Farm-to-Terranea: Resort Nutritionist

Terranea Resort nutritionist Navil Lorenzana finds passion putting healthful and delicious food in front of her guests.
As Terranea’s resident nutritionist, Navil is instrumental in menu development and planning. With the chefs she creates balanced items that are not only delicious but also nourishing for resort guests. She also offers nutrition education through a biweekly column that discusses various topics of general nutrition and wellness to better inform the Terranea staff.
Navil’s approach to nutrition at Terranea is “all foods fit,” believing this to be the key to overall health and wellness. Not a fan of “restrictive eating and yo-yo dieting,” she hopes to educate people to eat wholesome food and build awareness of what food means and what it does to our body on a cellular level.
Since beginning her new role at Terranea, Navil has been instrumental in the resort’s Chefs to End Hunger program, which donates excess, never-served food to the Midnight Mission in DTLA. She’s also a member of the Green Team, a group that discusses and suggests innovative approaches to be more sustainable at work and in life. She’s known to give presentations on wellness topics during lunch breaks at Lunch and Learn, and she supported a fundraising event to raise money for a community garden called The Growing Experience in a lower-income area of Long Beach.
One of her proudest moments is helping open solviva, a healthy dining eatery adjacent to the Spa Pool at Terranea. “It’s my favorite outlet, as it is where I work most of the time,” she says. “The food is just perfect for me. It makes me happy to see chef de cuisine RJ Dela Merced’s creations come alive and nourish the body and soul.”
Read more about Navil’s passion for health and wellness at www.terranealife.com.
About the Farm-to-Table series: Sometimes the freshest and most delicious way to serve our guests is to harvest our cuisine’s ingredients right from the land and sea around our beautiful resort.
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