What is Nutritional Therapy?

Nutritional Therapy helps you to work out what are the very best foods for you to optimise your health. There’s a well known saying “we are what we eat”. It’s truer than you may think!

Who could benefit from Natural Nutrition?

If you have any symptoms from the below list, the answer is you!

Anxiety Arthritis Asthma Bloating Cardiovascular health (e.g. high blood pressure or cholesterol) Children’s health e.g. ADHD Cracked, chapped lips Constipation Eczema Fluid retention Food allergies Frequent colds, infections Heart burn Indigestion Insomnia Infertility

Injury repair Low energy Memory / concentration Osteoporosis Pain relief Pre-conceptual care, pregnancy and post-natal care PMS Skin problems e.g. acne, psoriasis Stopping smoking Stress Tiredness Urinary infections e.g. cystitis Weight loss/gain Yo-Yo dieting Sports performance

And many more….

The body needs the right kinds of carbohydrates, proteins and fats as well as vitamins, minerals and plant nutrients to work at its best. The correct nutrients are essential for the digestive, reproductive, immune and nervous systems to function properly and also to prevent disease (incredibly, the World Cancer Research Fund has estimated that 30-40% of cancers could be prevented through correct dietary choices). Making adjustments to your diet can therefore help your body to work properly and to ward off or reverse ill-health, and what’s more, doing something positive can be a delicious and uplifting experience.

“The doctor of the future will no longer treat the human frame with drugs, but rather will cure and prevent disease with nutrition” Thomas Edison, c.1870

As lifestyle factors often impact on your general wellbeing (e.g. how much stress you are under and how much (or little!) exercise you take), I can not only help you to make the best dietary choices, but also guide you to the most appropriate lifestyle decisions. But rather than criticise and make judgements, my aim is to help you discover certain foods and habits that will really make a difference, and be a pleasure at the same time. Preparing food can be fun, preparing the right food can be even more so!

“After suffering from indigestion, heartburn and stomach bloating for a number of years, I was delighted when you were able to re-balance my digestive system. The changes in my diet have made for a much happier, pain free existence and I’m much slimmer too." (JPDH, Putney)

Knock-on benefits:

Because good nutrition underpins every process in your body, improving your nutritional status can make you look, think and feel better. Exercise works better if all the nutrients are in place; diets too. Quite simply every single thing you do, think or feel is affected by what you eat. Fixing one thing generally helps many others. You might seek advice to improve your energy levels and 3 months later you find you no longer suffer from indigestion.

“If you keep on doing what you’ve always done, you’ll keep on getting what you’ve always got.”

Please note that a nutritional consultation cannot provide diagnosis of medical conditions. You must consult your doctor if you are experiencing symptoms that give you cause for concern.

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Melody Mackeown, Nutritional Therapist, Dip ION (Distinction)

Diploma from the Institute of Optimum Nutrition (Dip ION), BSc Psychology