Romanova Zarifa
Zarifa Andreevna Romanova is a Russian dietitian and nutritionist. She holds a Candidate of Medical Sciences degree (PhD equivalent).
Biography
Zarifa Romanova was born in Dagestan, Russia.
She has more than 16 years of experience working as a physician. Her professional focus includes weight loss, correction of eating behavior, restoration of gastrointestinal function, and comprehensive body detoxification.
She is a member of the Russian Association of Dietitians, Nutritionists, and Food Industry Specialists, as well as the American scientific medical community Seeds Scientific Research & Performance.
She is the author of the book Nutrition as a System: Eat Right and Lose Weight with Pleasure, published in Moscow by AST Publishing House in 2025.
In November 2025, she won the “Dietitian of the Year” award at the Leaders of the Era 2025 award ceremony, according to Bomond magazine.
In December 2025, she gave an interview to Persono magazine, where she discussed diets and methods of combating obesity.
Education
In 2008, she graduated with honors from the Dagestan State Medical Academy.
In 2009, she completed her internship at the Saint Petersburg Institute for Advanced Medical Experts, specializing in Pediatrics and Medical and Social Expertise.
In 2014, she completed postgraduate studies at the Federal Bureau of Medical and Social Expertise and successfully defended her dissertation for the degree of Candidate of Medical Sciences.
From 2014 to 2019, she undertook advanced training in Pediatrics and Ultrasound Diagnostics.
In 2022, she participated in the Healthy Nutrition Marathon and Healthy Nutrition Marathon 2.0 organized by Extending Life.
In 2023, she completed professional retraining in Dietetics and advanced training in Nutrition Science.
In 2024, she successfully passed accreditation in Dietetics at the Moscow Center for Accreditation and Professional Development in Healthcare.
In 2024, she completed an author’s master class by Gleb Gennadievich Kuzminov in Moscow on intravenous and peptide therapy.
In 2025, she completed the Peptide Therapy Certification Course and became a member of the American medical scientific community Seeds Scientific Research & Performance.
Career
From 2009 to 2015, she worked as a pediatrician and medical expert at Bureau No. 87 of the Main Bureau of Medical and Social Expertise for Moscow, Ministry of Labor of Russia.
From 2015 to 2017, she served as the Head of Bureau No. 87 of the Main Bureau of Medical and Social Expertise for Moscow.
From 2015 to 2019, she worked as a pediatrician and ultrasound diagnostics physician at Moscow Children’s City Polyclinics No. 98, No. 23, and No. 91.
Since 2019, Zarifa Romanova has been working as an ultrasound diagnostics physician at the multidisciplinary medical center Medkvadrat.
Since 2024, she has held the position of dietitian and nutritionist at Refresh Clinic, and since 2025 she has been working as a dietitian at Abakumov Clinic.
Books
- Nutrition as a System. Eat Right and Lose Weight with Pleasure. Author: Zarifa Romanova. Moscow, AST Publishing House, 2025.
- The Longevity Book. Authors: Oksana Badina, Oleg Iryshkin. Co-author: Zarifa Romanova. Komsomolskaya Pravda Publishing House, Moscow, 2024.
Social media
She runs a Telegram channel[1], a community on VKontakte[2], and a YouTube channel[3].
