About

👋 Hi, I'm Vaughn (pronounced Vohn) Heart, and I help people navigate nutrition without the gaslighting.

I've worked on multiple sides of the health system: spending years in clinical research and hospitals where success was measured in weight lost, obscure biomarkers, and BMI charts, and years on the ground doing community organizing and public health advocacy. What I learned is that most health advice is designed to confuse you.

Not because you're unintelligent. But because the system needs to keep us clicking, scrolling, and stuck to their platforms. The reality is is, we don't all start from the same place, with the same resources, facing the same obstacles. The advice is useless if it doesn't account for your 90-minute commute, the fact that healthy food costs more, or that rest is labeled as laziness in a culture that glorifies burnout.

This isn't an issue of willpower, discipline, nor intelligence. Health shouldn't be complicated, but simple. Not simple as in effortless and easy, but simple as in clear and not convoluted. I can help you unpack that.

My Philosophy

I believe in practical agency over perfectionism. You can't individually "discipline" your way out of systemic problems like poverty, lack of time, a nervous system running on fumes. However, you can take meaningful action within the constraints you're actually living with.

I don't do rapid weight loss. I don't do "clean eating." I don't pretend that willpower is the missing ingredient. Instead, I focus on:

• Function over aesthetics: More energy, better sleep, clearer focus.
• Slow, sustainable change: Not dramatic overhauls that last three weeks.
• Structural honesty: I won't pretend that eating quinoa solves systemic inequality, but I will help you work with what you've got.
• Practical agency: Because we have obligations, relationships, and a real life.

Background & Credentials

• Licensed Nutritionist with a BSc. (Hons) Nutrition with Wellness from UCSI University
• Trained in Group Coaching by NCFit
• Experience in institutional nutrition and public health advocacy
• Community organizer focused on health equity

Why I Do This Work

Because I'm tired of watching people blame themselves for systemic failure. And I'm so tired of people asking if eating [insert food here] is "bad". Because the wellness industry has gaslit an entire generation into thinking exhaustion is a personal failing. Because you deserve support that's rooted in reality, not Instagram aesthetics.

Most health advice you get, especially from social media, are designed to keep you unwell, unclear, and spending. Affiliate links and ad revenue thrive on complexity, often with a proprietary "protocol", product or program.

Let me help you unf*ck you relationship with your health. I'll teach you to ignore the 90% of what wellness influencers say, and teach you the 10% that works. If you've tried everything and nothing has stuck, if you're ready to stop fighting your body and start working with what you've got, let's talk.