CSNutrition

y of Bedfordshire.

2008-2009: Science Access Course (Chemistry, Biology, Anatomy and Physiology), Institute for Optimum Nutrition, Richmond, London. Nutritional Therapy is the application of nutrition science in the promotion of health, peak performance and individual care. Registered Nutritional Therapists use a wide range of tools to assess and identify potential nutritional imbalances and understand how these may contribute to an individual’s symptoms and health concerns. This approach allows them to work with individuals to address nutritional balance and help support the body towards maintaining health. Nutritional Therapy is recognised as a complementary medicine and is relevant for individuals with chronic conditions, as well as those looking for support to enhance their health and wellbeing. Practitioners consider each individual to be unique and recommend personalised nutrition and lifestyle programmes rather than a ‘one size fits all’ approach. Practitioners never recommend nutritional therapy as a replacement for medical advice and always refer any client with ‘red flag’ signs or symptoms to their medical professional. They will also frequently work alongside a medical professional and will communicate with other healthcare professionals involved in the client’s care to explain any nutritional therapy programme that has been provided. (See more at: http://bant.org.uk/about-nutritional-therapy/)
Functional Medicine addresses the underlying causes of disease, using a systems-oriented approach and engaging both client and practitioner in a therapeutic partnership. Functional Medicine addresses the whole person, not just an isolated set of symptoms. Functional Medicine practitioners spend time with their clients, listening to their histories and looking at the interactions among genetic, environmental, and lifestyle factors that can influence long-term health and complex, chronic disease. (See more at: https://www.functionalmedicine.org/What_is_Functional_Medicine/AboutFM/#sthash.IzWM93Gc.dpuf)

The practitioner evaluates individual needs and uses the extensive evidence base for nutritional science to develop a personalised, safe and effective nutrition and lifestyle programme. Follow up consultations are generally after four to six weeks in order to monitor progress and make any necessary adjustments. Further monitoring consultations may be required depending on each individual situation. (See more at: http://bant.org.uk/about-nutritional-therapy/nutritional-therapy-consultations/). As a certified WildFit © Coach, I help clients optimising their health, nutrition and relationship with food to gain more freedom and consciousness about what, why, how and when they eat.