Michele Scarr Nutritional Therapy

Nutritional Therapy is the application of Nutrition Science in the promotion of health, peak performance and individual care.

Nutrients in our diet interact with the body to protect against disease, restore health, or determine reaction to our environment. With some people, these nutrients can be a risk factor for disease if their individual physiology has sensitivities or allergies to certain foods. Working with a Nutritionist will help you understand how your diet can best serve you.

Inherited traits play a part and our diet and lifestyle can alter gene expression. But in as much as our genes can dictate if we are susceptible to disease, they can also have a positive and protective effect too.

This is why Nutritional Therapy is personalised and very relevant to individuals looking for support, not only to enhance their health and wellbeing, but also, as a powerful tool to prevent, or mitigate chronic disease.

Practitioners would never recommend Nutritional Therapy as a replacement for medical advice and we often work alongside medical professionals involved in a client’s care.

A Nutritional Therapy consultation consists of a 75minute Initial Consultation to go over a detailed Health Questionnaire including a Food Diary, which you will complete prior to your first appointment.

During this first meeting we will discuss your medical history as well as your lifestyle and environment and then look at your food diary together in more detail. This in-depth assessment will allow me to configure a personalised nutrition and supplement plan which you will work on for 4-5 weeks before we meet for a follow up review. In your follow ups we check on progress and your plan will be altered accordingly. It is a process and continuity is important, which is why we work with Programmes in order to keep your appointments regular and get the best results.

Making dietary change can be challenging and resilience is required to resist caving in to short-term gratification in favour of your long-term goals. Clients say lack of willpower is the reason they fall off a diet, but what is it but making a decision right? We know it's tough to stick to the good path but this is where a health coach can help.

Motivation

Changing habits

Will Power

Rebound

Changing the Palate

Perception benefits

Tracking

Did you know that stress will lessen the amount of willpower available? Willpower is a finite resource, and when it runs out we fall back on old habits as it’s just easier for the mind. So having a plan in place ahead of time is key. By planning ahead, you make the right decision in the moment, without drawing on and depleting your willpower.⁠

And if or when you fall off, the trick is NOT to get despondent and buy into the guilt pattern. It’s just a decision and in a moment you can make another one. This is a time when you need support, that's all. And here I can help you use your willpower resource wisely, to create new habits, using the least amount of willpower reserve, to get maximum result. Over time, this strengthens your self-control enabling you to make lasting change.

With a health coaching programme , we work much closer together, meeting weekly or fortnightly. This is particularly beneficial for weight loss programmes or for clients making big changes to dietary habits and who prefer more hand holding. If you prefer to have the support of weekly contact when we work together, you will find this form of health coaching in my Ultimate package, which really allows us to work closely to get the results you want.