Welcome Caitlin Hosmer MS, RD to IHCM!

After 30 years as a registered dietitian working in Boston’s premier integrative medicine settings, I am bringing my expertise home to Maine. My approach is built on a fundamental truth witnessed throughout my career: optimal health starts with proper nourishment, and the simplicity of fundamental nourishment is often overlooked.

My journey in nutrition therapy started with outreach and teaching roles in 1988. My current philosophy and style has been shaped by years of collaboration with innovative healthcare providers in integrative medicine, an interest of mine since childhood. Since 1995 as the Program Director setting up the Dean Ornish Program for Reversing Heart Disease in Boston, I have worked alongside physicians and a variety of allopathic and complementary medicine clinicians of different modalities who understand that optimal health requires a comprehensive approach. This model has been successful in managing chronic disease. My most recent experience has been working in this format with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), where I developed expertise in managing complex nutritional needs.

There is a big difference between adequate and optimal health. Lifestyle approaches have much to offer managing existing disease, but they are most powerful when preventing chronic disease. Don’t wait for a diagnosis to look more closely at how you are nourishing yourself!

Through focus on micronutrient sufficiency, individual tolerance and the many practical aspects of feeding ourselves, I have helped many clients improve their relationship with food while managing difficult chronic conditions and preventing others.

Educational credentials: Cornell University, BS with honors; Tufts University, MS with clinical internship towards RD

Licensure: RD/LDN in ME and MA

Co-founder of MenoPantry, a company providing whole food nutrition for women in midlife (at menopantry.com)