Hi, I’m Ivy
I'm Ireland, but you can call me Ivy.
Ireland Stone-Smith, MS, BS, RDN, LDN | New York City
The nickname started simply. My middle name begins with a V, so I and V became Ivy. It stuck.
I'm a Registered Dietitian based in New York City, originally from central Arkansas where sweet tea is basically a food group. I earned my Bachelor's and Master's in Dietetics from the University of Central Arkansas, completing my dietetic internship and Master's program in 2019.
My career has taken me a few places. I started in community nutrition with Food Corps, teaching children about food and tending gardens so kids could bring fresh produce home. From there I traveled across Arkansas supporting school nutrition programs and helping schools navigate federal nutrition guidelines.
Wanting to connect more directly with clients, I joined Nourish where I now see clients in a telehealth setting. Now I'm building Ivy Rooted Wellness, a space to bring evidence-based nutrition tools and support directly to everyday people.
I specialize in relationship with food, weight loss, blood sugar balancing, insulin resistance, and general health.
In a world full of fad diets, conflicting trends, and unreliable social media nutrition advice, finding trustworthy guidance can feel overwhelming. That's exactly why I created Ivy Rooted Wellness — to provide unbiased, evidence-based nutrition support that's actually accessible. I'm so glad you're here.
My Story
Like so many people, I grew up with a complicated relationship with food. Honestly, how could I not? Society has made food the enemy for generations. Diet culture gets passed down through family dynamics, through comments at the dinner table, through the way we talk about our bodies. It becomes so normalized that most of us don't even realize the noise is there.
I wasn't immune to that either.
My brother got into fitness when we were teenagers, and that was my first real introduction to nutrition. But even then, food still felt confusing and overwhelming.
It wasn't until a nutrition class in college that everything changed. I fell in love with the science of it. How the body breaks food down, uses it, heals with it. But more than that, learning the science changed how I felt about food entirely. The fear started to quiet. The noise got softer. For the first time, food felt like something that was working for me, not against me.
I changed my major to dietetics and never looked back.
It's time to break the cycle. To stop dieting and start nourishing. To stop fearing food and start understanding it.
If I could quiet that noise, so can you.
My Philosophy
Food is medicine. It's the foundation of everything. We can't think, move, or show up for our lives without it.
My approach is simple: meet you where you are, work with your lifestyle, and make small intentional changes over time. No overwhelm, no restriction, no one-size-fits-all plans.
I want you to eat the cake at the birthday party. I want you to go to a restaurant without anxiety. I want food to feel like freedom, not fear.
Balance isn't a compromise. It's the whole point.
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