Jen Hoy

Business: Jen Hoy

Expertise: nutrition, professional chef

Jen Hoy is a food writer and author focused on holistic nutrition. As a trained chef, she develops recipes for a busy and healthy lifestyle.

Contact Jen at jen@bodyspiritnutrition.com.

Highlights

Food writer and holistic nutritionist
Classically trained chef
Private practice in holistic nutrition, energy medicine, and life coaching
Co-author of "The Well-Rounded Pregnancy Cookbook"

Experience

Jen Hoy is a former writer for The Spruce, contributing articles and recipes for over seven years. Her private practice, Body Spirit Nutrition, is a progressive model for integrative counseling and includes holistic nutrition, energy medicine, and life coaching.

Jen is also a classically trained chef and has studied world cuisine and the anthropology of food since she was a child. She used the aesthetics and palate of her training to create a new style of whole foods cooking that is light, flavorful, and appealing to a more mainstream and diverse audience. Jen teaches workshops on whole foods, five elements, and new macrobiotic cooking, with an emphasis on how to incorporate healthy nourishment into a busy lifestyle.

Education

Jen Hoy is a classically trained chef. She took advanced studies in shamanic alchemy and healing with Sandra Ingerman, the Foundation for Shamanic Studies, Alberto Villoldo, and The Center for Mind-Body Medicine.

Awards and Publications

"The Well-Rounded Pregnancy Cookbook" (co-author)

About The Spruce Eats

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