Nutrition Related Health Issues
Specific health issues that South West Nutrition Services provide consultation for:
DIABETES
You may have just been diagnosed with diabetes (type 2, type 1 or gestational) and be confused about where to start with your diet changes. Or perhaps your blood glucose control has been poor lately and you are wanting to do something about it. Good diabetes control is much easier if you are empowered by quality advice and education.
HIGH CHOLESTEROL
Do you have high cholesterol? Maybe it runs in the family or you are overweight, inactive or your diet is poor and you would like to change your lifestyle before you consider the option of taking medication. There is good evidence that you can improve your cholesterol by up to 30% with appropriate diet and lifestyle modifications.
WEIGHT LOSS
Are you tired of weight loss diets that promise you the world but eventually make you fatter than you were before. Would you prefer to change your lifestyle and keep the weight off for good but don’t know where to start. You will also need motivation and support as weight loss is not easy. Lana can provide you with a well balanced, effective weight loss plan that you can stick to for life rather than being on a strict diet that is impossible to stick to.
IRRITABLE BOWEL SYDROME
Do you suffer from constipation, diarrhoea, excessive wind and gas or abdominal pain and bloating ? Have you been diagnosed or think you may have irritable bowel syndrome?
Individuals suffering these symptoms are often confused about what foods are causing them. They often avoid important foods or whole food groups mistakenly believing they are the cause of their issues.
Have you been diagnosed with Diverticular Disease and/or suffer frequent flare ups known as ‘diverticulitis’. Symptoms include abdominal pain and diarrhoea. Often this disease is diagnosed but no referral to a Dietitian is given. Don’t wait for a referral find out the appropriate diet and prevent further ‘flare ups’ and pain.
FOOD ALLERGY or INTOLERANCE
Food allergy or food intolerance symptoms can include flu like symptoms, headaches, tiredness, “fuzzy brain”, diarrhoea, hives or skin rash and nausea and vomiting. Often pin pointing the cause of symptoms is confusing and time consuming and require a professional to provide guidance through the maize of uncertainty. It will also prevent you from avoiding important foods or food groups that you may believe are affecting you but in fact are not.
BOWEL RESECTION
If you have had bowel surgery or a bowel resection in the past and your digestive system has not returned to normal, there is no need to endure the symptoms in the belief that it is the way things need to be from now on. Diarrhoea, constipation, wind and gas, abdominal pain and bloating can usually be eased with professional help. Bowel surgery can include anterior resection, left or right hemi-colectomy, gastrectomy, short bowel resection and cholesytectomy (removal of the gall bladder).
INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE
If you have Ulcerative colitis or Crohn’s disease it is important that you see a Dietitian who is skilled in this area. Not only will it improve your symptoms it will ensure that you are receiving optimal nutrition during both remission and acute attacks.
COELIAC DISEASE
A diagnosis of coeliac disease can be upsetting. Trying to find your way through the maize of products and advertising can be confusing, frustrating and time consuming. Fast track your knowledge and see an expert who can point you in the right direction, gluten is found in many more foods than you may think!
Lana Brandli | Bunbury Dietitian
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