Clinical Conditions

How can a healthy diet benefit heart health? A healthy diet can help your risk of developing coronary heart disease and stop you gaining weight, reducing your risk of diabetes and high blood pressure.

It can also help lower cholesterol and reduce the risk of some cancers. 

Monitoring the type of fats in your diet, watching salt and alcohol consumption can have positive health benefits.

We can support a range of cardiac conditions please get in touch even if your condition is not listed.  

Low HDL Cholesterol

High Triglycerides

Type 2 Diabetes

High Blood Pressure

Central Obesity

Heart Attack

Heart failure

Stroke

We can advise on a healthy lifestyle to support good health. Food and nutrition is a part of every day life. 

We know what we eat affects our health no matter what age we are no matter whether we are well or have a condition such as cancer, obesity, diabetes, irritable bowel syndrome or another. 

we are surrounded by information about food and nutrition but often we need help to make the right food choices to maximise our health and know what is fact from fiction.

 This is where a dietitian can help provide evidence based factual advice.

We are trained in supporting:

Weight Loss

Weight Gain

Pre- Diabetes

Type 2 Diabetes

Why is nutrition important during different life stages? 

Dietitians can advise on diet for fertility and managing symptoms of menopause as well as diet throughout life to help reduce the risk of certain diseases such as heart disease and certain cancers.

 Diet can be particularly important at different life stages such as trying for a baby and during pregnancy.

 Diet can also be important to protect our bone health and prevent malnutrition.

Conditions we are trained in supporting:

Cardiovascular Disease

Fertility

Menopause

Osteoporosis

PCOS - Poly Cystic Ovary Syndrome

Pregnancy

Eating well during and after cancer is important. Many people with cancer find there are times when they cannot eat as much as usual. 

This can be caused by the cancer or side affects of treatment making eating difficult. Side affects such as nausea, food tasting different or just not feeling hungry can often lead to weight loss.

Some cancers make you use up more energy which means you may lose weight even if you are eating well. It is important to try and keep your weight stable during treatment. 

Dietitians can advise on dietary changes to help manage symptoms or ways to fortify food to help maintain weight. We may suggest you take nutritional supplements to help prevent further weight loss and help you gain weight.

We are trained in supporting the following symptoms:

Nausea & vomiting

Taste changes

Dry mouth

Swallowing issues

Bowel changes

Weight Maintenance

The digestive system runs from your mouth to your anus, it includes the stomach and the small and large intestine. it also includes the liver, pancreas, gall bladder and salivary glands.

The digestive system is responsible for many different processes including ingestion, mechanical digestion, chemical digestion, absorption and forming and passing faeces.

 Poor diet, lifestyle factors (such as stress) and disease can impact how the gut functions and affect quality of life. 

Appropriate dietary interventions can positively impact digestive health and help manage symptoms such as bloating, constipation and urgency in conditions such as irritable bowel syndrome IBS. 

We can support a range of digestive conditions please get in touch even if your condition is not listed. 

Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Crohns Disease

Gastro Oesophageal Reflux

Diverticular Disease

Constipation

How does nutrition impact wound healing?  

Nutrition is fundamental to recovery following a burn or sustaining a wound. 

Demand for nutrition by the body is high and key nutrients like protein, copper, selenium and zinc are needed to aid the repair process.

 It can be difficult to manage getting the nutrition right, so dietetic support is key to ensuring wounds heal, your strength recovers and you have the energy to go on the rehabilitation journey. 

Why not contact Tig  our skin specialist dietitian and talk through your concern?

Conditions we are trained in supporting:

Amputations

Burns

Fournier's Gangrene

Necrotising Fasciitis

Pressure Ulcers (aka Pressure Sores)

Rehabilitation Support

Surgical Wounds