One and a half hours of informal teaching of how your body functions, where your condition fits in, and how food affects your body in particular. Once you understand how different foods affect your condition, you will be able to make better informed food choices, no matter where you may be. Empowering you with this knowledge is self motivating and you will find yourself automatically NOT eating the foods that worsen your condition as you know what the consequences will be. We teach you to adapt and 'tweak' your present eating, so that there is minimum disruption within the family.
Ten days after the initial consultation, a one hour follow-up consultation is strongly recommended to consolidate what you have learnt in the first consultation. In this session, we analyze your detailed 5-day food record together with the relevant monitoring parameter ( eg. blood glucose readings before and 3 hours after meals for those with diabetes) to pinpoint any misunderstandings and to help you solve your practical, everyday problems. The more problems you bring to us, the more we can help you. Full nutrition assessment is done at the same time and if supplementation should be required, your options are discussed with you in detail.
