Aicacia Young, RDN, is a gut health strategist, product developer, and educator dedicated to widening the lens on wellness.

Raised by two electrical engineers, Aicacia learned early on to approach complicated problems by asking how the individual parts connected. Her own health experiences as an adolescent eventually led her to study human nutrition and begin her career in functional medicine, where she helped people explore autoimmune conditions through the emerging lens of the gut microbiome.

That curiosity carried her to the forefront of microbiome science. As Director of Scientific Affairs for a microbiome therapeutics company, she lectured at medical conferences across the country, helped develop an advanced microbiome diagnostic test, and built the company’s clinical protocols from the ground up.

Aicacia is known for looking beyond compelling claims to examine what the evidence truly supports—but also for remaining curious about what has not yet been measured, explained, or fully understood. Her work invites us to practice discernment without losing our capacity for wonder.