Hi, I’m Taylor.
I used to have a lot of anxiety about food because I never knew how it was going to make me feel.
Growing up, from ages 8 to 11, I remember eating what my friends ate (Pop Tarts, Hot Pockets, Toaster Strudels, Bagel Bites, Pizza Rolls), and they felt fine. Me? Riddled in anxiety. Tossing and turning in my skin. Covered in eczema.
I’ve always felt hyperaware of how I felt in my body, and it felt like what I was eating only made it worse. This went on until, eventually, it spiraled into a full-blown eating disorder at age 12.
Two years and two hospitalizations later, I clawed myself out of the grips of anorexia, but I still struggled with my body image. I still had an obsessive-compulsive relationship with food. I couldn’t stop thinking about it: food, calories, my weight, diet, and exercise. It consumed me.
I’d barter with myself constantly.
“If you eat that bag of Chex mix, then you have to walk home.”
“If you have that bowl of ice cream, you have to skip breakfast tomorrow.”
I was never happy with my weight. I felt like I was always fighting it. Despite these health struggles, I was still interested in nutrition, health, and what I was eating. But I knew nothing about nutrition. I’d just follow the latest trends I’d see in the magazines (low-calorie, low-carb, low-fat, vegan)
It wasn’t until my senior capstone (at this point, I’m 23)—The Western Diet—that I learned the link between the Standard American Diet and Standard American diseases: obesity, type 2 diabetes, cancer—you name it.
I had no idea that your DIET drives DISEASE—my mind was blown.
Right then and there, I realized the system had failed me. That being healthy wasn’t just about calories-in/calories-out. It was about the quality of nutrients that make those calories up. That’s what decides how you feel in your skin—your mood, your physique, your confidence—it all comes down to food. Why didn’t I learn about this in elementary school health class?
How come nobody taught me that you…
Need healthy fats for a healthy brain.
Need protein to balance blood sugar.
Need fiber to support a healthy gut and good digestion.
Instead, we’ve normalized cupcakes for breakfast, TV dinners over homecooked meals, and handfuls of chips, M&M's, and cheese puffs as an acceptable midday snack.
And we wonder why we’re walking around depressed, anxious, inflamed, and virtually falling apart—thinking that it’s all our fault. It’s not you. The system has been set up for you to fail. It’s set up so that the quick, easy, and convenient choice is the unhealthy choice.
But…. as the old saying goes…
you are what you eat.
That’s what my mission behind foodhappy is all about. It’s about helping people make the connection between what they drop in their shopping carts and how they feel the next day.
You deserve to feel incredible.
It took me a master’s degree in nutrition and years of learning and experimenting to discover the diet that my body thrives on, and I want the same for you (but in far less time).
That’s why I’ve dedicated my life to educating people on the fundamentals of nutrition—-it doesn’t have to be complicated.
It’s simple: eat real, whole foods.
If you walk away from this and take that advice, I’ll be happy.
But I want to take it a step further… you can ask yourself, “What combination of foods do I thrive on?” Because we’re all different, and what one of us thrives on, others may not.
When you discover that, everything falls into place. Your health improves. Your relationship with food improves. Your life improves. You begin to take joy in learning where your food came from and how it got to your plate. Nourishing your body becomes sacred, and your local farmer’s market becomes your farmacy.
Awareness is the foundation for empowerment and builds confidence that your health is in control. It’s not about being perfect; it’s about feeling good. Because once you’re aware, then YOU get to decide. If you’re not aware, then big food companies decide for you (they make it to earst), with their cheap, convenience-filled, hyperpalatable, highly addictive ultra-processed foods.
Foodhappy is about re-learning what you’ve been taught about food. It’s about making healthy choices you can feel good about now and in the future. It’s about feeling good in your skin. It's about being happy about food when the world has made it overly complicated.
In health
Taylor Groff, MS, CNS
Functional Nutritionist
Education, Credentials, Work
2020: I received my Master’s in Human Nutrition and Functional Medicine from the University of Western states. I later went on to get 1,000 hours of supervised clinical experience and my certification to be a Certified Nutrition Specialist through the American College of Nutrition. I started my nutrition practice, Foodhappy LLC, in 2021.
2021-Present: I work for Hyman Health as a Trend Communications and Research Analysis for Dr. Mark Hyman. During this time period, I was also ghostwriting Dhru Purohit’s Try This newsletter (2021-2023).
2022-2024: Ghost Writer for Max Lugavere.