Functional Nutrition for Women

Your Symptoms Aren't a Mystery. They're a Message.

Hackett Health is a functional nutrition practice for women who are done managing symptoms and ready to investigate what's actually driving them.

Jacquelyn Hackett, MS, RDN โ€” Functional Nutrition Practitioner

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Your Symptoms Have Been Building for Years. They Were Just Never Investigated.

It didn't start with the diagnosis. It started long before โ€” with the bloating that showed up after every meal, the cycles that were never quite right, the blood sugar crashes that became your new normal, the fatigue you learned to push through, the relationship with food that felt more like a war than nourishment.

You adapted. You restricted. You tried the medication, the elimination diets, the supplements, the protocols. Some things helped temporarily. Nothing held. That's not a willpower problem. That's what happens when the underlying dysfunction goes uninvestigated while the symptoms get managed on the surface.

What Standard Medicine Does

  • โ€“Looks for disease thresholds
  • โ€“If you're "in range" โ€” you're fine
  • โ€“Symptoms managed, not investigated
  • โ€“You leave with more questions than answers
Jackie Hackett โ€” functional nutrition practitioner

What We Do Differently

  • โœ“We look at optimal function, not just disease
  • โœ“We investigate what's driving your symptoms
  • โœ“We test before we treat
  • โœ“You leave with actual answers
Jackie Hackett โ€” functional nutrition practitioner
Our Approach

This Is Not Another Diet. This Is an Investigation.

Most nutrition advice starts with what to remove. Cut the gluten. Eliminate dairy. Follow this protocol for your diagnosis. It skips the most important question entirely โ€” why is your body reacting this way in the first place?

"No elimination diets. No overwhelming supplement protocols. No restriction repackaged as healing."

Investigation first. No templates. A plan personalized to your results and your life โ€” so the changes you make actually hold.

The Process

How We Work Together

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Functional Lab Testing

Advanced testing that reveals what standard panels miss

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Root-Cause Protocol

A personalized plan built around your actual results

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Ongoing 1:1 Support

4 months of guided support as your body heals

The Foundation

Your Gut Is Talking to Your Hormones, Your Brain, Your Skin, and Your Immune System. Is Anyone Listening?

Most people think of gut health as a digestion issue. Bloating, constipation, reflux โ€” gut stuff. But the gut's influence extends far beyond the digestive tract.

It produces the majority of your serotonin. It houses roughly 70% of your immune system. It communicates directly with your hormonal pathways and your brain through the gut-brain axis. When it is inflamed, overgrown with the wrong bacteria, or unable to absorb nutrients properly โ€” that dysfunction does not stay contained. It spreads.

Jackie Hackett with healthy food
OAT functional test sample report

The PCOS that isn't responding to treatment. The Hashimoto's that keeps flaring. The insulin resistance that diet changes alone haven't touched. The skin that breaks out no matter what you eat. The anxiety that seems to have no clear trigger. In most cases, there is a gut component that has never been properly evaluated.

And then there is the nervous system โ€” which almost no one addresses in a nutrition practice, but which changes everything. A nervous system locked in chronic stress response impairs digestion, disrupts hormone signaling, drives blood sugar instability, and creates a physiological state where healing is nearly impossible regardless of what you eat.

Jacquelyn works with the nervous system as a core pillar โ€” not an afterthought โ€” because without that regulation, the rest of the work has a ceiling.

Jackie Hackett โ€” functional nutrition practitioner
Specializations

If You've Been Managing These โ€” It's Time to Investigate Them Instead

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Gut & Digestive

IBS, SIBO, GERD, leaky gut, bloating, food sensitivities, chronic digestive dysfunction

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Hormonal

PCOS, endometriosis, irregular cycles, PMS, perimenopause, fertility challenges, postpartum hormonal shifts

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Thyroid

Hypothyroidism, Hashimoto's thyroiditis, weight resistance, fatigue, hair loss, "my labs are normal but I feel anything but"

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Metabolic & Blood Sugar

Insulin resistance, Type 2 diabetes, blood sugar dysregulation, cravings, post-meal crashes, stubborn weight gain

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Disordered Eating & Body Image

Binge eating, restriction cycles, chronic dieting, emotional eating, rebuilding a relationship with food that isn't rooted in fear

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Nervous System & Stress

Burnout, anxiety, wired-but-tired, chronic stress response, nervous system dysregulation showing up as physical symptoms

Don't see yours? Bring it. The investigation process is the same.

Free Resources

Start Healing With Free Functional Nutrition Resources

Simple guides to help you better understand your gut, hormones, metabolism, nervous system, and relationship with food.

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Constipation Guide

Understand what's driving your constipation and how to address it at the root.

Download Free Guide
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Fiber Guide

How to use fiber strategically to support your gut, hormones, and blood sugar.

Download Free Guide
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Fertility Support Grocery Guide

The foods that support hormone health, egg quality, and a fertile environment.

Download Free Guide
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Perimenopause Cheat Sheet

What's actually happening in perimenopause โ€” and what to do about it.

Coming Soon
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PCOS (PMOS) Ebook

A deep dive into the root causes of PCOS and what functional nutrition uncovers.

Download Free Guide
Advanced Functional Testing

The Labs That Finally Explain What Standard Testing Has Been Missing

Routine labs are built around disease thresholds. Functional testing is built around optimal function โ€” and the gap between those two things is where most women's symptoms live undetected for years.

We use advanced functional testing to look at what is actually happening inside your body at a level standard panels were never designed to reach. Every test is selected based on your specific symptoms and history โ€” not a blanket panel applied to everyone who walks through the door.

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BiomeFX

Comprehensive Gut Microbiome Analysis

A DNA-level look at your gut ecosystem โ€” bacterial balance, pathogens, inflammation markers, digestive function, and immune activity. This is where we find the gut dysfunction that has been quietly driving symptoms for years.

BiomeFX sample report
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DUTCH Test

Full Hormone & Cortisol Mapping

A full picture of how your body produces, uses, and clears hormones across an entire day โ€” cortisol rhythm, estrogen metabolism, progesterone, androgens. The real story behind your cycles, mood, energy, and sleep.

DUTCH Test sample report
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HTMA

Cellular Mineral & Heavy Metal Testing

Cellular mineral status, heavy metal burden, and metabolic patterns that standard blood work cannot detect. Often the missing piece behind fatigue, thyroid dysfunction, nervous system dysregulation, and mood instability.

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OAT

Mitochondrial & Neurotransmitter Function

Mitochondrial function, neurotransmitter production, gut microbial activity, detox capacity, and cellular nutrient deficiencies. The test that explains the brain fog, the exhaustion, and the plateau nothing has been able to break.

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  • BiomeFX โ€” comprehensive gut microbiome analysis
  • DUTCH โ€” full hormone and cortisol mapping
  • HTMA โ€” cellular mineral and heavy metal testing
  • OAT โ€” mitochondrial and neurotransmitter function
  • Advanced metabolic, thyroid, and nutrient panels โ€” read at functional optimal ranges

This is how we move from guessing to knowing.

Client Results

Women Who Stopped Restricting and Started Healing.

5.0 Stars ยท 104 Google Reviews

"I came in struggling with PCOS symptoms โ€” bloating, fatigue, intense sugar cravings, acne, and irregular cycles. After working on my gut health, hormones, and relationship with food, I finally have way more energy, balanced digestion, and my cravings are gone. For the first time in three years, my cycle is regular."

T.L.

PCOS

"I was told my symptoms were just part of age or perimenopause. Hackett Health taught me how to actually rebalance my hormones and how they connect to gut health. I now have significantly more energy, less brain fog, no more headaches, and I finally feel like myself again."

Liz N.

Hormonal Imbalance

"I had been on laxatives for years. After 4 months working with Jackie, I am completely off laxatives, having a daily bowel movement, no longer bloated, able to eat whatever I want, and I have way more energy. I even lost a little weight. I finally have answers."

Susan F.

IBS / Chronic Constipation

Video Testimonials

Hear It From Them

Free Resource

Still Trying to Figure Out Where to Start?

Watch this free video where we break down exactly why the approaches you've tried haven't worked โ€” and what has been left uninvestigated. No generic nutrition advice. No supplement recommendations. Just a clear, honest explanation of what functional nutrition uncovers and why it changes everything.

Watch the Free Video
Jackie Hackett โ€” watch the free video
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A Note on Fit

We Are Very Selective About Who We Work With โ€” Here's Why

There is a version of this where you keep doing what you've been doing. Another protocol. Another elimination phase. Another appointment where you leave with more questions than answers. That path is always available.

  • Another protocol with no answers
  • Years of dysfunction quietly deepening
  • Energy spent managing symptoms instead of living
  • The version of your health you never got to experience

Right now you are in a position to choose differently. But that window does not stay open indefinitely. Symptoms that are manageable today become harder to address when the dysfunction behind them has had more time to compound.

This practice is for women who are genuinely ready to invest in that investigation. Functional testing is required. Commitment to the process is non-negotiable. And this is not a quick fix โ€” it is a real, thorough approach to understanding and restoring your health.

If you are ready for that, Jacquelyn would like to talk.

Your Body Has Been Sending Signals. It's Time to Decode Them.

Comprehensive testing. A personalized plan. A practitioner who actually investigates instead of guessing. This is what it looks like when nutrition goes beyond the surface.

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We work with a limited number of clients โ€” spots are intentionally kept small.