Nutritional Medicine

A Clinical Nutritionist works in the modality of nutritional medicine and takes a holistic approach to address how dietary and lifestyle factors influence health status, recognising that disease and illness are complex in nature and are caused by a combination of factors that disrupt mind, body and spirit. Food provides the nutrients, vitamins, minerals and phytochemicals that are essential to the optimal wellbeing of our bodies. 

 

However, everybody has a unique set of genetics, anatomy, metabolism, gut microbiome and will interact with external factors such as nutrients in food, additives, supplements, pharmaceutical drugs, chemicals and toxins in individual ways.

 

Chronic inflammation, intolerances and allergies, nutrient depletions in our soil and foods, parasites and many other disturbances can upset the body’s homeostatic balance. 

 

Nutritional medicine seeks to optimise nutrient status and ensure all the biochemical pathways in the body are functioning the way they should be. Dietary and lifestyle choices play a significant role in the prevention, treatment and management of virtually all health conditions. 

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Your nutritional medicine consults will include:

• Health status, including evaluation of current and past symptoms

• Medical and family history

• Questioning about different body systems that help to piece the puzzle together to identify and understand the root cause of dis-ease

• Dietary analysis and digestive function

• Stress levels

• Sleep hygiene, quality and quantity

• Environmental factors such as exposure to toxins

• Genetic individualities and possible influence on health status

• Interpretation of pathology using optimal reference ranges, use of functional testing etc if required

• Individualised treatments plans with dietary and lifestyle advice as well as access to evidenced based practitioner only nutraceuticals if required, there’s no one size fits all!

• A warm, safe and empathetic space to share freely

• Holistic treatment plans that are created collaboratively with you