Shamai Buckel
- Position: Functional Nutrition Practitioner
- Primary Specialty: Functional Nutrition
- Gender: Female
About Shamai
Shamai is a Functional Nutrition practitioner who approaches human health and longevity by incorporating whole foods and lifestyle modifications to build resilient immune responses. Through the lens of less is more, quality over quantity, she uses individual goals and needs to help people attain their personal best. Lifestyle medicine became a career for Shamai in 2000 when she received her BA in Health Promotion and Wellness from Western State University. She later went on to get her Masters in Science for Human Nutrition and Functional Medicine, this deepened her understanding in the importance of gut health and cell function for overall wellbeing. Other passions and certifications include Massage Therapy, the power of touch and Ortho-Bionomy, the importance of subtle listening. These skills are incorporated into Shamai’s working concept of Functional Nutrition and wellness. When not cooking meals for her family, she enjoys playing outside and forest bathing.