CLINICAL NUTRITION
Based on the precept that nutrients are a dependent requirement to sustain proper metabolic functioning of an organism in order to survive, grow and reproduce, the practice of nutritional and metabolic care underpins the relationship between food and metabolic disorder or disease.
Our therapeutic ‘patient centred’ health practice engages both client and practitioner focused to identify the causative factors that contribute to dietary and lifestyle anomalies often associated with chronic disease states.
Nutritional care explores the metabolic processes of nutrients including ingestion, digestion, absorption, metabolism, transport, storage and excretion of those nutrients.
Nutrients extend to a range of substances which include macronutrients and essential micronutrients. Macronutrients include carbohydrates, fats and amino acids and proteins. Micronutrients consist of vitamins and minerals.
A Naturopath or Clinical Nutritionist works to rebalance metabolic dysfunction with dietary and orthomolecular medicinal (nutritional supplements) supplementation to remedy anomalies and achieve therapeutic and wellbeing outcomes of restoration to health.
Prescriptive Measures
- Food as Medicine
- Dietary Modifications
- Food Allergies
- Disease Management
- Nutritional Deficiencies
- Vitamin Deficiencies
- Special Diets
- Weight Control
“Orthomolecular medicine describes the practice of preventing and treating disease by providing the body with optimal amounts of substances which are natural to the body” – Orthomolecular.org