Alyson Carter is a Nutritional Therapist having graduated from the College of Naturopathic Medicine in London. She is registered with the Nutritional Therapy Council (NTC) and is a member of the Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council (CHNC) and the British Association of Applied Nutrition and Nutritional Therapy (BANT).
Initial Consultation – 1 hour – £80
Follow Up Consultation – 45 minutes – £50
Certain foods will enhance your overall wellbeing and make you feel good whilst others may be detrimental leading to common health complaints such as low energy weight gain and problems with digestion or stress.
Nutritional Therapy is the application of nutrition science in the promotion of health, peak performance and individual care. Nutritional therapy practitioners use a wide range of tools to assess and identify potential nutritional imbalances and understand how these may contribute to an individual’s symptoms and health concerns. We recommend personalised nutrition and lifestyle programmes rather than a ‘one size fits all’ approach.
How Nutritional Therapy Can Help You
I feel bloated a lot of the time and alternate between constipation and diarrhoea
We look in detail at the common food culprits which cause bloating and where/if they feature in the diet and look at a strategy to replace them. We often carry out a food intolerance test (see below) to identify which foods may be contributing to the digestive issues.
“I often feel something is lacking in my diet and I regularly feel under the weather.”
We carry out a detailed review of your food diary, any possible deficiencies are highlighted and recommendations given on how to restore the balance
“I often feel bloated after eating foods but am not sure which ones, if I knew what they were, I could exclude them from my diet and am sure I would feel better.”
A Food Intolerance test is carried out at the clinic; a finger prick of blood is taken and it is tested for anti-bodies in the blood against certain foods which represent approximately 80% of foods against which we may have an intolerance (wheat, gluten, cow’s milk, eggs oats and yeast to name but a few). The results are available there and then and the client leaves with a plan to follow based on the results
“I would like to lose weight and keep it off !”
We set you on a 16 week healthy eating weight loss programme and introduce you to tried and tested principals which can help you to lose weight. We are with you every step of the way with regular contact by phone and planned reviews to check progress and keep you on track.
‘I feel stressed when I wake up in the morning and it stays with me throughout the day”
We ensure you are including ‘calming’ foods in the diet and excluding/limiting the ones which can stress the body and also look at lifestyle changes which may help.
“I always feel tired and in the afternoon, I could easily have a nap after lunch”
We check if your blood sugar level is balanced and what foods you are eating when and ensure the diet is balanced so as to avoid such dips in energy.
In preparation for the consultation, the client will fill in a food diary and health questionnaire and bring it along with them for review.
I am a seasoned health practitioner with well over a decade’s experience in supporting client’s wellness goals. I am both a qualified Nutritional Therapist with a 3 year diploma from The College of Naturopathic Medicine in London and a qualified Level 5 sports and remedial Massage Therapist with a diploma from the School of Natural Therapies.