Maria Eugenia Riccombeni

Maria Eugenia Riccombeni RDN, LD/N is a Registered Dietitian with a Bachelor’s Degree in Nutrition and Dietetics from Keiser University in Pembroke Pines, Florida. During her internship, she worked in Miami’s most prestigious hospitals including Baptist Hospital and Miami Nicklaus Children’s Hospital. Throughout her clinical and work practice, Eugenia found her passion in helping people with a variety of illnesses learn how to manage their disease symptoms with nutrition and using the right foods to improve their quality of life. Eugenia has always had a passion for eating healthy and incorporating a healthy lifestyle. She understands how the development of chronic disease is significantly caused by poor nutrition and obesity.

After providing nutritional counseling for a number of years working with patients and different health concerns, Eugenia’s joy is found in teaching her patients a DIET-FREE approach to losing weight and meeting their nutritional goals. She guides her patients by teaching them how to balance meals, the importance of portion control, and how to become mindful eaters which aids with long term success. Her areas of expertise include digestive disease including FODMAP diet, weight management and bariatric surgery, pediatrics, eating disorders, PCOS, thyroid disease and diabetes. As an avid public speaker, Eugenia worked with the Healthy Weight Alliance to spread the message on the necessity to improve menu selections at Miami restaurants. She went on to assist restaurants and clinical facilities in adapting their menus to include healthier options by simply modifying recipes while ensuring great taste.