About
Meet Johanna.
Johanna Brancato, FDN-P
Functional nutrition practitioner. Pilates instructor. Root-cause thinker.
Johanna Brancato is an FDN-P (Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner) and certified Pilates instructor based in New York City. Her practice is built on the belief that symptoms are signals, not diagnoses, and that the body has an extraordinary capacity to heal when given the right information and support.
She runs DUTCH hormone testing and GI Effects gut analysis with every client because she has seen, again and again, that guessing leads nowhere. The labs remove the guesswork. They show exactly what is happening inside the body. From there, every recommendation is precise, personal, and purposeful.
Her approach covers diet, exercise, stress, sleep, and supplementation, because lasting change happens at the intersection of all of them, not one at a time.
Philosophy
Root cause, not symptom management.
Standard healthcare is designed to manage. Johanna's practice is designed to investigate. Why is your cortisol dysregulated? Why is your estrogen not clearing properly? Why does your gut microbiome look the way it does, and what is that doing to your mood, your weight, your energy?
These are the questions that matter. The labs exist to answer them. And the protocol exists to address them: specifically, sustainably, and with you as a whole person, not a set of symptoms.
Pilates
Movement as medicine.
As a certified Pilates instructor, Johanna understands the deep connection between movement and hormonal health. She incorporates Pilates philosophy into her nutrition practice.
The goal is not to add more to your plate. It is to help you move in a way that supports your nervous system, your hormones, and your healing, not works against them.
Ready to begin?