My Scope of Practice

As a certified Nutritionist and Wellbeing Mentor, I abide by the scope of practice as outlined below.

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What I Do

• Work 1:1 with clients. Review goals, past & current health, diet & lifestyle habits.

• Work with client to plan suitable changes (educate, discuss, suggest)

• Follow up to track progress, provide feedback, suggestions, support & encouragement

• Educate around food groups, ingredients & choices and discuss suitability for the specific client

• Address diet & eating habits before supplementation

• Help you to notice any patterns relating to digestive discomfort using a food & mood diary

• Explore elimination approach to help identify problem foods/ingredients.

• Help you to use results from the elimination approach to help you to understand & adjust food choices appropriately

• Help with weight control. I discourage extreme dieting & advocate for nourishment over restriction, a longer term sustainable, wholefoods approach.

• Educate how poor food choices & how stress can contribute to disease, impact digestion as well as physical & mental health

• Encourage Movement

• Discuss certain food supplements within my scope of practice

• Refer you to your GP if any symptoms that you mention raise a red flag.

• Refer you to a Nutritional Therapist for functional testing if it feels appropriate.

 

What I DON’T Do

• Claim to ‘prevent, treat, diagnose, cure or prescribe’

• Challenge diagnosis, advice or instructions from client’s GP or Consultant

• Interfere with the doctor patient relationship in any way

• I do not offer functional testing nor routinely suggest food intolerance testing (I can signpost you on should this feel necessary)

• Recommend low calorie diets or restriction for weight loss

• Give detailed personalised exercise plans

• Recommend supplements that are not on my approved list