NSW Clinical Nutritionist

We focus on improving your health, disease prevention, optimise your metabolic state and reducing unwanted symptoms. We look at the underlying causes of a condition and utilise the bodies natural healing ability to help improve or maintain the state of your health with foods. Nutrition and health are inextricably linked.

We can work alongside your doctor or specialist, taking into account the medications you might be on, to safely integrate evidence based natural medicine with western medicine.

A Nutritionist will take the time (60 to 90 minutes initially) to put together a picture of your personal journey to the present day including health history, lifestyle, overseas travel, environment (past and present), medications, blood tests, supplements, infections, chronic conditions, current food intake (including types of diets) food likes and dislikes, exercise, stress level, career level, emotional triggers, mental health history and coping strategies.

After taking into account all of these parts of your life story, we create a special personalised holistic eating and lifestyle plan that is tailored especially to you and your body to allow you to be as healthy as you can be.

Sometimes we prescribe some good quality practitioner supplements to help your body to adjust to the changes or support your hormones and neurotransmitters. But the ultimate aim is to provide the right foods (targeted nutrients) to support your whole body with food.

As mentioned above a Nutrition consultation is approximately 90 minutes long. It is important to understand the influences on your diet and mental health, as well as each major body system’s health status (Cardiovascular, Skeletal, Respiratory, Family history, etc.) so that I can assess how you arrived in your current state and what we should look our for in the future. During the consultation, I will ask about your life and the environmental and emotional influences on you (even during your childhood).

A complete personal health history, as well as conditions you may have. I will ask specifically what made you seek the advice of a Nutritionist (the reason why you came to see me), your symptoms, when they started, the degree of pain, and how long have you’ve had the symptoms. There may be things that you haven’t connected to the symptoms that could be a cause. It is quite involved. It is very helpful to have any blood test results, medications, supplements, as there may be something I can recommend that might be a contraindication (not compatible), so I need to check on this.

Know that your personal information is securely held and will not be discussed with any other person without you’re expressed consent. After the consultation, I will research further if necessary and wait for the results of any testing that have been done.

At your follow-up consultation, I present your plan and explain what I found and why I recommend certain changes to diet or lifestyle. I may recommend some supplementation of certain nutrients to facilitate your speedy journey back to health. I also can answer any questions you might have. We work together to figure out an achievable plan for you.

In Australia, we have an unregulated profession, which means anyone to call themselves a nutritionist. So I encourage you to dig a little deeper and find out if the person you want to see is officially qualified to give nutrition advice to the public. Ask them if they are a member of the relevant industry associations, where you can look up the individual’s name and check for yourself.

My qualification is an Advanced Diploma of Nutritional Medicine, completed at the Australasian College of Natural Therapies in Pyrmont, Sydney. I have done over 200 hours of clinic, seeing clients in the ACNT clinic, while being fully supervised by a very experienced Lecturer/Naturopath/Nutritionist. I am registered with ANTA (Australasian Natural Therapists Association).

This association ensures their members complete professional research points every year (20 CPE points) to keep their members up to date with current practices. I must also have a current First Aid Certificate.

I also have a Children’s Check certificate. And a Police certificate.

I have been seeing clients for over 7 years as a mobile Nutritionist or Online via Zoom.

I have a longing to help people like myself to have a better quality of life. Many people expect to lose their health slowly as they age. But I’m here to say that may not have to be your story. I will commit to helping you find your Best You!

I understand from 20 years of meeting clients in their homes, as an interviewer in market research, that there are many people who need help, who are not as mobile due to injury or chronic conditions. Mental health (anxiety) may also interfere with allowing a person to get out the door. I offer an easier way for them to see a health professional in the comfort of their own home, also saving them time and effort.

I have seen the inside of many homes over the years and do not judge on the condition of your home, so rest assured that I come in peace. My own home isn’t perfectly maintained. A home should be a place where you feel comfortable.

There are many reasons that could cause a person to not be able to clean and tidy. Don’t feel guilty or ashamed. I know that there have been many times I was embarrassed to have visitors enter my home. So I inspire you to have a little courage and take a step in the right direction to improve your health.

I am available for consultations Online (including the Metabolic Balance Program).

I have always had an interest in eating to be healthy. My son developed type 1 Diabetes at age four, so I had to quickly learn how to manage his condition with insulin injections and food (specifically carbohydrates). Both his grandmothers were also Diabetic (one type 1 and the other type 2).

An interest in sourcing organically grown foods, especially growing my own, started with my father. I don’t think I have a green thumb like my dad, but he sure taught me a lot! I currently grow vegetables and herbs for me and my husband, and some I give away.

After finding myself out of a job in 2016 as a Jeweller due to shop closure and finding that my 2nd job I had at the time (cleaning) wasn’t something I loved, I called it quits! After my children moved out of home and finding myself at home alone, I decided to study Nutrition to help sift through the confusing online information. I needed to be healthy and learn how the body and food works together!

Plus my daughter had several strange symptoms that the doctors dismissed as a mental health problem. I knew my child wasn’t mentally ill and we both didn’t want to go down the drug pathway. Putting the puzzle together led me to want to study health in depth from an alternative viewpoint.

I saw an ad for an advanced Diploma of Nutrition that had government fee help. Well, that was it!  I still can’t believe I finished it after four years, at age 58 years (2018) and started my own business at the start of 2019!