What is Nutritional Therapy?

Nutritional therapy is a evidence-informed field of healthcare that uses diet and lifestyle changes to support long term health. It is based on Functional Medicine which considers the body as an integrated whole and connects the dots between the things that are going wrong within our biology.

Nutritional therapy addresses underlying causes of a condition rather than just managing symptoms. This may require detective work. It typically involves taking a full health history, mapping symptoms and the potential connections between them and digging deeper into nutritional and physiological imbalances, which may be contributing to illness or may be risk factors for future chronic conditions. This then informs the development of a highly individualised nutrition and lifestyle plan. It is a collaborative process and can be very rewarding.

Nutritional therapy is not just for those who are already unwell. Nearly all of us could benefit from making changes that will optimise our health and make us feel better than we already do. You may think you have to live with energy slumps, dry skin, frequent colds or constipation but you really do not. 

About Janey

Janey is a Registered Nutritional Therapist, graduating with a distinction from the Institute for Optimum Nutrition (DipION). This is her second career, after 25 years in advertising and bringing up a family.  She has always been passionate about good food and cooking but it took a diagnosis of cancer in her family to inspire her to embark on four years of study.

Janey had own her diagnosis of breast cancer in 2021. This brought home just how empowering and positive it can be to work on your diet, physical and mental health, especially when your world is turned upside down. She now feels stronger, more resilient and much more attuned to the connections between food and health. 

She is a member of the British Association for Nutrition and Lifestyle Medicine and the Complementary Health Care Council, which uphold the highest professional standards for Nutritional Therapy.

She is qualified to support clients with active cancer and a history of cancer. She has undertaken NTEC accredited training in cancer nutrition with Dr Nina Fuller Shavel, one of the UK’s leading integrative medicine doctors and is currently completing the Systems Approach to Breast Cancer advanced course. Janey is also a registered Nutrigenomics Practitioner with Lifecode GX.

FAQs

  • Digestive issues, hormone imbalances, high cholesterol, blood sugar issues, cognitive health, weight management, low energy, fatigue, skin issues, recovery after treatment for cancer.

  • This starts with a free discovery call to meet Janey, discuss your goals and how she could help you. If you decide to go ahead, you would fill in an extensive health questionnaire and food diary. The first session would be dedicated to understanding your full health story, your eating habits and preferences, explaining what might be going on and initiating some changes. Depending on your case, functional testing might be recommended. Future sessions would be focused on diving deeper into your biology, building on your personalised nutrition and lifestyle plan, giving you practical ideas and supporting you through challenges.

  • An Advanced Well Man or Well Woman blood test costs £145. A comprehensive stool test costs approximately £300. More specialist tests can range in price from £60 up to £500, depending on what is being measured and the complexity of the laboratory analysis.

    Every test is accompanied by a written report and is interpreted for you by Janey.

  • Janey works with a number of different labs and will order the tests for you. Most of the tests can be done at home (urine, blood spot, stool, saliva, breath test). If a blood draw is required, she will provide you with a list of clinics and all you need to do is book an appointment.