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What we offer

Clinical Nutrition

in Leichhardt

Practical assessment and support for adults and children, at home, at school and at work. We start with whatever is getting in the way of your day, then build a plan from there. NDIS, DVA and aged care clients welcome.

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Adults

Private consultations

Food first

Supplements second

No referral

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Leichhardt

Inner West Sydney

How we work

Food first, and honest

about the rest.

Most people arrive already knowing roughly what they should be eating. What they do not have is a way to make it work around shift rosters, a commute, a fussy household and a food budget. That gap is the actual job, so that is where our consultations start.

No calorie counting, no rigid meal plans, and no list of forbidden foods. We look at what you eat now, find the two or three changes most likely to shift how you feel, and build from there. Supplements come second, after food, and only where there is a reason for them.

Clinical nutrition sits alongside your medical care rather than replacing it. If something you describe needs your GP, or blood tests, or a specialist, we will say so in the first appointment.

  • Private fees
  • No meal plans
  • No calorie targets
  • Works alongside your GP

Where we help

Where a nutritionist can

genuinely help.

Eight areas where changing what is on the plate does most of the work. Filter to the closest, or ring (02) 7227 9893 and describe it to someone first.

Digestive symptoms and food intolerances

Bloating, irregularity and the suspicion that a particular food is behind it. We work through structured elimination and, importantly, structured reintroduction, so you end up knowing what actually triggers symptoms instead of quietly cutting out half your diet. Symptoms that warrant investigation go back to your GP before any elimination starts.

Iron, B12 and low nutrient levels

When your GP has flagged low iron, low B12 or another deficiency and the next step is doing something about it through food as well as supplementation. Common in vegetarians and vegans, menstruating women, and anyone eating in a hurry. Bring your most recent blood results to the appointment.

Blood sugar and metabolic health

Dietary support where your doctor has raised blood glucose, insulin resistance or prediabetes. This runs alongside your medical care, never instead of it, and we do not adjust medication. What we do is make the eating side workable, including the meals you actually buy at work.

Cholesterol and heart health eating

For people who have had a cholesterol result flagged and been told to change their diet without much detail on how. We translate the general advice into your actual shopping list, cooking habits and takeaway routine, in a way that survives longer than a fortnight.

Sports and training nutrition

Fuelling before and during sessions, recovery eating afterwards, hydration, and race week planning. Useful if you are training most days and underfuelling without realising it, which is more common than the reverse. Pairs naturally with physiotherapy and NormaTec recovery in the same clinic.

Preconception and pregnancy nutrition

Eating well before and during pregnancy, covering nutrient needs, food safety and managing the appetite changes and aversions that make textbook advice impractical. We work alongside your GP, obstetrician or midwife, who remain in charge of your antenatal care.

Plant based and restricted diets

Eating vegetarian or vegan well, or working around an allergy, a coeliac diagnosis or a cultural or religious pattern. The aim is covering the nutrients that commonly fall short in a restricted diet without adding a long list of rules on top of the ones you already follow.

Shift work and irregular schedules

For nurses, hospitality staff, drivers and anyone whose meals happen at three in the morning. Standard nutrition advice assumes a nine to five and a stocked fridge. This is about what to eat when the cafeteria is shut and you finish at dawn.

The method

How we actually change

what you eat.

Four principles behind every consultation. They are unglamorous, and they are the reason changes made here tend to still be in place six months on.

Start from your current diet

We work from what you eat now, not from an ideal week you have never once achieved. That is the only starting point that leads anywhere.

Change one thing at a time

Overhauls fail and you know it. A small number of specific changes, given time to become normal, before the next ones are added.

Food before supplements

Supplements are prescribed for a stated reason and reviewed, not stacked up indefinitely. Most of what we do happens at the shops.

Written down, not remembered

You leave with your plan in writing. Nobody retains a forty minute conversation about their diet, and pretending otherwise wastes your money.

What to expect

Before, during and after

the first appointment.

No referral needed, and nothing to prepare beyond what is described below.

Come prepared

Book online or call (02) 7227 9893. Bring recent blood results, a list of anything you take, and a rough sense of what you ate over the last few days. Nothing formal, a few notes in your phone is plenty.

The conversation

Your nutritionist goes through what you currently eat, when, and what gets in the way, along with your health history, symptoms and what you want to be different. Most of the appointment is this.

The changes

You leave with a small number of specific changes in writing, the reasoning behind each, and a point to check back in. If something belongs with your GP, you are told then rather than later.

Why book here

Nutrition that talks to

the rest of your care.

Food rarely sits on its own. When what you eat connects to training load, digestion, recovery or a naturopathic plan, the relevant practitioner is in the same building rather than at the other end of an email you never send.
  • Practical changes built around your kitchen, your budget and your hours
  • No calorie counting, no rigid meal plans, no forbidden foods list
  • Structured elimination with structured reintroduction, so foods come back
  • Supplements prescribed with a reason and a review date, or not at all
  • Your plan in writing, every appointment
  • Clear about what belongs with your GP, and quick to say so
  • Part of a clinic with physiotherapy, naturopathy and recovery under one roof

What people say

Reviews from our

Clinical Nutrition clients.

“Three changes, written on a page. Not a twelve week program I would have quietly given up on by the second weekend.”
Fiona Callaghan
“I had cut out about nine foods on my own. She put most of them back, one at a time, and only two turned out to matter.”
Sanjay Kulkarni
“I work nights. First person who gave me advice that accounted for that instead of telling me to eat breakfast at seven.”
Jodie Ferrante

Common questions

Clinical Nutrition

FAQs.

Still stuck? Call (02) 7227 9893 and ask for the OT team.
What is the difference between a nutritionist and a dietitian?
Worth knowing before you book. Accredited Practising Dietitian is a credentialled title, and dietitians can accept Medicare Chronic Disease Management referrals and are recognised by most health funds. Nutritionist is not a protected title in Australia, so qualifications vary between practitioners, there is no Medicare pathway, and health fund cover is far less common. We think that is better said plainly than left for you to find out at the front desk. If you need a Medicare rebate or hospital based dietetic care, ask your GP for a dietitian referral instead.
No. Book directly online or by phone. Bring recent blood results if you have them, along with a list of any medications and supplements you take.
No to both. We do not issue rigid meal plans, set calorie targets or hand out lists of forbidden foods. The approach is a small number of specific changes to what you already eat, written down, with the reasoning explained and a point to review them.
Not the mail order IgG style tests, because the evidence does not support using them to identify food intolerances and they routinely flag foods that are completely fine for you. The approach with better support behind it is structured elimination followed by structured reintroduction, supervised, so you finish with a short accurate list rather than a long fearful one. Coeliac disease and food allergy need proper medical testing through your GP, and we will refer you for that.
Some funds include nutrition under extras cover and many do not, and cover for nutritionists is less common than for dietitians. Check directly with your fund before booking, as the answer depends on your fund and level of cover.
It depends what you came in with. Some people take one consultation, apply the changes and are done. Symptom tracking, elimination and reintroduction work, or anything tied to blood results usually needs a few reviews spaced out over some weeks. You will get an honest estimate at the first appointment rather than a package to sign up to.
They overlap and they are not the same appointment. Clinical nutrition focuses on food, eating patterns and nutrient intake as the main intervention. Naturopathy takes a broader whole body view and draws on herbal medicine alongside dietary and lifestyle work. If you are not sure which suits you, call and describe what is going on and reception will point you at the right one.
Our nutrition consultations are for adults. For children, start with your GP or a paediatric dietitian, who can also arrange a Medicare referral where your child is eligible.

When you are ready

Start with what is already

on your plate.

Bring your recent blood results and a rough idea of what you have eaten this week. You will leave with a short written list of changes and a clear sense of which ones matter most.
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