Seeing a Nutritionist is an investment. It's an investment of time, it becomes an investment in understanding your capabilities, your body, your health, and it's a financial investment. Because seeing a Nutritionist isn't a one off kind of relationship. And it's absolutely not a transactional relationship.
As a Nutritionist, university trained, Allied Health Professional, complementary health practitioner and kind and caring human, I myself invest so much of my own time, consideration, empathy and resources into you, my clients. I 100 per cent want to see my clients articulate their health goals, and get to a point where they not only reach those goals, but make those goals form part of their sustainable everyday - consistently shaping, supporting and elevating their health. It basically becomes a symbiotic investment. And let me just add, I acknowledge it's not always straight forward. There are inevitably bumps in the road, and having a complementary health practitioner by your side is your personal cheerleader to help you navigate those.
So how did investing in a Nutritionist just get easier?
• Firstly, as a Certified Practicing Nutritionist, I boast the ability to provide private health care rebates, so you can claim back funds on our time together.
• As an Allied Health Professional, I can provide NDIS services in building capacity in nutritional planning for self-managed and plan managed billing options.
• My qualifications mean I am qualified to provide prescriptions for practitioner only nutritional supplements in therapeutic doses for therapeutic reasons ie chronic disease, illness, symptoms.
• My qualifications also mean I also offer very convenient telehealth appointments during normal and after hours, and I discount them by 20%. Making it easier to juggle work, kids, activities and travel.
• And finally, because I have a family myself, I offer before and after hours face to face consultations at a holistic location with ample parking and convenience.
Did you know...?
Nutritionists are able to order, decipher and provide treatment (based on results) of pathology; blood, urine and fecal. We can do this in collaboration with your GP and specialist health professional.
And just because I love you my clients and my community, I thought I would share a winter warmer recipe packed full of goodness, fibre, whole food, flavour and warmth. Throw this one on the stove and let me know how much you enjoyed it.
Warm Black Lentils
Ingredients
2 tbsp olive oil
1 onion roughly chopped
3 garlic cloves roughly chopped
2 carrots roughly chopped
2 celery sticks roughly chopped
half a sweet potato roughly chopped
1 zucchini roughly chopped
1 red capsicum roughly chopped
2 tsp cumin
1 tsp curry powder
1 tsp turmeric
1 tsp coriander
1 tsp chilli flakes
1/2 tsp all spice
1 tbsp tomato paste
2 truss tomatoes roughly chopped
4 cups of stock
1 1/4 cups of soaked and rinsed black lentils
Method
• In a hot dutch oven or pressure cooker pan, saute the oil, onion and garlic for 2 minutes
• add carrots, celery, sweet potato, zucchini and capsicum and saute for another 4 minutes
• add cumin, curry powder, turmeric, coriander, chilli flakes, all spice and tomato paste and stir continuously
• if using dutch oven, turn heat to medium and add the chopped tomatoes, stock and lentils and bring to a bubbly boil, then turn to low and simmer for 20 - 30 minutes
• if using the pressure cooker, add the chopped tomatoes, stock and lentils and turn the setting to legumes, 30 mins and auto pulse
• serve 1 cup and 1/2 cup serving with seeds, baby spinach and cracked pepper
So to see a university trained, trusted and caring nutritionist book an appointment now or send me an email to chat first, I'm easy.
Megs xxx