How can Dietetics help?
Our gut health dietitians are university qualified with additional training in management of IBS and food intolerances.
Dietitians assess your food and symptom history and provide individualised information and strategies to help improve digestive conditions and symptoms such as irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), bloating, pain, diarrhoea, constipation, reflux, inflammatory bowel disease, coeliac disease and diverticular disease.
What to Expect?
We’ll start with an Initial assessment: 60minutese 1:1 consultation with an Accredited Practising Dietitian (APD) discussing your personal health history, symptoms that are bothering you, previous medical investigations/ blood tests, your current diet and lifestyle patterns and your insights on foods you may react to. We will develop a practical plan for you to help settle your symptoms and reduce stress around eating.
We provide a range of practical resources to guide you through this process.
Our dietitians take a holistic approach and utilise a range of diet and lifestyle strategies to help improve your digestive health. We will utilise elimination style dietary protocols (e.g. FODMAP diet, RPAH elimination), simple dietary additions/ swaps, and addressing lifestyle factors known to impact gut health (e.g. stress, sleep, movement).
Follow-up consultations: 30-60 minutes assessing your symptom response, assessing nutrition intake, providing further strategies, nutrition education, and working through elimination/ reintroduction dietary protocols.
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A referral is not a requirement; however, it is best to speak with your GP if you have noticed a change in bowel habits and digestive symptoms to ensure appropriate medical investigations.
You may be eligible for Medicare care plans depending on your GP’s discretion. If you have a referral from your GP or gastroenterologist please bring this along to your appointment. -
Ideally if you have experienced a change in bowel habits and have had investigations for IBS and or gut related conditions your GP should have completed:
Coeliac screening
Micronutrient studies: iron, Vit B12.
Inflammatory markers (e.g. CRP and faecal calprotectin)
Colonoscopy/ gastroscopy if required.
Please bring along a copy of any testing to your initial appointment. If you have not completed any of these tests that is fine, we can discuss a plan for any further medical testing you may require in our initial consultation.
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If dietetics is part of your cover, then we can process the rebate on the spot at your appointment.
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This isn’t necessary; we spend the time in the initial appointment to discuss your eating habits and general day-to-day variabilities.
Although if you would find this useful to remember your intake then please bring it along!
This can be particularly helpful for identifying patterns in food triggers for your symptoms.