Eat For You Dietitian
Specialist Dietitian in Eating Disorders and Disordered Eating
Category: Gentle Nutrition
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What is IBS? Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is a common functional gastrointestinal or gut disorder characterised by changes in bowel habits (e.g diarrhoea, constipation or both) and symptoms such as abdominal pain and bloating which are significant to impact day to day life. The term ‘functional disorder’ is a term used for, in this case…
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Rejecting the Diet Mentality I recently saw an instagram post this week providing advice on how to stop ‘overeating and restricting’ cycle. The first step being ‘Ditch the Diets’. Is it really that simple? And where do we start? This takes a massive amount of un-learning to do from all the messages we get from…
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First of all, what is a perfect diet? No one has a perfect diet, and if that is what you are perceiving from their social media platform then let me tell you, it is not the whole truth. You are seeing a snapshot of what they want to show you only. The common phrase I…
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Recently as part of my work as a Specialist Community Dietitian within an NHS Trust I gave a group talk to an audience of individuals who receive rehabilitations following an amputation. The key part for me when giving group education talks regarding healthy eating or eating well for a specific clinical condition is to ensure…
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My earliest memory of being made aware that ‘something was wrong with my body’ was when I was 8 years old. I was running around with my cousins and when I went over to my mum, I overheard one of my Aunt’s saying to my mum that I was fat. I don’t remember how the…
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I saw a recent post on instagram this week about why as Dietitian’s we will not provide specific meal plans. I get asked this almost daily in my outpatient clinics for various different reasons. The short answer as to why I won’t, every person eats differently and I can’t decide that for you. As healthcare…
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