​Health Coaching and Culinary Nutrition
Promotive and Preventive Care 

Hi, I'm Karuna.
 
I grew up in Calcutta, where food was never just food — it was family, festival, and love on a plate. I studied food science and nutrition and trained in preventive health care, but my real education came from my own relationship with food: I'm a foodie by nature, and I had to learn to love our food instead of fighting it.

 
My path: Five years in Lifestyle Medicine at Kaiser Permanente, four years coaching at Noom, and now a wellness coach for Pleasanton schools, a behavioral coach with Bend Health, and founder of Nourish Healthy Habits. I'm also completing my Master's — an MPH in Health Equity & Policy at Boston University — because who gets healthy food shouldn't depend on your zip code.

 
Over the years I kept seeing the same gap: people know what's healthy. Knowing was never the bottleneck. The kitchen was. That's why I practice culinary coaching — I don't give meal plans, I coach cooking behavior, with your flavors, your budget, and your real Tuesday-at-6pm life.

 
Healthy, to me, means balance and moderation — not restriction.

 
NBC-HWC Board-Certified Coach • Masters in Public Health and Equity • DPP Lifestyle Coach • BSc Food Science & Nutrition • PG Diploma in Preventive & Promotive Health Care