Nutritional therapy that helps you understand your body, not just follow a plan
I'm Jo, a qualified and registered Nutritional Therapist with a particular interest in women's health, metabolic health and the changes that can happen through midlife.
I work with people who want to understand what may be contributing to the way they feel — whether that involves changes in hormones, energy, digestion, body composition, blood glucose, thyroid health or other aspects of wellbeing.
My approach is individual, evidence-informed and practical.
Rather than starting with a long list of foods to remove or supplements to take, I prefer to begin with a more useful question:
Why I work this way
Health rarely fits neatly into separate boxes.
Sleep can affect appetite and energy. Muscle influences metabolic health. Hormonal changes can coincide with changes in body composition. Stress can influence digestion and food choices. Nutrition can affect many of these systems, but it is only one part of the wider picture.
That is why I look at your health history, symptoms, nutrition, lifestyle, medication and relevant test results together rather than focusing on one symptom in isolation.
I don't assume that every problem has one hidden “root cause”.
Often there are several contributing factors.
My role is to help you identify which of those factors may be relevant to you and turn that understanding into realistic, sustainable action.
My background and qualifications
I trained as a Nutritional Therapist at the College of Naturopathic Medicine in London and am registered with both the British Association for Nutrition and Lifestyle Medicine (BANT) and the Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council (CNHC).
I am also a qualified phlebotomist, trained within the NHS to carry out a wide range of blood draws.
My additional training includes the Practitioner Nutrigenomics Programme with LifeCode GX, which has developed my understanding of genetics and personalised health.
Alongside my private practice, I work with established women's health clinics in the UK as part of multidisciplinary teams.
Working alongside other healthcare professionals has reinforced something I consider very important:
Nutritional therapy works best when it complements appropriate medical care rather than trying to replace it.
Personalised means personal
There is no single diet that is right for everyone.
What works well for one person may be unsuitable for another because of their health history, medication, activity levels, hormonal stage, digestive health, food preferences or lifestyle.
That is why recommendations are based on you, rather than a template.
Depending on what we discover, we may explore areas such as:
food quality and meal composition
protein and fibre intake
blood glucose regulation
movement and resistance exercise
sleep
stress
digestive health
nutrient status
supplements, where appropriate
existing blood results
additional testing, where it is likely to provide useful information
Testing is not automatically the answer.
I believe a test should answer a useful question and ideally help guide what we do next.
What working with me is like
My approach is warm, collaborative and realistic.
There is no expectation of a perfect diet.
There are no universal rules.
And I don't believe good health requires you to make your life revolve around food.
We identify the priorities that are most relevant to you and work from there.
For some people that may involve small adjustments.
For others, a more structured period of nutritional therapy may be appropriate.
The objective is always the same:
to give you a clearer understanding of your health and a practical way forward.