Anyone seen a 'nutritional therapist'?

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I am thinking of visiting a nutritional therapist for advice on combating feeling a bit down and very tired. Has anyone seen one and can you share your experience? I know some people are a bit dubious as they aren't official health practitioners. What do people think?

Hmm,what qualifications do they have?
It's not hard to eat healthily and do a bit of exercise.
Why pay someone to tell you the bleedin' office?
Go on,what do you want to know?

Bump for you Bumper. I've thought about it as well and wondered if it would be worth the money. I know someone who saw a nutritionist and had good results - but it was in relation to a specific medical condition that she had rather than general lethargy and low mood which is what I want to tackle.

if you want to see someone proper ask for a registered dietician

Bumps, as far as I remember you have fairly recently had a baby. Feeling a bit down and very tired kinda goes with the territory.

I would just go for healthy eating with lots of fruit and veg and save your money. There is no proper regulation in place at the moment.

Just wondering if I could be lacking in certain vitamins or minerals. Also I have a thyroid problem which is being treated with medication but I still don't feel normal. What foods can I eat to improve my mood and energy levels?

Bluestocking LOL you are right, but when does it stop being baby stuff and being a bit more...?

I've had a look and there aren't any dietition specialising in mood disorders in my area, but there is a nutritional therapist working at the local holistic health centre.

hey bump
I'm going to vote for the other side

I always thought a "healthy balanced diet" was ok but I think you'll be amazed what a nutritionist can tell you

not seen a nutritionist but have seen a conventional doctor who also worked in nutrition, diagnosing vit deficiencies and so on

am a big fan of Patrick Holford meself

have a go.. just one session .see what you think

My dr's seem a bit rubbish TBH, the first thing they do is offer me ADs, which made me feel worse and I don't want to pursue, then say "well having an 8 mo is tiring" as I am crying in their office . Want to do something proactive, but I need goals and direction.

In that case I would go to a nutritionist if you can afford it, particularly if you are bf and want to start taking supplements. Not that supplements are unsafe, but at least you would know what you're doing. Surely it's better to try nutrition and diet before ADs. Bit of a no brainer to me and you too by the sound of it.

Make sure you check their qualifications though

Could I see a dietitian on the NHS do you think?

they're not all mad quacks bump don't worry

that sigh wasn't directed at you, just the general suspicion of nutritionists which i detect

you could see a dietician on the NHS prob

but

somebody outside the NHS has a bit more freedom and is more likely to think outside the box about how you could feel better

I'm guessing this, I admit, but you know they all seem so hidebound in the nhs

yes you can see an dietican on the nhs

some are probably mad quacks btw

that really wasn't directed at you at all! looks awful.

anyway good luck with what you do and I hope you go for it.

actually i'm just going to give you an example.

My son was diagnosed with a deficiency and so off we went and got supplements. They made an enormous difference -- huge. But no one believes it was the supplements and it would never have happened in a conventional framework.

oh i hope you do!

www.nutrition.org.uk

anyone can call themselves a nutritionist

I am not in the mood for a row. Bump, make your own mind up. I'm sure you will.

I'm not rowing with you, calm down
My posts are for the OP not directed at you

Get a referral to an accountable, well qualified practitioner. nutritionist is not yet a protected title, and as such anyone can call themselves a nutritionist or practise. There are currently plans to close this loophole and set up mandatory monitoring, and registration.at present it is not mandatory and is largely self regulating. there are unfortunately many inadequately qualified "practitioner's". IMO, a dietitcian is the professional you need

A dieteticianhas studied to BSc undergraduate level, or to PG level in nutrition applied sciences, health and diseases.

Look at food and mood"

i know all the bad science websites are always referring to and citing Patrick Holford halfordWatch for his inadequate grasp of science and nutrition
in addition there are holford myths and bad science"

GP can refer to dietitcian

i find it really intersting that people are willing to accept often multiple "supplements" from a "therapist" but bauk at the thought of pill popping doctor's. Exactly how does differ this pill popping supplement popping differ?

Bump

If you believe all this stuff you may not get the help you could.

Holford is a pioneer. It doesn't make him wrong, or a quack. He was writing a long time ago about how improvements to prison and school diet could trigger mood changes, reduce levels of aggression, reduce the number of prison riots, and so on, based on case studies and research. These things are now being supported by research carried out "conventionally". He was way ahead of all of this.

I'm sure you're independent enough to research these things fully yourself.

I'm glad I believed him when he wrote that a mineral deficiency could be behind some of the issues that affect my son. Because of that, I resolved it, and it wasn't difficult, and I didn't have to buy some fancy product with a Holford name on it.

It's easy to be sceptical. Very easy to go . Too easy.

Well what kind of pills do you mean?

Do you really not know the difference between, say, Temazepam and zinc? Or Seroxat and vitamin C?

Yes i most certainly know my pharmacology and drug interactions and contraindications. the op asked opinions about nutritional therapist - i offered mine. end of.

i am not minded to slug it out with devotee of some quasi-self appointed guru "nutrition" therapist

my views are apparently very divergent from yours