Vanessa Riccio Naturopath

Vanessa Riccio Naturopath I will share the right information and tools you need to reverse your symptoms while still navigating real life. Wellness can be fun and simple.

06/08/2026

20 years in this work. Just sharing what I actually think 🌿

06/03/2026

She saw specialists, got tests, and here’s what they all missed.

Okay so a friend of mine was telling me about everything she’s been through with her stomach pain, gas, bloating, burping, nausea, heart pain…

She saw specialists. She got tests. Nobody could find anything.

So she went the holistic route — and they told her to add electrolytes. More protein. Collagen. This supplement, that supplement — and yes, some of it was accurate. But nobody ever addressed the cause.

Still not feeling well. Back to the doctor. And now they’re saying maybe it’s her nerves. Maybe her nervous system is sending the wrong signals.

And the whole time she’s telling me this story, I’m sitting there thinking…

but did anyone ever just tell her the basics?

Nobody looked at what she was putting in. Nobody asked about the order she was eating. Nobody told her that her body wasn’t broken — it was just trying to get her attention.

That’s not a nerve problem. That’s the body doing exactly what it’s supposed to do.

Your symptoms are not a malfunction. They’re a message.

And sometimes the answer isn’t more. Sometimes it’s simpler than you think.

Does this sound like someone you know? 👇

Send this to a friend who’s been wondering about that creatine tub in her cart.Should you take creatine? 🌿This is the #...
05/28/2026

Send this to a friend who’s been wondering about that creatine tub in her cart.

Should you take creatine? 🌿
This is the #1 question women are asking me right now. Every podcast, every wellness account, every fitness influencer is pushing it.

But before you decide, I want to ask you something: why do you want to take it?

Go a layer deeper. Why do you want more energy, more muscle, sharper focus? To feel amazing in your body. To feel clear, capable, alive.

So what you’re actually asking for isn’t creatine. It’s vitality.

And vitality isn’t one thing. It’s the symptoms you’ve called “normal” finally quieting down. Energy that lasts all day. Deep sleep. Easy elimination. Clear skin. A grounded mind. A body that feels light. More joy.

It’s the whole package — working together.

Your body creates that when the whole system is flowing — good things coming in, waste moving out. When that flow isn’t working, no single powder can fix it.

You can’t supplement your way to vitality. You have to live your way there.

More living food. More water. More sleep. More sun. More movement. More joy. The boring, beautiful stuff, on repeat.

Save this one if it hit 🌿

Send this to a friend who’s been wondering about that creatine tub in her cart.Should I take creatine? 🌿This is the #1 ...
05/28/2026

Send this to a friend who’s been wondering about that creatine tub in her cart.

Should I take creatine? 🌿
This is the #1 question women are asking me right now.

Every podcast, every wellness account, every fitness influencer is pushing it.

But before you decide, I want to ask you something: why do you want to take it?

Go a layer deeper. Why do you want more energy, more muscle, sharper focus? To feel amazing in your body. To feel clear, capable, alive.

So what you’re actually asking for isn’t creatine. It’s vitality.

And vitality isn’t one thing.

It’s the symptoms you’ve called “normal” finally quieting down. Energy that lasts all day. Deep sleep. Easy elimination. Clear skin. A grounded mind. A body that feels light. More joy. It’s the whole package — working together.

Your body creates that when the whole system is flowing — good things coming in, waste moving out.

When that flow isn’t working, no single powder can fix it.

You can’t supplement your way to vitality. You have to live your way there.

More living food. More water. More sleep. More sun. More movement. More joy. The boring, beautiful stuff, on repeat.

Save this one if it hit 🌿

05/26/2026

This is the part of healing nobody talks about.

Not the food. Not the supplements. The belief underneath it all.

If you don’t believe you’re a healthy person, no protocol will hold. 🌿

05/12/2026

I’m feeling a little under the weather today

And the first thing I reached for is what my mom did for me my whole childhood: a giant platter of raw veggies. Cucumber, celery, peppers, whatever’s in the fridge.
No sugar. Alkaline. Living. It just feels like it kills everything off.

Try it next time something’s coming on. 🌿

05/06/2026

Most of my clients are “trying to eat well.”

And they’re still tired. Still bloated. Still not feeling it.

Here’s the truth I tell them in every consult: you don’t eat bad. You just don’t eat good enough.

Your body runs on minerals — and minerals come from VOLUME of living plants. Greens, sprouts, herbs, fruit, daily. Not occasionally. Not as a side. As the foundation.

This is my Vitality Salad. I make some version of this almost every day.

Recipe in the comments 💚

Want to feel what “good enough” actually feels like?

My Free 7-Day Smoothie Challenge is the easiest place to start → link in bio 🌿

04/24/2026

a few of you asked for this recipe after yesterday’s post, so here it is. 🥢

Crunchy thai salad with peanut dressing. The kind of meal that proves “eating clean” doesn’t have to be sad or boring.

🥗 SALAD
3–4 cups shredded red cabbage
2 leaves curly kale, chopped
1 carrot, shredded
2 green onions, chopped
1 cup cilantro
2 mini peppers (1 red, 1 orange)
½ cucumber, peeled + thinly sliced
crushed peanuts on top

🥜 PEANUT DRESSING (food processor)
1 inch ginger
1 clove garlic
½ cup natural peanut butter
juice of ½ orange
juice of 1 lime
2 tbsp tamari
3 tbsp pure maple syrup
a sq**rt of sriracha
½ tsp salt

Blend the dressing. Toss everything. Top with peanuts.

❤️Save this one. Make it this weekend. Let me know how you make it your own. 👇🏼

04/23/2026

Here’s what a real cleanse looks like.

Not juice-only.

Not starving.

Fresh fruits and vegetables. Big salads. Soups and cooked veggies at dinner. Smoothies if you love them, skip them if you don’t. Herbal tea in the afternoon.

The kind of food that makes you feel like you’re already on vacation in your own body.

This is the Spring Cleanse. 10 days.

Doors close May 8.

Let’s flourish a little earlier this year 🌿

👉If you’ve ever been scared off a cleanse because you thought it meant starving — this is for you.

Real food. Real support. Real results.
DM me CLEANSE 🌿

04/17/2026

I call April the ugly season 😝 (Half joking. Half not.)

Every year, after a long Montreal winter, my body starts asking for something lighter. And every year I look in the mirror and think: oh god, this is just how I look now. I’m doomed.

And then summer rolls around, the greens come back, I’m outside more — and I remember. Right. I’m not doomed. I just had a long winter. Same as you.

This is why I created the Spring Cleanse. 10 days of living foods, almost-daily live calls with me, and three levels so you can meet your body exactly where it is.

We start Monday, May 11.

DM me CLEANSE or tap the link in my bio. Let’s flourish a little earlier this year. 🌿

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