Nutrition Consultations & Meal Plans

Overview

Each person has varying nutrition needs based on a number of factors including our sex, weight, height, physical activity level, life stage and medical condition. In our consultations, we assess what your nutrition needs are and work with with you in developing and maintaining a holistic lifestyle plan that will help you to achieve your nutrition goals. Some nutrition consultations require a doctor’s referral and some conditions are also best managed in a physical face to face session. These and any other requirements are covered in the additional requirements tab for each service category. If you are interested in a meal plan, we recommend clicking here first to assess if a structured meal plan is likely to be helpful for you. Prior to providing you with a meal plan, we conduct an initial 1 hour consultation with you to assess your nutrition requirements, lifestyle factors and food preferences.

Note: If you are interested in a nutrition consultation for a condition or diet preference not mentioned below or are feeling very ill or are experiencing symptoms which may be best assessed in a face to face consultation, we recommend that you consider a face to face consultation. You may contact your local nutrition association for Dietitians or Nutritionists in your area. Examples of cases like these include being home from a recent surgery and having difficulty swallowing well or having kidney disease but experiencing complications (e.g. oedema – oedema can be assessed by pressing your finger into your arm and it pits (meaning it takes many seconds to spring back to normal).

Service Categories

Immune Health Support

A healthy diet promotes good immune health. Consultations or meal planning for immune health support are focused on helping you to identify whether aspects of your lifestyle can be improved upon to promote optimal health.

Weight Management

Consultations or meal planning for weight management are focused on helping you to identify the factors that are contributing to your current weight status and helping you to develop a lifestyle plan to support you in achieving a healthier weight.

Vegan or Vegetarian

Consultations or meal planning for vegan or vegetarian diets are highly varied as the guidance provided depends on the client’s nutrition needs. We recommend reviewing the requirements for specific guidance re consultations re vegan or vegetarian diets.

Hypertension

Consultations or meal planning for hypertension (high blood pressure) are focused on helping you to identify how to manage your food choices and other lifestyle factors to support optimal blood pressure levels.

Diabetes

Consultations or meal planning for diabetes are focused on helping you to identify how to manage your food choices, carbohydrate intake, meal and snack timing and other lifestyle factors to support optimal blood glucose levels.

High Cholesterol

Consultations or meal planning for high cholesterol are focused on helping you to identify the factors contributing to high cholesterol levels and developing lifestyle choices that will support reducing your cholesterol levels .

Metabolic Syndrome

You may have metabolic syndrome if you have a combination of any of the following: Overweight / obesity, Diabetes, Hypertension and High Cholesterol. Consultations or meal planning for metabolic syndrome are focused on helping you to identify how to manage your lifestyle factors to reduce the risk factors that contribute to metabolic syndrome.

Kidney Disease (1 or 2)

Consultations or meal planning for kidney disease are highly varied as there are 5 stages of kidney disease with varying requirements for energy and nutrients including protein, sodium, potassium and phosphorus and/or others based on your nutritional status. We provide online consultations for persons with Stage 1 or 2. For stages 3 to 5, we recommend in person visits.

Anaemia

Anaemia may be caused by a variety of reasons, some of which will not be resolved based on dietary choices alone. However, consultations or meal planning for anaemia are for those types of anaemia which can be resolved by dietary changes. We recommend reviewing the requirements for specific guidance re preparing for consultation for managing anaemia.

Food Intolerances or Allergies

Consultations or meal planning for food intolerances or allergies are focused on helping you to identify the triggers and eliminating these from your diet while supporting you in developing a diet that is nutritionally adequate.

Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease

Consultations or meal planning for food gastroesophageal reflux disease are focused on helping you to identify the triggers and avoiding these while supporting you in developing a diet that is nutritionally adequate.

Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Consultations or meal planning for Irritable Bowel Syndrome are focused on helping you to identify the triggers and avoiding these while supporting you in developing a diet that is nutritionally adequate.

PCOS

Consultations or meal planning for polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) are focused on helping you to identify how to manage your lifestyle choices to reduce the risk factors associated with polycystic ovarian syndrome.

Pregnancy

Consultations or meal planning for pregnancy are focused on helping you to have a nutritionally adequate diet to support you and your growing child(ren) along with support to reduce any diet related risks.

Paediatric Nutrition

Consultations or meal planning for children are highly varied as the guidance provided depends on the child’s nutrition needs. We recommend reviewing the requirements for specific guidance re preparing for a consultation.

Other Conditions

Some conditions may not be listed here. If you have a condition not listed here that you would like our services for, we ask that you indicate this via our Contact Us page. If we manage the condition, we will support you in scheduling an appointment. If we do not manage the condition, we recommend that you contact your local dietetics and nutrition professional association.