NUTRITIONAL THERAPIST JOB

A nutritional therapist works with clients, usually on an individual basis, to identify and treat nutritional factors affecting their health and to help them improve their overall health and wellbeing. Nutritional therapy is considered to be a complementary therapy, which can be used alongside orthodox medicine. Therapists sometimes work with patients referred by medical practitioners, who have chronic health problems that conventional medicine may find difficult to treat. The therapist works closely with the client to conduct a holistic assessment of their nutritional requirements and to compile an individual prescription for diet and supplementation.

In order to alleviate, or prevent illness and promote optimal health. Nutritional therapists aim to empower clients to change their biochemistry to a more balanced state. Conditions helped by nutritional therapy range from general newlines to more chronic complaints, such as fatigue, depression, skin disease, childhood development disorders, migraine, eating disorders, asthma and arthritic joint pain. Typical activities may include: providing one-to-one confidential consultations, initially of about an hour to an hour and a half, where a detailed assessment of current health problems, medical and family history.

Diet and lifestyle is made, conducting shorter follow-up review meetings, depending on the complexity and severity of a condition, explaining to clients the physiological impact of complex biochemical imbalances and nutritional deficiencies to enable the client to understand their condition, assessment and treatment plan, recommending laboratory tests (hair, urine or stool), which give indications of mineral toxicity, the functioning of the liver and the digestive system, undertaking allergy testing as part of the first consultation to identify food sensitivities or reactions to antibiotics.

Recommending a personalized dietary lifestyle and nutritional supplement based on an analysis of the condition and laboratory results, making comprehensive and detailed written notes from questionnaires and/or open discussion, creating confidential reports with recommendations to be sent to clients and keeping records and reports on computer to track progress with treatment plans, offering a telephone or web-based helpline service to selected clients, running a business, with responsibilities for marketing and publicity, maintaining an appointments service, invoicing clients, keeping accounts for tax and insurance purposes, and negotiating the rental of suitable premises.