Nutritional medicine

How we give Nuturional Support ?

Our Nutritional Guidance Support cuts through the noise. We provide science-backed, personalised nutrition advice to help you make sense of food and feel your best. Whether your goal is weight loss, improved energy, or managing a health concern through diet, our nutrition experts will create a plan that nourishes your body and fits your lifestyle.

What you get with Nutritional Guidance Support:?

Personalised Nutrition Plan:

Work one-on-one with a registered dietitian or nutritional therapist to assess your current diet and create a tailored meal plan. Enjoy foods you love while meeting your nutritional needs.

• Clarity & Confidence: Learn exactly what your body needs. We’ll educate you on portions, nutrients, and food choices so you can shop, cook, and eat with confidence. No more second-guessing or falling for fad diets.

• Healthy Relationship with Food: Our approach is flexible and enjoyable. Nothing is ‘forbidden ‘ – instead, we’ll show you how all foods can fit. Build a balanced relationship with food that eliminates guilt and anxiety around eating.

• Visible Results: Fueling your body right leads to positive changes you can see and feel. Clients often report steady weight improvement (loss or gain as needed), higher energy levels, better digestion, and even clearer skin and mood uplift as they improve their diet.

• Ongoing Support & Adjustments:Nutrition isn’t one-size-fits-all. We monitor your progress and adjust your plan as needed. Have a question or hit a bump (like a holiday or a craving)? We’re just a message away with practical advice to keep you on track.

How we can help you using the functional medicine approach

1. Initial Consultation

We take a complete history and hear your full story story without rushing you or making assumptions.

2. Identify Causes

Together we will help to identify and address any lifestyle factors and environmental issues that may be causing your illness and symptoms.

3. A Logical, Organised and Systematic Approach

We organise your clinical imbalances and underlying causes of disease in a systems biology structure.

4. Expert Advice and Collaboration

You will receive an effective therapeutic partnership between yourself and one of our highly skilled and accredited practitioners.

5. Ongoing Help

Get help in adopting healthy lifestyle practices having expert information.

Why use a functional medicine approach?

Often we find that the causes of an illness can be seemingly unrelated issues. For example, chronic fatigue syndrome or joint pain may be caused by digestive issues or thyroid problems.
Functional medicine helps us piece together the puzzle and take a more integrated, holistic understanding. After using a systematic approach to assess your symptoms we create an individualised plan tailored specifically to your needs.

Nutritional treatment

Nutritional medicine employs various treatment methods to address health conditions through dietary and lifestyle modifications, supplementation, and specialized diets. These approaches aim to optimize nutrient intake, correct deficiencies, and manage or prevent diseases.
1. Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT):
MNT involves a personalized nutrition plan created by a registered dietitian or registered dietitian nutritionist.
It focuses on dietary changes, potentially including tube feeding or intravenous nutrient delivery, and may involve nutritional supplements.
MNT can address various conditions like diabetes, heart disease, kidney disease, and weight management.
It also helps individuals overcome barriers to healthy eating and incorporate physical activity.
2. Dietary Modifications:
This includes adjusting eating patterns, such as reducing or eliminating specific foods or food groups, like in low-carbohydrate diets for diabetes or gluten-free diets for celiac disease.
Nutritional therapy can also involve eliminating “anti-nutrients” (processed foods) and focusing on whole foods, including raw vegetables and fruits, beans, legumes, and whole grains, according to some approaches from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Therapeutic systems like elimination diets and testing for “subclinical” nutritional deficiencies are also part of dietary modification.
3. Nutritional Supplements:
Nutritional supplements, including vitamins, minerals, and other plant or animal-derived products, can be used to address deficiencies or support specific health needs.
Examples include micronutrient supplementation for malnourished individuals or specific supplements for those with certain diseases.
4. Therapeutic Systems:
Elimination Diets:
These involve temporarily removing certain foods from the diet to identify potential triggers for symptoms and then gradually reintroducing them.
Naturopathy:
This approach utilizes dietary interventions alongside other practices like hydrotherapy and exercise to promote “nature cure”.
5. Engaging Patients:
Motivational interviewing and healthy conversation skills are used to encourage patient engagement and adherence to nutritional interventions.
This includes open-ended questions, goal setting, and providing support and education.
6. Addressing Malnutrition:
Treatment for malnutrition involves providing adequate nutrition through oral, enteral (tube feeding), or parenteral (intravenous) routes.
Nutritional support may also involve treatment for underlying medical conditions contributing to malnutrition.
7. Holistic Approaches:
Nurse practitioners often take a holistic approach to nutritional therapy, considering the whole person and their individual needs.
This approach integrates nutritional therapy with other aspects of health and wellness.