“Let food be your medicine and medicine be your food” Hippocrates 460-359 BC.
Nutritional therapy is about understanding the relationship between food and health for each individual and can be used alongside conventional treatments.
It is the use of food and supplements to encourage the body's natural healing, optimise health and energy and help with disease prevention.
This is brought about by ensuring that the body receives the correct nutrients to correct any deficiencies in order to help maximise the immune system, encourage detoxification and improve digestion.
Conditions and symptoms helped through nutritional therapy.
There are many conditions and symptoms which can be helped through nutritional therapy such as:
Depession
Frequent infections
Menstrual or menopausal symptoms
Behaviour and mood changes
Weight gain
Skin problems
Infertility
Allergies and food intolerances
Childhood developmental problems such as Autism and ADHD
Skin and digestive problems
Low energy, fatigue and ME
Constipation and diarrhoea
Thyroid problems
Weight gain
Anxiety and depression
Help prevent, support and management of chronic conditions.
Nutritional therapy can also be helpful in the prevention, support and management of chronic conditions such as:
Type 2 diabetes
Cardiovascular disease
High cholesterol
High blood pressure
Polycystic ovary syndrome
Osteoporosis
Osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis
Cancer
Chronic fatigue and ME
Crohn's disease, Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Colitis
Food is a major determinant of health that is directly under our control. We cannot always control pollution, hereditary factors, noise, environment, and the social and emotional behaviours of others, but we can certainly choose what and what not to eat.
Although we should be able to obtain all of our nutrient requirements through a sensible balanced diet, this is often not the case due to the foods we choose which are often heavily processed and full of food additives and also our increased nutrient demands the result of our busy and stressful lifestyles.
What should you expect?
You will be treated individually and provided with a personalised programme of diet and supplementation, tailored to your health goals, needs and lifestyle and aimed at improving your health
A one to one confidential consultation lasting one hour, where a detailed medical history is taken along with information about your current health problems, family history, diet and lifestyle.
The aim of the consultation is to provide you with a better understanding of your health and the changes necessary to improve your underlying biochemistry and to gain improvements in your health or condition. Individual, achievable and practical dietary and lifestyle advice is given along with a supplement programme if necessary.
Tests may be recommended should further information be required to help with the assessment of the condition and subsequent treatment plan.
Laboratory tests can include (hair, urine, blood and stool)
Allergy testing can also be conducted using Applied Kinesiology
A further ½ hour follow up consultation/s will assess the progress of your treatment programme and review the results of any tests taken and make any modifications to your programme.
Why choose nutritional therapy?
Nutritional therapy is a natural therapy which can be safely used across any age group or life stage ie pregnancy, old age and infancy.
It is compatible with other therapies and conventional medicine
The approach is patient-directed and therefore gives control to the individual for their recovery.
Rachel will design a programme which suits your lifestyle and builds on actions you may already be taking.
About Rachel Ward
Rachel is a qualified nutritional therapist with a diploma from the Institute of Optimum Nutrition and a foundation degree from Bedfordshire University. She is a member of BANT (British Association for Applied Nutrition and Nutritional Therapy) and operates to their strict code of ethics and practice.
Rachel is also trained in Thought Field Therapy (TFT), a powerful tool which can help with phobias, low self esteem, anxieties and cravings. When used in conjunction with nutrition can be particularly helpful for weight loss issues.
Rachel is passionate about nutrition and its impact on health, having experienced the benefits of nutritional therapy for herself and her children, who all suffered from allergies and food intolerances. She has a particular interest in the relationship between food and behaviour and believes that, through making correct food choices, Nutritional Therapy can help to optimise health, energy and the prevention of disease.
She looks forward to welcoming you at one of her clinics.
