The person behind the practice.
I'm Ashton Carnes, a Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner, Functional Medicine Academy Certified Practitioner and Board Certified Holistic Health Practitioner. I help people understand their bodies and support their health from the inside out.
From hospital care to whole-body health.
Hospital medicine taught me how to care for complex illness. Functional health taught me to ask what came before it.
I graduated magna cum laude from Charleston Southern University with a degree in biochemistry, then earned my Master's in Physician Assistant Studies at Gardner-Webb University.
I spent nine years as a hospitalist physician assistant, with more than 18,000 hours of patient care. I loved acute care, but I kept wanting to help people earlier, before things became serious. That led me to Functional Diagnostic Nutrition and the Functional Medicine Academy, and to a whole-body way of looking at health.
Today I offer education and wellness support through Southeastern Holistic Medicine, working with clients virtually across the U.S.
Created with a built-in ability to heal.
I believe God designed the body with an amazing, built-in ability to heal. My work is to teach you how your body works and give you the tools to support what it was created to do.
That means looking at the whole person: what you eat, how you sleep, how you handle stress, and what your body is telling you through your symptoms.
Education & training.
A strong science and clinical background, expanded with training in functional health and nutrition.
- B.S. BiochemistryMagna Cum Laude, Charleston Southern University
- Master's, Physician Assistant StudiesGardner-Webb University
- Functional Diagnostic Nutrition PractitionerFDNP
- Functional Medicine Academy Certified PractitionerFMACP
- Board Certified Holistic Health PractitionerAmerican Association of Drugless Practitioners (AADP)
- Functional Medicine Lab CertificationFunctional Medicine Academy
- Functional Metabolic Weight ManagementFunctional Medicine Academy
- FDN Practitioner
- FMA Certified Practitioner
- Lab Certification
- Metabolic Weight Management
- AADP Board Certified
- AFDNP Member
A little about me.
I'm a mom of two, and family comes first. I play piano, love to cook, and make my own natural household products like dish detergent, deodorant and body wash. I practice what I teach, one small, sustainable change at a time.
I'd love to hear your story.
Book a free Discovery Call and we'll talk about what you're experiencing and whether working together is a good fit.