About Vin Petronelli
Brief Overview
Vin Petronelli is a board certified Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner (ARNP) and Functional Nutrition Coach with a passion for understanding health optimization, disease prevention, fitness, and longevity. He is dedicated to helping people live their best lives! Vin has developed a holistic, individual-centered practice utilizing advanced diagnostic testing and technology from conventional healthcare combined with the most up-to-date scientific research to help clients increase life-span, improve health-span, optimize health and maximize athletic performance.
Vin's Philosophy
Healthcare should be individualized because YOU are an individual. No two clients or patients are exactly alike. While certain fundamental principles of health exist, like getting enough sleep and exercising for example, Vin’s practice is designed to determine the best lifestyle approach for you as a unique individual. Whether you are an elite athlete trying to maximize performance, someone with a chronic condition trying improve your quality of life, or you are a health enthusiast looking to extend your healthspan, this practice will help you reach your goals. Our approach applies the science of genetics, nutritional biochemistry, sleep, exercise, and advanced bio-testing to help increase longevity and reduce risk for chronic disease. We want to help you live longer, feel healthier, perform better, and look great too!
How Vin Got Here
Vin received his Bachelor’s in the Science of Nursing from the University of Rhode Island and his Master’s degree in Nursing Science from Chamberlain University. He is a Primary Care Provider practicing as a board certified Family Nurse Practitioner with a nursing background in Emergency medicine and Critical/Intensive Care. He has completed the Mind Body Green Functional Nutrition Coaching Program and is licensed as a Family Nurse Practitioner in both his home state of Rhode Island and his new home in the sunny State of Florida.
Vin currently volunteers at the University of South Florida (USF) in the departments of Molecular Pharmacology and Psychology with Dom D’Agostino and Csilla Ari-D’Agositino conducting experiments in metabolic cellular research. Vin has also written for their website ketonutrition.org and will be working with them on the Hawai’I Space Exploration Analog Simulation (HI-SEAS) mission exploring metabolic and biologic changes in human physiology during extreme conditions.
Nutrition, health, and fitness have always been a prolific part of his life and he has been absolutely fascinated by the science of delaying the aging process. Recent advancements in longevity, metabolic research, and health optimization make it possible to live longer and reduce our risk for chronic disease. Vin wants to share this information with you!
Vin has a passion for wellness and have been absolutely obsessed with learning how to apply the science of nutrition, fitness, intestinal microbiome (Gut Health), lipidology (Cholesterol), endocrinology, pharmacology, sleep science, and metabolic research to help his friends, family and clients optimize their health.
Vin's hope is to help bridge lab science with practical healthcare and fitness application. It is his dream to bring the healthcare, research, and fitness communities together to improve overall healthspan and longevity.
In his spare time you can find him at his Crossfit box, reading scientific literature, in the kitchen, or at home with a nice glass of wine.