There is no ‘one size fits all’ approach to nutritional programming. Each person has different hormonal responses to food resulting in varied metabolic outcomes but the perfect diet can be achieved for individuals by establishing the subjects ‘metabolic type’ through a questionnaire and dietary tests. Basically it is imperative to someone’s health and diet to ascertain how their bodies metabolise the macronutrients being Fats, Carbohydrate and Protein and then construct a plan based around the findings which will be a life long commitment rather than a quick fix. The benefits are: immediate weight loss, more energy, better sleep, better physical performance, increased concentration, reduced risk of health problems and diseases and most importantly, increasing life expectancy.

What’s involved?

A health assessment is carried out consisting of a full body fat test from several sites on the body using skinfold callipers (not electronic scales), lung function, blood sugar, and other various anthropologic measurements. These are essential to tracking your progress and change in body composition – fat and muscular balances and not just your over all weight. Then through a questionnaire collecting data on your eating habits, when you eat certain foods and how you react to them along with looking at your lifestyle, sleep / wake cycles and fitness activity I will be able to compile and design the first stages of your diet which will include a ‘Fat Flush Detox.’ This will prepare your body for using fat as its main source of fuel rather than carbohydrate. I say first stages because we need to work together on your diet because certain foods may need to be added or withdrawn to find your optimum diet and weight. As already stated, diets are a very personal prescription and unlike the majority medical treatment where everyone gets the same dose or pills to treat the condition, not the person, you can not approach a diet with this one size fits all mentality.

The procedure for the health and dietary assessment is a consultation lasting roughly an hour where we will go through the questionnaire together and then the BodyFat test and record further body measurement data. I will then begin planning what diet will be best for you. The cost is £95 for the whole assessment and this includes a health reassessment a month after the commencement of your new diet so that we can track your body’s responses. Further tests are priced at £30 and are advised monthly or bi-monthly. They only take half an hour and you receive a report after each subsequent test with your results and improvements.

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