Deanna Minich, PhD

Deanna Minich, PhD I am a nutrition scientist, author, and educator. Color, Creativity, Diversity, and Rhythm are my passion principles for life and vitality! Nutritionist. Speaker.

My books are Whole Detox, The Complete Handbook of Quantum Healing, and The Rainbow Diet. Deanna Minich, PhD
Author. Teacher. Artist. Dr. Deanna Minich (www.drdeannaminich.com) is a wellness expert and author of five books, including her latest, Whole Detox (HarperOne, 2016). Having had health issues in her teens and twenties, she looked for solutions to feel better and understand her relationship

with food. Her journey to find answers ultimately led her to combine her studies of science, nutrition, psychology, philosophy, and yoga, to develop an integrated, complete, lifestyle system called Food & Spirit™. Currently, she offers training to practitioners of all types to learn this color-coded method to obtain full-spectrum health (www.foodandspiritprofessional.com). Additionally, she offers online programs for those looking for guidance on healthy eating and living the Whole Detox way (www.whole-detox.com). IMPORTANT "MUST READ" GUIDELINES AND INFORMATION:

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This is literally me every morning, even on the weekends. I rise to my PubMed alerts to see what scientific research has...
09/02/2026

This is literally me every morning, even on the weekends. I rise to my PubMed alerts to see what scientific research has brought me. It lights up my neurons and inspires my purpose: to serve in health and nutrition through education.

Not everyone has the time or desire to do this work. So, if you want to know what is in the science before you hear about it in the ethers of clinical medicine, sign up for my weekly Wednesday newsletter on my website: www.deannaminich.com.

Today's one was about the "olfactory-glymphatic syndrome," which is the connection between smell and the brain's nightly clearance system.

Stay on top of the latest! I'll help you do that...

The Food & Spirit Collective™ is an intimate 12-week group mentorship for curious minds and open hearts who are ready to...
09/02/2026

The Food & Spirit Collective™ is an intimate 12-week group mentorship for curious minds and open hearts who are ready to deepen their understanding of themselves, expand their impact, and live with greater meaning, purpose, and alignment.

Together, we will explore seven dimensions of human potential:

🟥 ROOT: foundation and embodiment
🟠 FLOW: creativity and relationship
🔥 FIRE: energy and transformation
💚LOVE: compassion and healing
🦋TRUTH: expression and authenticity
🌀INSIGHT: insight and perception
✨SPIRIT: meaning and unity

Our conversations will draw from nutrition science, systems biology, consciousness studies, color psychology, metaphysics, personal development, and spiritual inquiry, bringing these perspectives into everyday life in practical and meaningful ways.

The experience includes six live 90-minute mentorship sessions with me, an intimate online community, weekly insights and inspiration, a companion guide with reflective and contemplative practices, curated resources, and opportunities for authentic connection.

It is an invitation to uncover and embody the full spectrum of who you already are. ✨🌈

We begin September 15, 2026. Space is intentionally limited. Apply through this link: https://deannaminich.com/the-food-and-spirit-collective/

Looking forward to giving two talks this October at A4M (A4M) The Women’s Health Summit in San Antonio, TX. On Thursday ...
09/01/2026

Looking forward to giving two talks this October at A4M (A4M) The Women’s Health Summit in San Antonio, TX.

On Thursday afternoon, the title of my talk is “Food as Hormone Information: Nutrition and Phytochemicals for Perimenopausal Women” and Friday morning, I’m speaking on “Is Follicle-Stimulating Hormone (FSH) Misnamed? Rethinking Its Role in Menopause as a Systemic Regulator of Bone, Brain, Metabolism, and Aging”.

Both will be exciting topics with much emerging research to feature!

Imagine every cell in your body working in harmony with your highest potential...💙🌀✨
09/01/2026

Imagine every cell in your body working in harmony with your highest potential...💙🌀✨

How does the color YELLOW make you feel? In one of my homes, I painted the kitchen walls yellow to keep me happy and che...
08/31/2026

How does the color YELLOW make you feel?

In one of my homes, I painted the kitchen walls yellow to keep me happy and cheerful while making my meals. I like the look of yellow, although wearing it doesn't suit my personal palette!

If you are a health professional who wants to learn more about FSH and its potential influence on your patients beyond r...
08/31/2026

If you are a health professional who wants to learn more about FSH and its potential influence on your patients beyond reproductive health, please join me for a fascinating conversation about its biological relevance far beyond the o***y, with potential implications for bone, brain, metabolism, vascular health, aging, and more. The strength of the evidence varies across these systems, but the broader picture is becoming increasingly interesting.

On September 14 at 4 PM PT, I’ll be giving a webinar for Symphony Natural Health together with Rosemary MacKenzie, Clinical Manager at Mira, where we’ll explore the latest science and something that has often been missing from the FSH conversation: clinical translation.

What does this emerging research mean for how we think about FSH? How should we measure and interpret it? And what, if anything, can we do with this information in clinical practice?

If you’re a health professional working with women across the reproductive aging continuum, you won’t want to miss this conversation.

Register for free here: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_3Y4-TvaBRG2Dtk7kVR4PrQ

Can’t make it live? Register anyway, and you’ll receive the recording afterward. Looking forward to seeing you there!

As a teen and young adult, I struggled with endometriosis. In midlife, I began experiencing more TMJ and jaw tension. I’...
08/28/2026

As a teen and young adult, I struggled with endometriosis. In midlife, I began experiencing more TMJ and jaw tension. I’ve come to see these two areas of the body as interesting mirrors.

The pelvic/sacral region is a place of physical creation and birth. The mouth, jaw, and throat can be thought of as another kind of birth canal, where thoughts, emotions, truth, and creativity come into expression.

That feels especially meaningful during the menopause transition. As we move from premenopause into postmenopause, I sometimes wonder what begins to bubble up and ask to be expressed through this “upper birth canal.”

What remains to be expressed and said?

There is also science showing an association between endometriosis and temporomandibular disorders (TMD), with central sensitization proposed as one possible shared mechanism.

But I find the parallel compelling:
The pelvis creates.
The throat expresses.
Both bring something into the world.

What is asking to be birthed through your voice?
🧡🧚‍♂️💙🦋

Eating the rainbow is only the beginning.The phytonutrients in colorful foods interact with the ecosystem within us. Gut...
08/27/2026

Eating the rainbow is only the beginning.

The phytonutrients in colorful foods interact with the ecosystem within us. Gut microbes can transform many of these plant compounds into new metabolites, while phytonutrients can also influence the composition and activity of the microbiome.

It’s a two-way conversation: plants ↔ microbes ↔ us.

And because our microbiomes differ, two people can eat the same food and produce different phytochemical metabolites.

I think of this as a kind of Phyto-Fitness: cultivating the microbial ecosystem that helps us interact with the chemistry of plants.

Eat the rainbow. Feed the ecosystem. Keep the conversation going.

Maca reminds us that resilience can be cultivated in harsh conditions. But we know maca is not simply maca. In our publi...
08/25/2026

Maca reminds us that resilience can be cultivated in harsh conditions. But we know maca is not simply maca. In our publication in the Nutrients journal, Not All Maca Is Created Equal, we highlighted that there are up to 17 different phenotypes of maca described in the literature. These can differ in genetics, phytochemistry, analytical profile, and physiological effects.

That means one phenotype may be more relevant for male fertility, another for female reproductive health, while others may have different effects on bone, metabolism, menopausal symptoms, or endocrine function.

Like most plants, it’s complex. It’s shaped by its environment. Soil, altitude, climate, harvesting, drying, and processing can all influence maca’s chemistry and function.

As we discuss in the paper, it’s not simply an adaptogen, but has distinct functional signatures depending on the phenotype and application.

As Chief Science Officer at Symphony Natural Health, this is central to our work: honoring the traditional use of maca while applying modern science to understand how phenotype, place, and processing shape its effects. ❤️🧡💛💜🤎🖤🩶🤍

After being at the WisePause Wellness summit in Los Angeles this past weekend, I realized how complicated the nutrition ...
08/24/2026

After being at the WisePause Wellness summit in Los Angeles this past weekend, I realized how complicated the nutrition conversation gets during perimenopause. As I spoke to on stage, nutrient density, or packing in every bite with nutrients, is even more important in this stage of life.

I try to keep it simple:
1. Eat the spectrum of colorful foods.
2. Be creative with food choices & combinations.
3. Aim for diversity, at least 30 plant foods weekly.
4. Align with circadian and seasonal rhythms.

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