Weight concerns, Pre and Type 2 Diabetes, Cardiovascular disease, High blood pressure, High cholesterol.

Weight concerns

• If you are concerned around your weight,  I can support you to make sustainable change to your lifestyle from a place of wanting to nourish and add to your body, as opposed to following rules and restrictions. Intuitive eating techniques and principles will guide the work we do. My focus is always on promoting self-compassion, healing relationships with body image, food, or other unbalance contributing to poor nutrition and overall wellness. 

Pre and Type 2 Diabetes

• The HbA1c test measures your average blood glucose (sugar) levels over 3 months. If your HbA1c is too high, you can be diagnosed with pre or type 2 diabetes. We can work together to lower your HbA1c, encouraging remission of diabetes.

Cardiovascular Health

• High cholesterol is when there's too much bad cholesterol (LDL) and/or not enough good cholesterol (HDL) in your blood. We can work together to adjust your diet to increase the HDL and lower your LDL, improving your cardiovascular disease risk.

• High blood pressure occurs when the force of blood through your blood vessels is to high. Over time, this damages our blood vessels. There are dietary strategies we can implement that support reducing blood pressure, which improves your cardiovascular disease risk.

I offer specialist treatment for eating disorders, eating-related difficulties and body image concerns in adolescents and adults. Support services for family and friends is also offered and considered an integral part of treatment.

Whether it is disordered eating or a clinical eating disorder, treatment is focused around medical stability and physical renourishment. This is followed by facilitating a healed relationship with food and self.

Disorders present mentally and physically in different ways for different people, and show themselves in a wide range of bodies. You do not have to have a diagnosed eating disorder to warrant support and care. I work to promote weight and body neutrality- all bodies are worthy of healing and if you have concerns around your relationship with food, it is worth a chat.

We can work together to:

• Challenge food rules and restrictions

• Identify and address body image concerns

• Get critical around preconceived dietary ideals/ideas

• Identify a sustainable and healthful dietary pattern that works for you

Support can be provided both in consultation and via an app designed for eating disorder treatment for extra care between our sessions. If warranted, I will support with finding a trusted recovery team i.e. GP/Psychologist, to ensure you have the best outcomes from treatment. If you currently have a treatment team I can work in with them to align with your therapy i.e. FBT, CBT-e

Treatment involves assessment of symptoms and prescription of evidence informed diet if appropriate (i.e. FODMAP diet, modified fibre diet, gluten free).

I will advocate for specialist referral and further medical investigations if warranted, and co-ordinate treatment with your GP/medical team.

Irritable bowel syndrome

• Irritable bowel syndrome is a common gut condition, with symptoms including cramping, bloating, diarrhoea and constipation. Diet and lifestyle changes can improve your symptoms significantly.

Irritable bowel disease (Crohn’s/Ulcerative Colitis)

• IBD is chronic structural inflammation of the digestive tract. Dietary changes are instrumental in management of this condition to reduce symptoms.

Food intolerances

• We can work together to determine what foods may be causing symptoms, and develop a management plan that allows you to meet dietary requirements and minimise restrictions.

Reflux

• Reflux is a digestive condition where stomach acid or bile irritates the lining of the oesophagus. Dietary strategies can minimise and/or manage this.

Gastritis

• Gastritis is inflammation of the stomach. Treatment is focused around identifying and minimising irritants, and may involve working with your GP to determine cause.

Coeliac Disease/ Gluten Intolerance

• Coeliac disease is an immune condition that results in damage to the intestine in response to eating gluten. Damage to the intestine can effect the absorption of nutrients and lead to malnutrition.

-   Gluten intolerance results in troublesome symptoms in relation to eating gluten.

Diverticular Disease/ Diverticulitis

• Diverticular disease is a common condition that occurs when small pockets form in the walls of your intestine.

• Diverticulitis is when these pockets become inflamed. This can lead to pain and bowel changes.

•  Dietary changes can assist in settling  diverticulitis, and prevent further pouches developing.

Support can be provided pre-operatively to ‘12 months and beyond’ post-operatively.

Role in identifying disordered food relationships, supporting your desired lifestyle change pre and post-operatively, supporting Optifast diet, correcting nutrient deficiencies, multivitamin and protein supplement regimes. Supporting you to achieve your desired result from your surgery.

Specialising in gastric sleeves/gastric bypass.

PCOS, Endometriosis, Menopause, hypothalamic amenorrhea

Trained to support the nervous systems of my clients who have trauma history, a mental health condition, or neurodivergence. I understand how this may impact on your nutrition and can support you to nourish and care for your physical and mental health.

Plant based eating
Dietary ‘warrant of fitness’ check
Unintentional weight loss
Malnutrition
Interpretation of nutrition related lab results
Nutrition in aging