Vital Plus · Issue 14 Profile · The Founder May 2026

Blaga.

— Nutrition coach, founder, occasional climber.

A decade of nutrition practice. Years alongside competitive athletes. One studio quietly serving clients across Europe and beyond. This is how she got here, and why she's staying.

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Blaga
Blaga, in the Velingrad studio · 2026
Founded2020
EducationM.S. — KCL
Years practicing10yrs
Clients coached1,240+
LanguagesFR · EN · PT
Most clients aren't broken. They've just been handed protocols that were never meant for them. — Blaga, on why she founded the studio
The principles

Four things I will not compromise on — no matter how nicely a client asks.

i.

Evidence first.

Peer-reviewed or it doesn't enter your plan. The literature is enough — we don't need TikTok.

ii.

A 20-year plan.

If you can't see yourself eating this way at 50, we are designing the wrong protocol. Sustainability is the brief.

iii.

Humans, not bots.

No automation in the relationship. You message us, a senior coach reads it within four hours.

iv.

Pleasure is clinical.

A plan that strips out joy fails — biologically, behaviorally, and beautifully. Always.

A decade of practice.

Chronological · 2014 → today
2014

M.S. Clinical Nutrition

King's College · London

Graduated with distinction. Thesis on macronutrient partitioning in perimenopause — still the most-cited paper I've written.

"I thought I'd work in clinical nutrition forever. I was wrong."

2015

Clinical foundations

Sofia

Years in clinical nutrition settings. Learned what really moves the needle when a body is under stress — and what definitely doesn't.

Consultation after consultation, one lesson kept repeating: fundamentals win.

2018

Performance lead

Performance sport

Programmed for competitive athletes across two seasons — and learned how far patient fundamentals scale.

First time I realized the methods that worked for athletes worked beautifully for working professionals — with one or two changes.

2020

Vital Plus founded

Sofia · Center

Twelve clients. One spreadsheet. A laptop. Word of mouth carried the rest.

First-year revenue: enough to hire one coach. We've grown deliberately ever since.

Today

Clients across Europe & beyond

Velingrad · Online

A small studio of senior coaches and a lean software team.

"Still capping the practice at what we can deliver — never what we could sell."

Blaga

If any of this resonates, let's talk.