NUTRITION TEAM

Jennifer Broxterman CEO & NutritionRx Founder
Registered Dietitian
& Sports Nutritionist
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Samantha Breau Registered Dietitian
& Sports Nutritionist
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Jessica Pfile, BScFN, RD Registered Dietitian
& Sports Nutritionist
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Lena Khalil, MScFN, RD Registered Dietitian & Sports Nutritionist
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SUPPORT STAFF

Carly Emotional Support Office Dog
Black Lab and #1 Cuddler
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Jennifer Broxterman, MSc, RD

CEO of NutritionRx, Registered Dietitian & Sports Nutritionist

Areas of Expertise:

  • Healthy eating
  • Weight loss
  • Sports nutrition
  • Eating disorder recovery and developing a positive relationship with food, exercise, and body image

About Jen:

Jennifer Broxterman is the founder and head Registered Dietitian at NutritionRx, which she opened in 2010. Her approach encourages people to build a happy and healthy relationship with food through habits-based behaviour change, mindset shifts, and creating supportive environments. With so much client success and incoming referrals, she’s grown her team to bring on more like-minded RDs. Over the years she’s worked with thousands of people, ranging from everyday folks to NHL hockey players and Olympic athletes, supporting their healthy eating and performance goals.

Beyond NutritionRx:

Jennifer has worked as a Foods and Nutrition university professor at Western University (Brescia campus), winning the esteemed Excellence in Teaching Award. She’s also a researcher and nutrition content writer for Precision Nutrition, and the course creator for Two-Brain’s online Nutrition Coaching Course. She brings her athletic background as a dual varsity athlete (hockey and rowing), along with her experience of being a 4x national level CrossFit athlete.

Jen’s Cancer Story:

At age 34, Jen was unexpectedly diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of ovarian cancer. Despite being given less than a 9% chance of living past 5 years, within a few months of her cancer removal surgery she achieved RADICAL REMISSION and is still cancer-free to this day! Jen is one of the most positive, hard working, and resilient people you’ll ever meet, and is grateful that she’s still here to keep sharing her passion for healthy living with others.

Education:

  • Bachelor of Science (BSc, Life Sciences) – Queen’s University
  • Honours Bachelor of Science (BScH, Foods & Nutrition) – Western University / Brescia
  • Masters of Science (MScFN, Foods & Nutrition) – Western University / Brescia
  • Dietetic Internship (1800+ hours of training) to become licensed as a Registered Dietitian – London Health Sciences Centre
  • Certified Level 1 Precision Nutrition Coach
  • Active member of Dietitians of Canada & The College of Dietitians of Ontario

Samantha Breau, BScFN, RD

Registered Dietitian & Sports Nutritionist

Areas of Expertise:

  • Healthy eating
  • Weight loss
  • Eating disorder recovery, including overcoming anorexia, bulimia, binge eating disorder, and yo-yo dieting

About Sam:

Samantha is passionate about all things food, and loves cooking and trying new recipes. She follows a non-dieting nutrition approach and strives to help her clients strike the right balance between the foods they love and the foods that fuel them to better health. Sam is especially committed to helping her clients work through the mental health component of how food shapes their lives, guiding them to a peaceful relationship with weight and body image.

Beyond NutritionRx:

Samantha brings extensive experience working in eating disorder recovery. She’s worked as a Mental Health Support Worker at LHSC’s Adult Eating Disorder Recovery Program, and more recently, she stepped into a Registered Dietitian role at the same centre working with in-patient and day-treatment ED patients. Sam also loves being active; she grew up playing competitive women’s volleyball and recently picked up tennis and CrossFit.

Education:

  • Honours Bachelor of Science (BScH, Foods & Nutrition) – Western University / Brescia
  • Dietetic Internship (1800+ hours of training) to become licensed as a Registered Dietitian – Hamilton Health Sciences Centre
  • Active member of Dietitians of Canada & The College of Dietitians of Ontario
  • Level 1 Precision Nutrition Coaching Certification (in progress)

Jessica Pfile, BScFN, RD

Registered Dietitian & Sports Nutritionist

Areas of Expertise:

  • Healthy eating & optimizing nutrient intake
  • Healthy weight loss tips & guidance
  • Sports nutrition
  • Inflammatory conditions: arthritis, asthma, endometriosis, multiple sclerosis, lupus, fatty liver disease
  • Improving gut health / managing GI issues: GERD, celiac disease, ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s, IBS, low-FODMAP
  • Helping identify & treat food sensitivities
  • Chronic diseases & metabolic conditions: diabetes, insulin resistance, high cholesterol, high blood pressure
  • Healing relationship with food & intuitive eating
  • Nutrition and mental health, including anxiety, depression, & stress eating

About Jess:

Jess is a kind healthcare professional who has each person’s best interest at heart.
She takes client-centred care very seriously and actively listens to each person’s concerns, goals, and questions. Helping people set realistic goals and implement sustainable habits is what she does best! 

Beyond NutritionRx:

Jess also works as a counselling Dietitian at Medpoint Health Care Centre where she helps patients become the happiest and healthiest version of themselves. In her spare time, Jess likes to be outdoors, spend time with family and friends, and enjoys life to the fullest!

Education:

  • Honours Bachelor of Science (HBScFN, Foods and Nutrition) – Western University / Brescia
  • Dietetic Internship (1800+ hours of training) to become licensed as a Registered Dietitian
  • Active member of The College of Dietitians of Ontario

Lena Khalil, MScFN, RD

Registered Dietitian & Sports Nutritionist. Speaks English and Arabic fluently

Areas of Expertise:

  • Healthy eating 
  • Weight loss
  • Diet and mental health (concussions, anxiety, depression)
  • Metabolic diseases including prediabetes, diabetes, high cholesterol, high blood pressure
  • Digestive disorders: IBS, GERD, Crohn’s disease, colitis, gallstones, kidney stones, diverticulitis, gastroparesis, inflammation
  • Food allergies/sensitivities and food elimination diets

About Lena:

Lena is a Registered Dietitian with a passion for client-centred care. She thrives in the complexity of her work as a generalist, seeing all ages and stages, with all kinds of clinical conditions. Lena is committed to improving people’s health and quality of life by empowering her clients with the knowledge and skills they need to make sustainable changes. She takes the time to understand her clients’ individual preferences, lifestyles, and health concerns to develop personalized nutrition plans that are both practical for day-to-day life and highly effective.

Beyond NutritionRx:

Lena is able to speak both English and Arabic fluently. She is able to connect with diverse communities, translate information, and provide culturally sensitive nutrition counselling. In her spare time, she loves travelling, outdoor activities, spending time with family and friends, recreational painting and photography, watching movies and shows, and learning new languages.

Education:

  • Honours Bachelor of Science (HBScFN, Foods and Nutrition) – Western University / Brescia
  • Diploma in Management Studies – Western University / Brescia
  • Masters of Science (MScFN, Foods & Nutrition) – Western University / Brescia
  • Dietetic Internship (1800+ hours of training) to become licensed as a Registered Dietitian – London Health Sciences Centre
  • Active member of Dietitians of Canada and the College of Dietitians of Ontario

Carly

Emotional Support Office Dog, Black Lab and #1 Cuddler

About Carly:

Carly is a black lab who has been with Jen and NutritionRx since 2009. She was originally being trained to be an autism guide dog, but unfortunately flunked out of service dog school because of her overly-friendly personality (as if that’s even a flaw!), and was adopted permanently by Jen.

Carly loves swimming, chasing balls and sticks, snuggling with her favourite humans, and offering kisses and tail wags to new clients.

As a dog-friendly office, Carly hangs out at NutritionRx whenever Jennifer is counselling her nutrition clients. Although Carly may be a failed service dog, she has embraced her role as a ‘therapy dog’ with her whole heart and will give you abundant love and support as you work hard to accomplish your nutrition goals. She usually sleeps in the corner of the NutritionRx office on her bed during client sessions. If you have an allergy or fear of dogs, please alert our team prior to your initial assessment and arrangements can be made to have Carly stay at home.