What is Nutritional Therapy?

Nutritional Therapy is a Complementary Therapy that involves improving the diet and lifestyle of an individual aiming to alleviate and prevent ailments and also to support on-going treatment. Nutritional Therapy recognises that each person is unique and therapists will make recommendations with that uniqueness in mind.

Why is Nutritional Therapy Important?
Every process that happens in the body is nutrient dependent – from digesting your food to turning food into energy to dealing with stress. Modern diets of refined foods, processed foods and stimulants do not provide sufficient nutrients for the optimum health of the body. In fact these sorts of diets deplete the body of essential nutrients. Stressful lifestyles cause a strain on the body using up more nutrients. Without nutritional support this can lead to ill health. A diet that provides optimum nutrition for the body means that we can cope better with everyday stresses and are more able to resist disease. Many diseases will react well to nutritional therapy as many causes of ill health are due to sub-optimal nutrition. Providing the body with better nutrition will help the body's processes run more efficiently.

Conditions that respond well to Nutritional Therapy include - headaches & migraine, allergies & food intolerance, fatigue, frequent flu and colds, candida, ME, depression, asthma, stress, high cholesterol and homocysteine, weight problems, skin problems, MS, endometriosis, osteoporosis, digestive disorders & IBS, rheumatoid & osteo-arthritis, muscle pain, PMS & menopausal symptoms.

Nutritional Therapy can offer support for preconceptual care, infertility, pregnancy nutrition, children’s nutrition - Including weaning, hyperactivity, autism and ADHD, eczema, asthma and allergies.
Nutrition therapy can also help prevent degenerative diseases, boost energy and general health and help you achieve a balanced, nutritious diet that suits your needs and lifestyle.



Jessica Harrison - Nutritional Therapy Consultancy In Tamworth, Staffordshire