What is Functional Nutrition?
Functional nutrition focuses on individual needs. It looks at the whole person and asks why are you feeling unwell or expressing certain symptoms?
It is an evidence-based approach to establishing the root cause of any functional imbalances.
Nutrition and lifestyle have powerful effects on physical, mental and cognitive health. A healthy gut, effective detoxification, balanced hormones, strong immunity and optimal neurotransmitter levels are all essential to mental wellbeing and cognitive health.
We are trained to connect the dots, to establish the root cause of any functional imbalances that may be driving ill health, and to address those imbalances through nutrition and lifestyle changes. We advise on appropriate dietary and lifestyle adjustments to promote optimal physical health and mental wellbeing.
It relies on a therapeutic relationship between the client and the practitioner.
By listening to our clients and learning their stories, we bring them into the discovery process and devise health action plans to address their individual needs. We acknowledge that there is no single diet that works for each and every one of us and we employ respect for the client’s lifestyle and preferences.
As a client, you enter into a partnership with your nutrition practitioner, and together make gradual changes to improve your health and change your health outcomes. The goal is a common one - better health and wellbeing that is achievable and sustainable over the long term.
It promotes health as positive lifelong vitality, beyond the mere absence of disease.
Functional nutrition empowers individuals to live well for life. It offers insights into your unique genetic makeup, along with both internal (mind, body, and spirit) and external (physical and social environment) factors that affect your total functioning.
Functional nutrition gives you a better understanding of how and why disease occurs, and it allows you to bring your body into balance so that you can function optimally and feel invincible.
“Georgina offered insight into things I’d not even considered. It was a real eye opener but also empowering to know just how greatly what I ate impacted on my overall wellbeing.”
— Alice, Harrogate