Fernanda Paulucci, RD
Functional Nutritionist · Instituto Assaly Medicina Personalizada
Functional nutrition for longevity, gut health, phytotherapy, autoimmune care, hormones, and performance
About
Fernanda Paulucci, RD is a functional nutritionist at Instituto Assaly. She trained at Centro Universitário São Camilo and built her postgraduate profile through VP, Brazil's major functional-nutrition education center, with training in functional clinical nutrition, sports nutrition, phytotherapy, intestinal modulation, and homotoxicology. Her source materials explicitly name longevity, gut health, hormones, autoimmunity, performance, and phytotherapy. She also maintains her own private practice, so the Assaly affiliation is one part of a broader functional-nutrition platform.
What to Know
Signature approach
Paulucci builds nutrition plans from clinical, genetic, biochemical, environmental, and behavioral data. Gut-microbiome modulation and phytotherapy are central tools, not side notes, and her plant-based protocols appear in public Assaly education on women's health. The patient-facing aim is metabolomic: read inflammatory and metabolic signals, then tune food, supplements, botanical support, and routines.
What sets them apart
- Phytotherapy depth. VP postgraduate training plus ABHH membership make botanical protocols a real part of her nutrition practice.
- Longevity stated directly. Her bio and public positioning name longevity rather than only implying it through functional nutrition.
- Life-stage range. Source materials cover preconception through advanced age, aligning with Assaly's full-life prevention model.
Before You Book
- Care type: Functional-nutrition consults, supplements, phytotherapy, and gut-modulation work. Medical diagnosis and prescribing stay with physicians.
- Visit format: In-person at Instituto Assaly; her separate private practice has its own booking path.
- Herbal protocols: Ask how phytotherapy will be coordinated with any medications or medical conditions.
- Language: Portuguese is the working language.
Expertise
Focus areas
Patient types
Credentials
Education
Bachelor's in Nutrition, Nutrition
Centro Universitário São Camilo (2014)
Postgraduate Specialization, Functional Sports Nutrition
VP Centro de Nutrição Funcional
Postgraduate Specialization, Functional Phytotherapy
VP Centro de Nutrição Funcional
Postgraduate Specialization, Functional Clinical Nutrition
VP Centro de Nutrição Funcional
Postgraduate Specialization, Business Administration
Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV)
Additional certifications
Specialization in Intestinal Modulation
Brazilian functional-nutrition continuing education
Brazilian specialization in gut microbiome modulation — a core protocol for autoimmune, metabolic, and inflammatory work.
Specialization in Homotoxicology
Associação Brasileira de Homeopatia e Homotoxicologia (ABHH)
German-rooted integrative therapeutic framework using low-dose botanical and biological remedies, long-established in Brazilian integrative practice.
Member — IBNF
Instituto Brasileiro de Nutrição Funcional
The canonical Brazilian functional-nutrition body — membership signals embeddedness in the country's functional-nutrition community.
Member — ABHH
Associação Brasileira de Homeopatia e Homotoxicologia
Years in practice
12
Affiliations
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