NUTRITION,LIFESTYLE & SPORT PERFORMANCE
Nutritional, Lifestyle & Performance by Amanda Heading
What is Nutritional Therapy?
Nutritional Therapy recognises that food isn’t just fuel - it’s the nutrients within our food and drink that support how our body functions, protects against disease, and helps us feel our best. Like different makes and models of cars needing the right fuel, our bodies thrive on the right nourishment, though what’s “right” can vary from person to person. Because we all respond differently to foods, some may help one person and harm another, making a personalised approach to nutrition essential.
"The natural healing force within each of us is the greatest force in getting well" - Hippocrates
That’s why generalised dietary programmes often fall short in the long run, they might offer short-term relief, but because they’re symptom-led rather than person-centred, they don’t tackle the root causes of your symptoms. Like a sticking plaster, they may mask the issue temporarily, but the effects rarely last.
Nutritional therapy takes a more holistic and personalised approach, considering your diet in the context of your lifestyle, life-stage, activity levels, and genetic background. It combines evidence-based research with in-depth health assessments to uncover underlying imbalances across all body systems, from gut and hormones to immunity and detoxification. By tailoring dietary recommendations to your unique needs, it aims not just to relieve symptoms, but to optimise health, enhance performance, and support long-term wellbeing. Being disease-free is one thing—truly thriving is another.
How Nutritional Therapy can help you?
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Regulate blood sugar levels for sustained energy release, brain clarity and weight loss or maintenance. Addressing Type 2 Diabetes can reduce your risk of developing other co-morbidities.
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Maximise cardio-vascular capacity, regulate blood pressure and balance lipid cholesterol levels.
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Support female sex hormone balance for peri/menopausal transition, weight gain and associated symptoms.
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Address male health issues regarding prostate, sex hormone imbalance and stress response.
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Support gut health and regulate motility by reducing systemic inflammation and ‘leaky gut’ to address bloating, flatulence, wind, nausea and abdominal pain.
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Improve digestion and absorption of the foods you’re eating, and use of these nutrients to maximise health.
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Strengthen your immune system to help your body respond to and overcome repeated viral and bacterial infections, urinary infections, histamine intolerance and ongoing immune dysregulation.
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Identify intolerances and sensitivities to aggravating foods, environmental toxins and moulds.
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Reduce musculo-skeletal pain and joint stiffness.
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Promote healthy, active ageing.
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Maximise sports performance and competition.
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Identify aggravating foods by elimination diet or using functional laboratory tests; utilising nutritional supplements to support your health.
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Use of genetic testing for a truly personalised approach with regards to specific nutrients needed, efficacy of medications or performance training effects.
My therapeutic approach
My therapeutic approach is to listen to and understand your unique needs and then guide you through the opportunities you have and choices you feel able to make, in order to help achieve your health and fitness goals. My consultation programmes are available, depending on the complexity of your current health and what your goals are. Multi-consultations identify and then progressively address the root causes of your symptoms. Each consultation builds on the last session to support habit-forming changes and help achieve long-term success.