutrition and Clinical Dietetics, University of California, Berkeley
  • Registered Dietitian Nutritionist
  • Certified LEAP Therapist (CLT), 2013
  • Certified Health & Well-being Coach (CHWC) through Wellcoaches, 2014
  • Integrative and Functional Nutrition Academy (IFNA)-Certificate of Training (COT), 2016
  • Registered Dietitian at an adult ADHD Clinic, Elite Focus Clinic (now part of Refresh/Optum) in Los Altos, CA, 2018-2024
  • Mindful Self-Compassion Training, 2020
  • Author of An Integrative & Functional Nutrition Approach to ADHD Management: Guidance for the Clinician 2021
  • SIBO Academy, GI Dietitian’s Roadmap Course, 2021
  • Author of Nutrition & Concussion Recovery, 2024
  • Brain Health Coach at BetterBrain, 2026

Personal History:

Growing up in San Francisco as a gymnast and aerobic instructor sparked my lifelong passion for health and wellness. After graduating from UC Berkeley with a degree in Nutrition and Clinical Dietetics, I became a Registered Dietitian. My clinical training during college was completed at San Francisco General Hospital, St. Francis Bothin Burn Center, St. Mary’s Medical Center, and Levi Strauss (fitness center).

My first clinical job was at Seton Medical Center in Daly City, CA where my specialty was Cardiac and Critical Care Nutrition. After relocating to the Silicon Valley when getting married and after the birth of our son, I began consulting in nutrition. Navigating my son’s multiple food allergies gave me first-hand experience and deep insight into implementing effective elimination diets. In 2013, I became a Certified LEAP Therapist (the protocol for Mediator Release Testing®) to help my husband reduce his symptoms from food sensitivities by following the LEAP Protocol.

Understanding that it is challenging to change health habits, I became interested in the Wellcoaches® program which is endorsed by the American College of Sports Medicine. My certification was completed in 2014. Love of learning is a passion. I was a participant in the first certification class at the Integrative and Functional Nutrition Academy (IFNA) where I obtained a Certificate of Training (COT). Most recently in 2021, I completed the SIBO Academy GI Dietitian’s Roadmap course.

I worked at an adult ADHD Clinic, Elite Focus Clinic, in Los Altos, CA from 2018 to 2024 focusing on nutrition and wellness.

Unfortunately, I experienced a few concussions in early 2000 when very little was known about nutrition and concussion. Seeing the need for expertise in nutrition for concussion recovery, I reviewed the research and started seeing clients in my private practice who are recovering from concussion.

I participate in all kinds of fitness including going to the gym, hiking, and skiing. My husband and I enjoy cooking healthy meals together and we love to dine at many of the great restaurants in the San Francisco Bay Area. I have enjoyed helping in my son’s classroom, including teaching nutrition to children.

Fun Facts:

  • Grew up in San Francisco and enjoyed gymnastics and skateboarding.
  • Love chocolate.
  • Passionate about exercising.
  • Being in nature grounds me.
  • Created a program at my son’s middle school called Open Studio through Project Cornerstone which offers fun activities at lunch time like yoga, art, dance, and cookie decorating.
  • My husband and I chartered a 40 foot sailboat in the Caribbean for a week. Just the two of us.

My specialties include:

  • Brain health (ADHD, concussion recovery, cognition)
  • Gut health
  • Improving overall wellness, mindfulness, and mental health

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