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Our Program Overview

Derek Johnson is a holistic and integrative nutrition expert with more than 28 years of experience helping individuals improve metabolic health, performance, and long-term wellness through personalized nutrition strategies.

Our Core Philosophy

Our programs are built on a few key beliefs:

1. Nutrition must be personalized

1. Nutrition must be personalized

No single diet works for everyone. Derek evaluates each client’s metabolism, lifestyle, health history, and goals to create individualized strategies.

No single diet works for everyone. Derek evaluates each client’s metabolism, lifestyle, health history, and goals to create individualized strategies.

2. Education drives sustainable change

2. Education drives sustainable change

Instead of handing clients a rigid plan, Derek teaches them how their bodies respond to food, empowering them to make better decisions over time.

Instead of handing clients a rigid plan, Derek teaches them how their bodies respond to food, empowering them to make better decisions over time.

3. Lifestyle change is more powerful than temporary dieting

3. Lifestyle change is more powerful than temporary dieting

The goal is not short-term weight loss but long-term metabolic health and sustainable habits.

The goal is not short-term weight loss but long-term metabolic health and sustainable habits.

4. Health optimization goes beyond weight

4. Health optimization goes beyond weight

Programs address the underlying drivers of wellness including metabolism, gut health, stress, and energy regulation.

Programs address the underlying drivers of wellness including metabolism, gut health, stress, and energy regulation.

Our Programs

Transform Program

Transform Program

Our most comprehensive and supportive program is designed for individuals who want to make significant improvements in their health through a structured and guided approach.

This program is best for people who:

  • Have ongoing health issues
  • Have gut issues, fatigue, weight loss resistance, brain fog, sleep issues, inflammation, etc.
  • Have tried many approaches but still don’t feel their best
  • Want a complete plan and accountability
  • Want deeper interpretation of their labs
  • Want to truly transform their health

Transform Includes:

  • 75-Minute Initial Consultation
  • Metabolomics Spotlight™
  • GI Spotlight™
  • One-Hour Lab Review
  • Customized Food Plan
  • Personalized Supplement Plan
  • App Tracking and Support
  • Ongoing Adjustments
  • 8 Total Visits

Transform allows us to go deeper, make adjustments over time, and provide more guidance and accountability.

This is the program recommended for most people.

Our most comprehensive and supportive program is designed for individuals who want to make significant improvements in their health through a structured and guided approach.

This program is best for people who:

  • Have ongoing health issues
  • Have gut issues, fatigue, weight loss resistance, brain fog, sleep issues, inflammation, etc.
  • Have tried many approaches but still don’t feel their best
  • Want a complete plan and accountability
  • Want deeper interpretation of their labs
  • Want to truly transform their health

Transform Includes:

  • 75-Minute Initial Consultation
  • Metabolomics Spotlight™
  • GI Spotlight™
  • One-Hour Lab Review
  • Customized Food Plan
  • Personalized Supplement Plan
  • App Tracking and Support
  • Ongoing Adjustments
  • 8 Total Visits

Transform allows us to go deeper, make adjustments over time, and provide more guidance and accountability.

This is the program recommended for most people.

Optimize Program

Optimize Program

Designed for healthier individuals who want to optimize and fine-tune their health using advanced lab testing and professional guidance.

This program is best for people who:

  • Are already relatively healthy
  • Want to understand their labs
  • Want to improve energy, digestion, body composition, or performance
  • Want a personalized plan
  • Do not need as much ongoing support
  • Want to be proactive about their health and aging

Optimize Includes:

  • 75-Minute Initial Consultation
  • Metabolomics Spotlight™
  • GI Spotlight™
  • One-Hour Lab Review
  • Customized Food Plan
  • Personalized Supplement Plan
  • App Tracking and Support
  • 4 Total Visits

Optimize is more streamlined and designed for people who need less ongoing support and are looking to fine-tune and optimize their health.

Designed for healthier individuals who want to optimize and fine-tune their health using advanced lab testing and professional guidance.

This program is best for people who:

  • Are already relatively healthy
  • Want to understand their labs
  • Want to improve energy, digestion, body composition, or performance
  • Want a personalized plan
  • Do not need as much ongoing support
  • Want to be proactive about their health and aging

Optimize Includes:

  • 75-Minute Initial Consultation
  • Metabolomics Spotlight™
  • GI Spotlight™
  • One-Hour Lab Review
  • Customized Food Plan
  • Personalized Supplement Plan
  • App Tracking and Support
  • 4 Total Visits

Optimize is more streamlined and designed for people who need less ongoing support and are looking to fine-tune and optimize their health.

Frequently Asked Questions

Programs

DJN offers two core programs — Transform and Optimize — both of which include advanced functional lab testing. Each program is personalized to your labs, health history and goals. To find out which program is the right fit, the best first step is a free 20-minute discovery call. Please also watch the video about his program and labs.

Transform is Derek's flagship program. It runs approximately 4 months and includes 8 sessions — starting with a 75-minute initial consult and progressing through a food program session, lab review, multiple progress check-ins and a final session. Both signature labs are included.

Optimize is a focused 4-session program that includes an initial consult, food program session, lab review and a follow-up. Both signature labs are included. It's a great fit for people who want the full testing and personalized plan in a more condensed format.

Both programs include two advanced functional labs — the Metabolomics Spotlight and the GI Spotlight. The Metabolomics Spotlight is a urine-based test that evaluates metabolism, mitochondrial function, amino acids, neurotransmitter pathways, inflammation, detoxification and more. The GI Spotlight is a stool test that provides a comprehensive look at gut health — microbial populations, gut barrier integrity, digestive efficiency, inflammation and immune function.

Getting Started

The first step is a free 20-minute discovery call with Derek. It's a no-pressure conversation to learn about your health history, answer your questions and figure out whether DJN is a good fit. You can book directly at djn.health.

It's a free 20-minute Zoom call and filling out the Discovery questionnaire Derek will ask about your health history, current concerns and goals. You'll have the chance to ask questions and get a feel for how the program works. There's no obligation.

You can book directly by clicking here. The booking system is self-service through Biocanic — just pick a time that works for you. It books in the time zone you are currently in.

Book Your 20-minute Discovery Zoom

Book Your 20-minute Discovery Zoom

Explore your health goals, identify potential nutrition challenges, and learn how Derek’s personalized approach can help you improve energy, metabolism, and overall wellness with your 20-minute discovery zoom.

Explore your health goals, identify potential nutrition challenges, and learn how Derek’s personalized approach can help you improve energy, metabolism, and overall wellness with your 20-minute discovery zoom.

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