Happy Belly Health - San Francisco, California

Will L.

I have been working with Shanti since October of 2017 and what a difference it has made! Before working with her, I felt stuck with my overall health and fitness. I felt like no matter how much I exercised or how healthy I ate, nothing was improving. Shanti and I set out some goals in the beginning and I must admit that I had my doubts early on. Not only have I met those goals in less than 6 months, I have exceeded my own expectations and have learned things about health and nutrition that help me make better decisions with my food and lifestyle every single day. Then I started seeing results. My allergies started to improve drastically and I crave vegetables now which I would've never imagined. Shanti helped guide me along my journey in a way where I never felt pressured or deprived one bit along the way. Shanti together with her Client Care Specialist Cynthia (which is wonderful and super easy to work with) catered to my schedule and to the lifestyle I wanted to live. Whatever part of your health you are looking to improve, I highly recommend you work with Shanti and her team to get there!

Bella R.

I worked with Shanti for about a year and a half between mid 2021 to the beginning of 2023. It is a night and day shift. I came to Shanti wanting to lose about 10 pounds and yet I was also facing much bigger issues - water retention, stomach pain, caffeine addiction, sleeping 3-4 hours a night, low self image/esteem. Shanti's partnership helped me uncover hormonal and gut issues that I wasn't even aware of, and that were making weight loss harder. She also had me work on affirmations, hunger/satiety, and mirror work that helped me heal my relationship with food and myself. I am back to the weight I was before COVID, and I have a few more pounds to lose. I am so grateful to Shanti and her incredible energy and care for getting me to where I am today. I truly felt out of control and desperate for help - and today I feel safe in my body, I trust my body and am fitter than I've ever been. THANK you, Shanti.

Emily P.

I have worked with nutritionists in the past and have always been pleased with the work we have done together.

What intrigued me about working with Shanti was the interest she takes in how your belly and digestive system reacts to the foods that you are currently consuming. Is your digestive system happy? Since I am an emotional person it was helpful to approach it from my belly's perspective rather than with my head/heart/emotions. Of course, they all came into play, it was just better to give my belly a chance at the start!

I have been working with Shanti for about 4 months and have made some big changes. Do you want to hear something super cool? Since I was a kid, I have had trouble sleeping. For the past 4 years, I have taken some sort of sleep-aid every night.

Since June, I have not had to take anything and have been sleeping 8 hours a night, uninterrupted. That is from changing my diet. Unbelievable how powerful it is.

Rich R.

I wanted to lose some weight, and Shanti has been great. She taught me to how to change my diet in a way that is sustainable. I easily lost almost 10 pounds in about 2 months. Beyond weight, she takes a holistic view of your health. We have focused on identifying food allergies, and she introduced me to a high intensity exercise program that takes less than 20 minutes a day. I'd highly recommend her if you want to improve your health, especially weight loss.

Kathy S.

Shanti at Happy Belly Health really cares about her clients. Her approach is supportive, encouraging, focused on the positive, and very kind. Because if you are like me, you have already beat yourself up enough about your weight, lack of exercise, failure to stick to any kind of plan, etc. So it's easy to work with her. And I feel encouraged after a session with her instead of like - oh no, I screwed up again.

And when she says she doesn't help people diet, she helps them not have to - she really means it. With Shanti, it is all about guiding you to incorporate a different way of eating and interacting with food. So that you experience what it is like to really feel good about what you are eating. If you are tired of all that yo-yo dieting, struggling with food, and feeling like a failure (like I was), then I strongly recommend Shanti and Happy Belly Health. This is an entirely different kind of experience - and a very good one! At least it was for me.

Amy B.

Shanti is wonderful and I highly recommend her! I found Happy Belly Health on Yelp and started about 2.5 months ago. I was reluctant to work with a nutritionist at first for fear that they would tell me to cut out so many things and eat SO healthy that it wouldn't be realistic. But I was very pleasantly surprised by the holistic HBH approach. Through our conversations around my challenges and goals, and after reviewing my panels and labs, Shanti has provided me with concrete actions to take tailored specifically to me and my lifestyle. We've made gradual changes rather than trying to revamp all of my habits from day one, and she has gotten to the bottom of what my body truly needs to thrive. I am eating the right nourishing foods/less without feeling hungry, have lost some weight, have better energy, and decreased bloating and sugar cravings. She has uncovered things about my health and wellness that my doctors have never brought up to me. I'm so pleased with my results even after a short time and am looking and feeling much better. If you're on the fence about doing something like this like I was, it is SO worth it! Happy Belly Health is the best!

Tobey G.

I have worked with several nutritionists in my past. Shanti is the first to ever look at my bloodwork to determine what could be missing in my diet. She suggested that my anxiety and my night time cravings could be caused by nutrient deficiencies, as well as not eating a substantial breakfast. It has only been a few weeks, but after following the plan . Shanti suggested for me, I have already experienced a big decrease in anxiety throughout the day, as well as a decrease in night time cravings for sweets and more food after dinner. I have some additional changes to make based on several vitamin/mineral deficiencies, but I am very hopeful based on the changes I have already seen. Also, we can all get defensive when someone suggests we remove a food we love, myself included. Shanti is great at delivering feedback and suggestions in a gentle way that makes me want to listen, and I believe that she wants the best outcome for me. She is knowledgeable and cares about her clients.

kim B.

Shanti is absolutely amazing! She honestly saved my life. I was in horrible upper stomach pain for all my life before going on her program. I had multiple doctors tell me they couldn't figure out what was wrong with me. I had cameras put down my stomach, multiple trips to the E.R. and nothing helped. I always was assumed pregnant by strangers but it was actually inflammation and fat that had wrapped around my gut.

Shanti figured out through her own knowledge and medical testing that I was severely intolerant to gluten, corn, and lactose. Because of this, I had a bacterial imbalance and yeast infection in my stomach. She knew exactly how to help and coach me through it.

It was really difficult in the beginning but now its much easier to eat the way I need to. By treating my body correctly I have lost weight and am no longer in that kind of pain.

I have and would recommend Shanti to anyone!