The food you eat affects every cell and system in your body. It optimises how you look and feel, both mentally and physically
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- A clear vision for what you would like to change about your health in 2024
- Knowledge of the steps needed to get you there
- Awareness of any barriers/obstacles that are getting in the way of you putting new healthy habits in place
- Tailored advice that you can put into practice right away
- Motivation & inspiration to make positive changes!
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You are in the right place if you can relate to any of the statements below:
- You are a woman aged 40+
- You have seen your GP but have had confirmation that everything is fine
- You’re struggling with an ever expanding middle and feeling bloated. Or perhaps your skin is breaking out, you’re finding it hard to concentrate or craving carbs. Or maybe you’ve noticed you feel easily overwhelmed and in a low mood
- You already think you eat healthily but you don’t feel as well as you believe you could
- You struggle to make lasting changes to your health and lifestyle
- You are confused and overwhelmed by all the information on the internet and you need someone to show you step by step what is right for you
- You would like insight into how food and nutrition can help YOU specifically feel better
- You would like to stop wasting time and energy trying to figure it out for yourself
- You know you need to change your diet but don’t know where to start
- For more information email penny@nutritionistlondon.co.uk or call 07761 768 754
To book a free 30 minute 2024 Health Reset call click below.
A little more about nutritional therapy….
Back in the 90s when I first started my practice, nutritional therapy was a relatively new concept. The idea that diet had the power to influence our health in a very major way was a bit radical and somewhat alternative. In recent years it’s become mainstream and there has been an explosion of information about diets and food. This is a good thing in some ways but the downside is that it can lead to a lot of confusion and anxiety.
This where I can help you. When you work one to one with me, I will cut through the maze of health information with a clear strategy that is suited to you. No more wasted time navigating the net. I will listen carefully to your needs and deliver to you a tailor made programme which is super practical to follow. I focus on all the delicious foods that you can eat rather than give you a list of foods to avoid. At each follow up I will support you to keep on track and adjust and update your programme as needed.
Each session is tailored to your unique needs to help you achieve optimal health. As well as nutrition advice I am also trained in health coaching to help behaviour change. When you have the nutrition knowledge as well as the ability to implement and sustain changes in your diet and lifestyle, there will be no stopping you!
You may have consulted your doctor about a specific health problem relating to, for example hormone balance or IBS and you haven’t got anywhere. You may simply want to manage your mood better, lose weight or have more energy. Or maybe you want to know how to eat to prevent health problems in the future. With the help of a nutritional therapist you have the power to make a profound change to your life. Book your free 30 minute Midlife Health Reset by clicking below.
If you don’t see a time slot that suits you, email penny@nutritionistlondon.co.uk or call 07761 768 754
Tests
As a registered nutritional therapist, I rely on your GP for diagnosis of your health issues. You should always consult your GP first.
If more information is needed, there is a range of innovative functional tests that help to pinpoint nutritional and biochemical imbalances. These tests may involve urine, blood, saliva or stool. With the exception of blood, samples can be taken in the comfort of your own home and returned to the laboratory for analysis. Examples of the most commonly used tests are Adrenal Stress hormones, thyroid hormones, Osteoporosis Risk Assessment, Stool Analysis (digestive function, fungal overgrowth, parasitology and bacteriology), Metabolic Analysis and food intolerance. These tests, if required, are at additional cost to the consultation.
Nutritional deficiencies
Lack of vitamins, minerals and amino acids can be due to straightforward insufficient intake through the diet. However, they can also often be the result of poor digestion and absorption. In addition, it is not uncommon for metabolic imbalances to occur, which are individual for the particular person and which cause functional deficiencies. These type of deficiencies mean that despite adequate intake of a nutrient, a body function that depends on that nutrient is not working properly, because the body cannot metabolise the nutrient. The metabolic analysis test is a good way of assessing functional deficiencies of vitamins and minerals.
Supplements
Some people ask me, “If I follow a healthy diet why do I need to take supplements?” Or “Won’t my multivitamin from the local health food shop be enough?”
Not everyone needs to take supplements and I don’t ever advise longterm high dose supplementation. However, most people who do not feel in 100 percent good health will benefit from some degree of temporary supplementation. There are many individual factors that will dramatically increase your needs for certain vitamins. For example stress, intensive exercise, alcohol consumption, infections, heavy menstruation, diarrhoea or prolonged use of certain medications. Each of these factors means that you use up larger than usual amounts of specific nutrients.
Another point to bear in mind is that blood tests are of limited use for assessing levels of many vitamins and minerals. So whilst you may have “normal” blood levels of a vitamin, you may still benefit from temporary supplementation if you have certain issues. A good example is B12.
Add to this intensive farming practices and environmental influences which have led to a declining nutrient content in our fruit and vegetables and you get the picture of how our food has changed. If you do not feel completely well, taking a basic multivitamin is unlikely to be sufficient to rebalance your nutrient “bank account”. Neither is making a random selection of supplements based on the latest newspaper or magazine article. A nutritional therapist has the expertise to pinpoint the supplements you need and which will really work, based on your clinical symptoms and/or biochemical tests.