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Nutritional therapy focuses on the overall nutrient value of a client’s diet to ensure optimal well-being and sustained health. The therapy also encompasses lifestyle and environmental factors that might contribute to or detract from ultimate well-being.
During this process a client is educated as to the benefits of dietary and lifestyle intervention, so that they can feel empowered to take charge of their own health following the necessary number of consultations.
Our nutritional therapist will normally assign an initial first-time appointment that is between 60 to 90 minutes in length. During this time, we take a detailed case history from you, and ask questions that will give us a sound idea of your health from a nutritional viewpoint.
As part of the consultation, we will ask you about diet, lifestyle, sleep quality, bowel movements, general habits, and behaviours. This information will help to ascertain where nutritional support can be provided and thus personalised to you.
After your initial consultation, we will create dietary recommendations and a lifestyle plan personalised for you. This may include dietary modifications, lifestyle, and environmental adjustments. Specific supplements or laboratory tests may be added into the programme if needed.
Follow up Nutritional Therapy consultations tend to be shorter and can last between 45 minutes to an hour depending on the complexity of your health goals.
1. A common question asked is who might visit a Nutritional therapist?
The answer is simple – anybody from those that want to simply improve their overall diet, to individual with more chronic health conditions.
2. What happens during an initial consultation?
Health history, diet and lifestyle is explored to establish imbalances and triggers that may be contributing to a health condition. After this thorough assessment the therapist designs a personalised Nutrition & Lifestyle Action Plan to meet the individual’s specific needs and recommend functional tests and nutrition supplements if necessary.
3. What happens in follow-up consultations?
The therapist reviews the clients progress and makes any necessary adjustments to the Nutrition & Lifestyle Action Plan and supplement protocol as necessary, ensuring any goals are being met, and symptoms and health is improving.
4. How many consultations will I need?
It all depends on your condition, health history and commitment. Restoring health is not a linear process and requires patience as well as dedication.
5. How much do Nutritional consultations cost?
The costs vary in price according to the type and length of consultation. Prices shown below.
6. What is a good nutritional therapy professional association?
A good Nutritional Therapy Professional Association such as BANT will help their members to stay abreast of latest developments in the field of Nutritional Therapy and continually provide ongoing training so that members can remain up to date with developments in their field.
7. Will I need to have tests?
Testing can often help to get to the root cause of your symptoms. There are many tests that can be carried out free by the NHS and others that are done privately and therefore cost extra. However, no testing will be carried out unless we agree it is necessary in your case and after detailed discussion first into what is involved and what to expect.
In many cases no testing is required and the free tests via the NHS will suffice.
8. What can Nutritional therapy help with?
Nutritional therapy can be invaluable in supporting you towards a specific goal, managing a chronic health condition – alongside medicinal support – or helping you to make healthy habits that last a lifetime. Nutrition is no longer just about weight loss but incorporates a wide variety of health conditions that may benefit from nutritional input. When it comes to health, one size does not fit all.
Our nutrition professional will have the skills, knowledge, and experience to support your dietary needs, and will have undertaken specific training to ensure that they offer the best support to you.
9. Will the therapist recommend expensive supplements?
The aim is always to use food first with clients, and review diet. Depending on the level of nourishment, the health symptoms, and the desire of the client supplements that would be particularly beneficial and appropriate are recommended but the preference is not to overload the client with lots of supplements long term.
10. Can I have sessions with the therapist online?
Health routes offers support and advice online and over the phone as well as face to face meetings.
