York Clinic
Nutrition
Tracy Land
Hippocrates said “Let food be your medicine….”. It has been recognised for millennia that there is a close link between what we eat and the health problems we suffer from. Good nutrition is the bedrock of sound health, vitality and increased energy. It can transform how we feel. There is lots of research pointing to the effectiveness of nutrition in restoring health. Nutritional therapy aims to help you optimise your health by eating the foods that are right for you personally. It reveals how eating habits affect specific health conditions. It seeks to resolve the root cause of illness, not just provide symptomatic relief. You will be given a detailed and personalised programme of specific changes to improve your health. Even small changes can make a huge difference.
Health Problems That Can be Helped by Nutritional Therapy
Nutritional therapy can help a vast range of conditions which make us feel unwell. Examples of the types of conditions which respond well to improved nutrition include: low energy and loss of well-being,boosting the immune system to reduce infections and increase resistance to cancer and autoimmune disease, women’s health problems caused by hormonal imbalance, such as PMS, polycystic ovary syndrome and menopausal problems, men’s health issues such as prostate problems, subfertility, children’s health problems such as allergies (including asthma and eczema) and behavioural problems such as attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder and autism spectrum disorders, digestive problems such as diarrhoea, constipation, indigestion, bloating, wind, IBS, Crohns disease, ulcerative colitis, and food allergies, health conditions affecting heart health, including raised blood pressure, cholesterol and heart disease, mental health problems such as depression and anxiety, migraine and headaches, skin problems such as acne, eczema and psoriasis, osteo and rheumatoid arthritis and chronic fatigue syndrome.
What is Involved in a Nutrition Consultation?
Prior to a one-to-one consultation, clients are asked to complete a detailed nutrition and health questionnaire, which includes a diet diary. After the initial consultation, which generally takes an hour, the client receives a personalised programme for improving their health, with recommendations on diet, supplements (if appropriate) and lifestyle changes. Follow-up consultations normally take place 4-6 weeks after the first consultation. The average number of consultations is 2-3, but complex and long-standing health problems may need more. In some cases sophisticated functional health tests are used to help pin-point the cause of particular health problems, such as allergy tests, hormone tests, digestive function tests, stress and thyroid tests. These enable very specific treatment programmes to be devised for the client.
Cost
Initial consultation (this includes 1 hour face-to-face and preparation time before the consultation): £60 Follow-up consultation (this includes 30 minutes face-to-face and any additional research time if appropriate, together with supplement/test ordering and interpretation): £45. Clients can opt for an hour long follow-up session at a cost of £60 if they wish. Brief telephone and email support is included in these prices, but more substantial support between sessions is available to clients at a cost of £10 per 10 minutes.
Availability
Nutritional therapy sessions are available at York Clinic on Fridays.
About Tracy Land BEd, MTh, FdSc, DipION, mBANT
Tracy Land originally trained as a teacher, but following the completion of a masters degree from Nottingham University, embarked on a 20 year career in health service management, research and consultancy. She has a long-standing interest in the power of food to transform health, which led her to train and qualify as a nutritional therapist at the renowned Institute for Optimum Nutrition in London. She is a member of the professional body: British Association for Nutritional Therapy.