NUTRITION
What does the word ‘nutrition’ mean to you?
Diet? Self-deprivation? Calorie-counting? yo-yo weight…
Maybe you’re thinking about dieting.
The word nutrition is about none of these things. Neither is it about chewing a chip butty, eating a pizza in front of the PC, or a hamburger on the hoof.
The body functions best when provided with suitably nourishing foods, which are absorbed and used physiologically and bio-chemically by the body systems. If good nutrition is absent, certain health problems may arise. For example:
Arthritis, asthma, atherosclerosis, candida, cystitis, depression, eczema, high blood pressure, irritable bowel syndrome, PMT, problems with weight, digestion, menopause, thyroid and other hormonal imbalances.
Good nutritional advice may help all of these.
THE NUTRITIONAL CONSULTATION
What does it involve?
The first consultation takes one and a half hours. Prior to it you will have completed a questionnaire about your medical history, current symptoms and dietary habits. This is assessed in advance and forms the basis of detailed discussion during the session.
In light of the dialogue you gain understanding of how your body functions. The advice given is geared to your individual food intolerances (if you have any), likes, dislikes and lifestyle.
Natural supplements may also be prescribed to rebalance the body and encourage it to work more efficiently.
In some cases simple tests for Candida, food intolerances, female hormone levels and adrenal stress may be recommended.
FOLLOW-UP APPOINTMENTS
These last 45 minutes and are usually arranged at four to six-weekly intervals, from between one, to a maximum of four, consultations in most cases.
GILLIAN’S APPROACH
The essential ingredient of the treatment will always be Gillian’s supportive approach. Her style is friendly and relaxed, always flexible and never rigid or dogmatic.
Changing the habits of a lifetime is always a challenge. Gillian understands this, and encourages a light-hearted approach to the more serious underlying issues.
Clients are relieved to discover that they are listened to, and that sometimes it is all right to indulge and occasionally ‘break the rules.’
You, the client, in your situation and lifestyle, are of paramount importance.
The outcome of a consultation is always by the team effort: yours with Gillian’s support.
Click here to read more about our nutritionist; Gillian Hamer.
Latest News
- Healthy diet may help children with ADHD January 23, 2012
A new literature review suggests that a simple, healthy diet low in fat and high in fruits, vegetables, and fiber may be a useful alternative or complementary therapy for children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
Various dietary treatments have been proposed as substitutes or supplements to medication and behavioral treatments for children with ADHD, including sugar-restricted, additive- and salicylate-free (Feingold), oligoantigenic (elimination), ketogenic, megavitamin, and polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) supplement diets.
Read more: - Soy may improve cancer treatment January 16, 2012
Dr. Victor Marchione has reported for the Doctors Health Press, “Healing Food Could Boost Cancer Treatment.” A new study has discovered that compounds in soy could improve the effects of cancer radiotherapy. The target was lung cancer, which is the most difficult of all cancers to cure. These researchers found that soybeans can help the therapy to be more effective, while preserving more healthy tissue.
There have been heated public debates and court battles over the years regarding the benefits of natural health care to orthodox treatments for cancer. Complementary medicine, which refers to use of alternative medicine together with conventional medicine, is often seen as offering the best hope for many cancer patients. People suffering from cancer in Syracuse who are being treated with orthodox interventions and who are seeking a better prognosis should therefore welcome news that soy may enhance the effects of cancer radiotherapy.
Read more: - Multiple medicines use very common: New snapshot of over-50s' medicine habits January 16, 2012
The national survey of Australians aged 50 and over found that on the day the snapshot was taken:
•Medicines were used by the majority of Australians (87% of Australians aged 50 and over used at least one medicine)
•The use of multiple medicines was common with one third of 50-64 year olds, almost half of 65-74 year olds, and two thirds of people aged 75 and over taking five or more medicines on that day; and
•Women were more likely overall to be medicine users than men (90.3% versus 83.9%).
NPS CEO Dr Lynn Weekes says the study’s findings emphasise the importance of the availability of accurate information about medicines, and of health professionals speaking with their patients about the medicines they are taking.
Read more: - Nutrients May Stop Brain Shrinkage Linked To Alzheimer's January 11, 2012
Elderly people with diets high in several vitamins or omega 3 fatty acids were less likely to have the brain shrinkage that usually accompanies Alzheimer’s disease than people whose diets were low in those nutrients.
Those whose diets were high in omega 3 fatty acids and in vitamins C, D, E and the B vitamins were also more likely to score better on tests of mental ability than those whose diets were low in those nutrients.
Those whose diets were high in trans fats were more likely to have brain shrinkage and perform less well on thinking and memory tests than those whose diets were low in trans fats.
- More supplement makers spending big money on rigorous research December 19, 2011
Studies by Mayo and others are part of rising tide of clinical trials into possible health benefits of nutritional supplements, which represents a $6 billion industry in Utah. Some research is independently funded, but much is sponsored by the industry itself and is conducted on university campuses and in contract-research labs, such as Medicus Research in Northridge, Calif.
