About Anna Tai, RD
I was trained to treat rare metabolic disorders and that when I realized dieting is the real metabolic disorder. I started my career as a pediatric dietitian working with kids with rare genetic disorders and metabolic disorders, ie PKU, MSUD, MCADD, severe feeding disorder etc. And that work taught me something very important early on - that the body is not broken. The body is supersmart - it adapts and it protects.
Then I started working with adult women who want to lose weight. Then I started seeing the same pattern - eating less and exercising more does nothing. In fact, it creates more problems, ie intense food cravings which leads to overeating and binge eating, hormonal imbalance, metabolic stress, anxiety, depression, guilty around foods, poor self-esteem and confidence issues.
Even when weight loss does happen, it does not last. It's not because these women have no discipline. It's because nutrition alone does not heal emotional eating or a relationship with food that is built on stress and self-blame.
These women were not thriving, they're just coping.
Food was not the problem. Food was tool for comfort, relieve, regulation and survival.
That realization changed my entire approach. I became a certified hypnotherapist and started combining emotional healing with holistic nutrition therapy. And that's when things start to shift - cravings and urges to binge calm down, hunger cues come back, digestion improve, weight becomes easy and sustainable. But more importantly, food is no longer a battle.
My work helps women rebuild trust with their body and create changes that last without diet rules, restriction or self-blame.
What I Discovered After Years as a Dietitian
Over the years, I noticed the same pattern over and over again…
Women who struggled the most with food don’t lack nutrition knowledge. They already knew what they “should” be eating.
What they were struggling with was something deeper.
They were:
• skipping meals all day long, pushing through stress and exhaustion on an empty stomach
• taking care of everyone else’s business without skipping a beat while ignoring their own needs
• at the end of a long day, food feels like the only sanctuary or “treat” for a job well done.
• poor relationship with food disguised as “I have a huge sweet tooth,” “I love junk food,” “Eating calms me down,” “I can’t live without [your food addiction]," and my personal favorite, “I’m addicted to food.”
This pattern weren’t due to a lack of discipline or willpower or because you love food so much.
They were the result of stress, undereating, and emotional depletion.
Conventional nutrition advice does not address any of these, but keeping telling these women to “push harder,” because “you’re not trying hard enough.”
And that’s why all those diets you’ve tried in the past keep failing them.
Over the years, I shifted my work to focus on the deeper drivers of eating behavior.
Because lasting change doesn’t come from stricter food rules.
It comes from understanding the biology and psychology behind your patterns.
My approach focuses on three things:
Stabilizing energy during the day
When women stop under-fueling their bodies, their metabolism and brain function change dramatically.Breaking the evening craving cycle
Nighttime overeating often happens when the body is trying to catch up on an energy deficit created earlier in the day.Rebuilding a peaceful relationship with food
When stress, guilt, and restriction disappear, food stops feeling like a battle.
This work combines nutrition science with behavioral change techniques that help shift the patterns driving eating behaviors.
Because knowledge alone doesn’t change habits.
Understanding how the brain forms patterns does.
A New Approach to Food and Metabolic Health
Why I Do This Work
Many of the women I work with have spent years feeling ashamed of their relationship with food and their body.
They believe they lack discipline.
But in reality, they’ve been operating under extreme pressure for years.
When their bodies finally ask for relief, food becomes the easiest outlet.
Once we address the real drivers behind those patterns, something remarkable happens.
Cravings calm down.
Energy stabilizes.
Food stops taking up so much mental space.
And women finally feel in control again.
Not through restriction, but through understanding their bodies.
What Becomes Possible
When women understand how their bodies actually work, everything shifts.
Food stops feeling like a daily struggle.
Energy becomes steady instead of crashing in the evening.
Cravings lose their power.
And for the first time in years, they feel calm and confident around food.
That’s the work I help my clients do.
Who I Work With
Most of my clients are women who:
• are successful professionals
• feel exhausted by the end of the day
• struggle with nighttime overeating or sugar cravings
• feel frustrated that willpower hasn’t solved the problem
• want a healthier relationship with food without extreme dieting
My Credentials
Registered Dietitian since 2004
Over 20 years of clinical and behavioral nutrition experience
Certified Hypnotherapist specializing in emotional eating and subconscious behavior patterns
My work combines nutritional science, metabolic health, and behavior change strategies to help women create sustainable change without dieting.
How to Work With Me
Step 1
Watch the free Metabolic Reset masterclass.
Step 2
Complete a short questionnaire and apply for a 15-min free private Metabolic Strategy session.
Step 3
If it's a good fit, begin the 90-Day Metabolic Reset Program.
