Sarah's Naturopathic Nutrition & Health Coach
Sarah's Nutritional Therapy & Health Coach
The Nutrition Doctor
My name is Sarah Abuzied and I am a qualified naturopathic nutritional therapist.
What is naturopathic nutrition?
Nutritional Therapy and Naturopathy takes a holistic approach using diet, lifestyle and where required, nutritional supplements, to assist the body to achieve and maintain optimum health.
The Role of Nutrition
The role of Naturopathic Nutrition or Nutritional Therapy is to promote health and restore wellbeing through appropriate nourishment. Nutritional Therapy, is one of the modalities of Naturopathic Medicine and is focused on the promotion of optimal health, vitality and wellbeing, through dietary prescriptions and interventions and occasionally nutritional supplements/nutraceuticals, such as vitamins, minerals and other orthomolecular substances and dietary herbs.
Functional Nutrition emphasizes the importance of high quality foods and phytonutrient diversity to address clinical imbalances and move individuals toward the highest expression of health. Advanced nutrition assessment and a thorough Functional Medicine based history leads to a personalized therapeutic intervention created to promote optimal health and prevent diet- and lifestyle-related disease. It’s more about adding than limiting!
The role of nutrition in health restoration is invaluable. It is not by chance that Hippocrates has underlined its importance thousands of years ago:
1. food as the primary medicine
2. then use herbs
3. then use intervention
Unfortunately, orthodox medicine has lost its roots and jumps directly to 3. Rarely do physicians subscribe to the importance of prevention of disease. GPs do not generally give advice on nutrition and yet scientific research has shown that food directly influences brain function, mood and energy, but also that appetite and eating habits can be significantly affected by specific conditions, feelings and energy levels. Throughout our entire life cycle, from preconception to senior years, food choices you make on a day to day basis can have a direct impact on your health, by increasing your susceptibility to disease, potentially reducing physical and mental development, and immunity.
It encourages the body’s natural healing abilities and by doing so may be of benefit to many common health problems. It looks beyond the symptoms, to establish the root cause of ill health, such as poor digestion, toxicity and food and nutrient imbalances and deficiencies.
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Naturopathic Nutrition is the practice of nutrition within the context of naturopathic medicine. It incorporates respect for the traditional naturopathic approach to nutritional therapy and recognition that:
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Individuals have a unique interaction with nutrients.
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Food selection, preparation and eating is a healing art.
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Whole foods are greater than the sum of their parts.The practice of Naturopathic Nutrition may include appropriate recommendations and advice on:
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Individually assessed dietary therapy.
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Optimal food preparation.
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Traditional approaches to detoxification.
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Lifestyle recommendations to optimise dietary therapy.
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Full and clear information that empowers and encourages each individual to achieve optimal health and well-being.
What is a nutritional therapist?
A nutritional therapist (NT) is somebody who helps people to improve longevity, alleviate chronic disease symptoms and prevent illness through the use of functional foods, testing, diet, fasting and supplements. A Nutritional Therapist’s role is to provide dietary counselling, assessment and support for those seeking to reach their health goals by taking a holistic approach in their care.
Nutritional Therapsists are expert in the development and implementation of individualized, tailored nutritional prescriptions that support patient outcomes and empower patients to execute better nutrition choices. Optimized nutrition forms the foundation for health across all aspects of physical, emotional, spiritual, and intellectual health.
Qualifications and training:
There are NTs who have trained to degree-level and there are those who have completed intensive 3-year clinical diplomas, gaining academic knowledge as well as 1:1 clinical experience.
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Reviews
AA
"Hi there, so I had my nutritionist appointment with Sarra for several symptoms and issues had been struggling to manage for a long period of time. She was so kind and warm with her approach, listened to all my concerns and advised me. The advice she gave was both manageable, practical and sustainable for me. My symptoms have since improved a huge amount, I have felt so much better during the course advised, I am also off medication prescribed by the doctor now. I would recommend Sarra to all my family and friends. Thank you so much Sara"
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BB
"Hi Sarrah, blood back.
Only got verbal this afternoon, Liver ALT 36... best it's ever been for 10 yrs."