Alisa Turner, LLC

Alisa Turner, LLC Functional nutritionist & metabolic health specialist helping women restore metabolism, stabilize energy, and rebuild trust with their bodies.

Mount Pleasant, SC | alisahealth.com It’s rare to get an hour to explore your wellness goals with a trained professional. As an Integrative Nutrition Health Coach, I create a supportive environment that enables you to articulate and achieve your goals. Throughout my education, I have been exposed to the most cutting-edge dietary theories and studied highly effective coaching techniques to help you

find the right lifestyle that works best for you. Most approaches to healthy eating dwell on calories, carbohydrates, fats, and proteins. Instead of creating lists of restrictions and good and bad foods, I coach my clients to explore basic improvements and implement gradual changes during our work together. As these pieces accumulate, clients find the changes collectively create a much larger impact than they originally expected. We work on what you want to improve, and within the circumstances of your unique situation.

JAMA published something this month I want every peptide-curious person to read 👆The short version: peptides are about t...
06/13/2026

JAMA published something this month I want every peptide-curious person to read 👆

The short version: peptides are about to get a lot more accessible in the US 🙌

The FDA — under HHS Secretary RFK Jr., a self-described peptide user — is preparing to:

→ Add gray-market peptides to the list of ingredients that can be sold as dietary supplements

→ Allow compounding pharmacies to resume preparing peptides banned in 2023 over safety concerns

→ Convene an advisory committee in July to review BPC-157, KPV, TB-500, MOTS-c, epitalon, and others

JAMA’s reporting raises legitimate concerns:

→ Most peptides on the market are synthesized inexpensively overseas, with no guarantee they contain what the label claims

→ Clinical trials of safety and efficacy in humans are virtually nonexistent

→ People are stacking multiple peptides with no understanding on how they interact

My honest take as a practitioner who has seen great results from peptides both personally and clinically:

Increased access will undoubtedly bring increased demand — which floods the market with low-quality product. We’re already seeing it.

Some peptides being studied show real promise — MOTS-c for sarcopenia, BPC-157 for tissue repair, SS-31 for mitochondrial function. The science is exciting. But “exciting science” and “safe to inject anything you can buy online” are not the same thing.

The question that matters most isn’t which peptide — it’s where it’s coming from, and who is helping you think through the protocol.

The wellness influencer telling you to “just try it” is not the same as a qualified practitioner who understands how peptides interact with your physiology, medications, goals, and existing health conditions.

Be curious. Be informed. Be very picky about your sources.

More coming soon on how to evaluate peptide sources.

Book a free peptide consultation (Calendly link in bio) or DM me “GLP1” for my free GLP-1 Metabolic Reset Starter Guide.

I’ve been deep down the peptide rabbit hole for a few years now, and I get asked probably about once a week what I take....
06/10/2026

I’ve been deep down the peptide rabbit hole for a few years now, and I get asked probably about once a week what I take. I’m always happy to share. And…my answer always includes the caveat no one wants to hear:

Peptides don’t replace the fundamentals. They amplify them.

If your foundation is unstable — sleep, nutrition, strength training, nervous system regulation, gut health — no peptide or supplement protocol will fix it. I see people layering more and more in while the foundation underneath stays shaky, then wondering why they don’t get results.

That said, when the foundation IS in place, peptides can feel like a light switch flipping. They work fast. Most are injected, so you bypass gut absorption issues. And you can often feel them working — which is part of why they’re taking off well beyond GLP-1s.

I focus on peptides that support metabolic muscle & gut health, mitochondrial function, recovery, and nervous system regulation — because those determine whether everything else lands. Full breakdown on the blog (link in bio).

Another very important caveat I’ll keep saying: This is my personal journey and clinical observation, not medical advice.

Quality of source matters tremendously so make sure you trust your sources and work with a qualified provider.

I’ll be writing more soon about how to source peptides safely and economically because there are real differences between providers as well as channels, and finding the right fit matters even more than choosing the right peptide.

Book a free peptide consultation (Calendly link in bio) or DM me GLP1 for my free GLP-1 Metabolic Reset Starter Guide.

The unexpected perimenopause power food in my fridge right now: cold potato salad. Hear me out.White potatoes get a bad...
06/04/2026

The unexpected perimenopause power food in my fridge right now: cold potato salad.

Hear me out.

White potatoes get a bad rap — but they’re actually a nutrient powerhouse, especially when you cook and cool them.

→ Potatoes beat bananas for potassium (~50% more, gram for gram) Potassium matters big time in perimenopause for blood pressure, fluid balance, and muscle function — and most women aren’t getting nearly enough.

→ Cooking + cooling overnight creates resistant starch — some of the digestible starch reorganizes into a type of fiber that doesn’t get broken down in the small intestine. Instead, it travels to the large intestine and feeds the bacteria that produce butyrate, a short-chain fatty acid that supports gut lining, blood sugar regulation, and inflammation — all more vulnerable in perimenopause.

→ A medium cooked-and-cooled potato contains ~3-4g of resistant starch. That’s on top of the fiber already in the skin. In perimenopause, we need to be on the upper end of ~25-35g of fiber per day and most women get less than 10. Resistant starch foods are an easy lever — and they don’t taste like fiber.

→ Resistant starch also blunts the blood sugar response. Same potato, hot vs. cold — the cold version produces a smaller glucose spike because the resistant starch isn’t being absorbed as glucose.

Recipe + how to do it 👇

Comment HORMONES for my free Perimenopause Metabolic Reset Starter Guide.

• 20 oz Yukon gold potatoes
• 5 eggs (protein)
• 55g Primal Kitchen avocado mayo
• 2 tbsp apple cider vinegar
• 2 tbsp yellow mustard
• Handful of fresh dill
• Salt to taste

Boil or bake (baking preserves more potassium) potatoes whole with skin on (more fiber + potassium). Toss potatoes in vinegar first - this adds another layer of blood-sugar support. Then combine with all other ingredients and cool fully in the fridge.

5 servings
277 calories, 10g protein, 14g fat, 28g net carbs

Don’t fear the potato. Cook it, cool it, and eat it. 😋

New flavors dropping at Sweat on the Ship this Saturday 🚢Most “protein bites” are really just fat and carbs with a littl...
05/26/2026

New flavors dropping at Sweat on the Ship this Saturday 🚢

Most “protein bites” are really just fat and carbs with a little protein along for the ride — dates, nut butter, honey, and a lot of oats drive the calories way up. These flip that script.

I’m bringing two brand-new flavors to sample — Chocolate Peanut Butter and Lemon Poppy Seed. Both are no-bake, low calorie, high protein, blood-sugar-friendly, and made with real ingredients.

Sweet and satisfying— perfect for an afternoon snack, a post-workout bite, or anytime you want something sweet that loves you back.

Come find my booth, grab a sample, and scan to have the recipes sent straight to your inbox.

🎟️ Grab your tickets (link in bio) and use code ALISA10 for $10 off. Come say hi!

05/14/2026

These 7-ingredient pancakes are so good even my son asks for them. 🥞

Over 40g of protein and 8g fiber. One serving. Blender easy. Done in under 10 minutes.

Ingredients (1 serving / about 3 pancakes):
– 30g rolled oats
– 30g banana
– 50g Siggi’s Greek yogurt
– 31g vanilla whey protein (code ALISATHEALTH for 10% off)
– 1 large egg
– 1/4-1/2 tsp of baking soda
– pinch sea salt
– 140g mixed berries to top + 1 T real maple

Method:
Blend everything until smooth. Pour batter onto a hot skillet in 4” rounds (go smaller than you think or they’ll be tough to flip). Cook about 45 seconds per side — do not overcook or whey protein will turn them rubbery. Top with berries and a drizzle of real maple syrup.

Macros per serving (with fruit + maple): 479, 41g protein, 37g net carbs, 8g fiber, 8g fat.

Why I love these as a perimenopause- or GLP-1-friendly breakfast:
→ Front-loads protein (critical after 40) but still feels indulgent
→ Keeps you satisfied all morning
→ Stabilizes blood sugar with fiber-rich oats and berries
→ Real food, clean ingredients
→ Fast enough for weekday mornings

P.S. Want the daily shifts I start every perimenopause client with? Comment HORMONES and I’ll send you my free Perimenopause Metabolic Reset starter guide.

I closed my laptop at 2:00 & drove to the beach. With a million things still on the day’s must-do list. Because I needed...
05/12/2026

I closed my laptop at 2:00 & drove to the beach. With a million things still on the day’s must-do list. Because I needed to.

I’d been in the kind of dark stretch that creeps in when your body is healing something hard & old stuff comes up with it. Where the to-do list feels like a personal attack & your nervous system is fried by 10am.

So I drove to the water, sat in the sand for 3 hrs.

I wasn’t avoiding work. This was the work. Old me wouldn’t have recognized I was fraying — too busy steamrolling over anything in the way of productivity, because that’s where I sourced self-worth.

Something I’ve been personally & clinically integrating the last few years: nervous system regulation isn’t separate from metabolic health. It IS metabolic health:

Chronic stress keeps cortisol elevated. Cortisol signals the liver to release glucose for “fight or flight.” But you’re not running — you’re answering emails, building curriculums, filming & writing content, holding space for clients, formulating supplements, prioritizing your health, managing a home, trying to connect (but not suffocate) your teen, & generally holding it all together.

So the glucose released by the liver just sits there. Insulin rises to clear it. Repeated daily, for years, contributing to insulin resistance.

Perimenopause compounds this. As estrogen drops, sympathetic tone climbs. Suddenly you can’t tolerate stress, sugar, alcohol, cardio, or skipped meals the way you could at 35. You feel broken. But it’s just neurochemistry.

So when I drove to the beach to let my system settle, I was doing the kind of work that doesn’t show up on a to-do list. The kind that lowers cortisol, resets vagal tone, & makes everything else — the protein, the lifting, the sleep — actually land in the body.

Just like you can’t meditate your way out of insulin resistance w/5 hrs sleep & 30g of protein a day — you can’t out-protein a dysregulated nervous system. Especially as a woman in mid-life.

If this is landing — comment HORMONES & I’ll send you my free Perimenopause Metabolic Reset

“Do you recommend taking GLP-1?”I get asked this almost daily. My answer is always… “it depends.”It depends if your enti...
04/09/2026

“Do you recommend taking GLP-1?”

I get asked this almost daily. My answer is always… “it depends.”

It depends if your entire weight loss strategy consists solely of taking a GLP-1.

It depends on your medical history.

It depends how much excess fat you actually need to lose to be metabolically healthy.

And possibly most importantly—
it depends what lengths you’re willing to go to maintain metabolic resilience along your GLP-1 journey.

Because let’s be clear—
these are not like other prescriptions. Peptides are a journey.

GLP-1s are undoubtedly the closest thing to miracle weight loss tools we’ve had.

But there’s a cost. Like everything else.

I’m seeing more and more people feeling significantly worse on their “journey” despite losing weight.

And this is what brings them to me:

Low energy
Flat mood
Muscle loss
Plateaus
Rebound weight gain

And most people think:

👉 “Something is wrong. They must not be right for me.”
👉 “They stopped working.”

But the truth is:

The problem isn’t usually the peptides.
It’s the missing structure.

GLP-1s change your biology in ways most people don’t fully understand:

• Lower hunger AND thirst
• Slow digestion
• Blunt reward signaling
• Reduce natural intake cues

So without a plan, people unintentionally:

→ Undereat (especially protein)
→ Lose muscle
→ Dehydrate
→ Stop training
→ Downshift metabolism

That’s where the “metabolic fallout” happens because muscle is your metabolic engine.

But it’s all avoidable.

You just need structure in the right places:

✔️ Hydration + electrolytes
✔️ Protein strategy (not just “eat more”—but how, when your body resists it)
✔️ Strength training (even when energy is low)
✔️ Nervous system support (this one matters more than most people realize)

Maintaining ironclad structure around these 4 pillars is how you:

→ Lose fat
→ Keep your metabolism
→ Feel GOOD doing it
→ Avoid rebound weight gain

On a GLP-1 (or considering) & want to do it right?

👉 Comment “GLP1” for my free GLP-1 metabolic reset guide.

Super Bowl Sunday: nourishing comfort food > game day “cheat meals” 🤍Because cozy food can support your metabolism, horm...
02/09/2026

Super Bowl Sunday: nourishing comfort food > game day “cheat meals” 🤍
Because cozy food can support your metabolism, hormones, and energy — all at the same time.

No food guilt.
No “starting tomorrow.”
Just eating in a way that feels good now.

This white chicken chili is:
✔ fiber- and protein-forward
✔ blood sugar–friendly
✔ has added greens because… why not? I put them in all my soups
✔ warm + grounding for the nervous system

Because hormones don’t take Super Bowl Sunday off — and neither does your need for real nourishment.

✨ Comment HORMONES for my free Perimenopause Metabolic Reset Starter Guide.

















Address

San Diego, CA

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm
Saturday 9am - 5pm
Sunday 9am - 5pm

Telephone

+16195177287

Website

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Alisa Turner, LLC posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Contact The Business

Send a message to Alisa Turner, LLC:

Shortcuts

Featured

Share

Category