Nutritional imbalances have been linked to many common health problems, from IBS to high blood pressure.
Nutritional therapy uses a personalised approach to identify potential imbalances and recommend a diet and lifestyle programme specifically tailored to your needs. Ultimately, the aim is to help you adopt a healthy, varied diet that improves your health.
Personalised nutritional therapy helps support people to make dietary changes to optimise health and wellbeing. It is particularly useful for those with chronic conditions that have been shown to be linked to diet and lifestyle, as well as anyone wishing to improve their overall health.
Registered nutritional therapy practitioners look beyond an individual’s symptoms to assess the likely root causes of health problems. These may be linked to genetics, medical history and environmental factors, as well as diet and lifestyle. Identifying these factors, as well as any triggers and mediators, enables the practitioner to devise a personalised programme to improve health. Nutritional therapy is not an alternative to medical intervention. If you have symptoms that suggest you need medical treatment, you will be asked to see a doctor first.
An analysis of the macro- and micronutrient content of your diet will highlight any nutritional deficiencies that may be linked to health concerns. It may also indicate the need for testing, for example, to assess vitamin or mineral status.
A wide range of functional testing is available to help practitioners assess imbalances that may be contributing to poor health, for example gut dysbiosis (imbalances in the microbiome), vitamin and/or mineral deficiencies and hormone levels. These include stool and urine tests, as well as blood tests. Analysis is carried out by reputable laboratories and the results are used to inform the development of a personalised nutrition programme. This may include supplement
recommendations.
Each nutrition programme is designed for the individual. It will focus on introducing foods shown to help support their health. This is a collaborative process, allowing everyone to work at their own pace and according to their own likes/dislikes in order to facilitate adherence to the changes. There are no quick fixes, but developing healthy eating habits has been shown to have real benefits for current and future health and wellbeing.
There is more to good health than eating well. Other factors, such as exercise, sleep and relaxation have all been shown to help improve digestion and benefit those who have chronic conditions linked to inflammation. Advice will be tailored to the individual.
Making changes to life-long habits is hard. That’s why every client will have follow-up sessions. These will enable the practitioner to support you in your health journey, discussing any barriers to change and working to overcome them. If functional testing was not used in the first instance, it may be introduced here if necessary.
Here at Body Consultancy, we offer 3 phases of care.
When it comes to nutrition and health, one size does not fit all. That’s why every client undergoes a thorough assessment of their diet, lifestyle and medical history to assess nutritional imbalances and potential triggers for poor health.
A personalised diet and lifestyle plan will be devised to help rectify nutritional imbalances to optimise health. This is a collaborative process, so you know you will be well placed to make changes and stick to them.
Follow-up sessions allow the practitioner to monitor your progress and to modify programmes if necessary. Making long-term behaviour changes can be difficult and regular check-ins with a practitioner can help you achieve your health goals.
