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NUTRITIONAL THERAPY
What Is It?
Nutritional Therapy is the application of nutrition science in the promotion of health and wellbeing. It is recognised as a complementary medicine and works alongside conventional medical treatment. Registered practitioners aim to assess and identify the underlying causes of a person’s symptoms by using a wide range of tools. These tools help to identify potential nutritional imbalances and can throw light on how these imbalances may contribute to an individual’s health concerns. Understanding this allows the Nutritional Therapist to work with clients to correct their specific nutritional imbalances and help support the body to regain health and wellbeing. Because Nutritional Therapy can complement medical care, it can be used by those with chronic conditions, as well as by those who simply wish to optimise their health and quality of life. Nutritional
Therapists are always happy to work with medical and other healthcare professionals currently involved in your care. Nutritional therapists commonly deal with problems of food sensitivities, gut health, blood sugar control, hormone, weight, fatigue, anxiety and stress management, to name but a few areas. They are not allowed to give medical advice, prescribe drugs or diagnose illnesses.
Functional Medicine
“The Functional Medicine model is an individualised, patient-centred, science-based approach that empowers patients and practitioners to work together to address the underlying causes of disease and promote optimal wellness. It requires a detailed understanding of each patient’s genetic, biochemical, and lifestyle factors and leverages that data to direct personalized treatment plans that lead to improved patient outcomes.
By addressing root cause, rather than symptoms, practitioners become oriented to identifying the complexity of disease. They may find one condition has many different causes and, likewise, one cause may result in many different conditions. As a result, Functional Medicine treatment targets the specific manifestations of disease in each individual.” - Institute of Functional Medicine.
In using this model in Nutritional Therapy, the Nutritional Therapist understands that your whole body is connected and that while you may have a diagnosis that relates to one part of your body, there may be more than one cause for it, https://www.ifm.org/functional-medicine/what-is-functional-medicine/. Therefore, as well as asking about your current symptoms and diagnoses, it is necessary to gather information about your past health, family history, often with the aid of laboratory testing and scientific research, to get to the root cause of your health issues in order to enable work to begin on restoring your health and vitality, by way of a nutrition and lifestyle plan which just works for you.