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About Dietitians, Nutritional Therapists and Nutritionists
Trying to adjust or live with a food allergy / intolerance or special medical diet can be incredibly confusing, worrying and all-consuming. Thoughts of food and how eat safely within the restrictions of an enforced diet, can take over and erode quality of life.
We're busy here at Special Diets Directory creating awareness and trying to improve general availablity and choice for special dietary foods, as well as promoting the use of less allergenic ingredients to the food industry. But until that sea change happens anyone on a special diet needs their specific dietary requirements to be managed safely, enjoyably and without compromising nutrition and health.
Trying to go it alone on a special diet can be a struggle and cause stress and anxiety.
We have a huge Special Diets Directory database of gorgeous speciality foods to offer you (which is infinately more comprehensive than is currently visible from our website) in our Personal Shopper packages, BUT we are not qualified to give individual medical and dietary advice and so always encourage the invovement of someone with the relevant expertise to help formulate a nutritious and safe personal eating plan for you.
Your GP will be able to refer you if you have a diagnosed condition or food allergy but if undiagnosed (as with food intolerances, candida and gastro instestinal problems for instance) you may still get an NHS referral, but often GPs will advise you to seek a private consultation. So where do you start, and how to you decide who to consult?
We're busy here at Special Diets Directory creating awareness and trying to improve general availablity and choice for special dietary foods, as well as promoting the use of less allergenic ingredients to the food industry. But until that sea change happens anyone on a special diet needs their specific dietary requirements to be managed safely, enjoyably and without compromising nutrition and health.
Trying to go it alone on a special diet can be a struggle and cause stress and anxiety.
We have a huge Special Diets Directory database of gorgeous speciality foods to offer you (which is infinately more comprehensive than is currently visible from our website) in our Personal Shopper packages, BUT we are not qualified to give individual medical and dietary advice and so always encourage the invovement of someone with the relevant expertise to help formulate a nutritious and safe personal eating plan for you.
Your GP will be able to refer you if you have a diagnosed condition or food allergy but if undiagnosed (as with food intolerances, candida and gastro instestinal problems for instance) you may still get an NHS referral, but often GPs will advise you to seek a private consultation. So where do you start, and how to you decide who to consult?
Choosing between a Nutritionist, a Dietitian and a Nutritional Therapist can be confusing so we have endeavoured to differentiate below with some information which may assist in making the right choice for you!
Nutritionists aren't really in the frame in this situation as they are normally non clinical and so not normally qualified to advise on individual diets. They train differently, normally to work within the food industry in either the public or private sectors in an advisory capacity.
This leaves the choice of either a Dietitian or a Nutritional Therapist for individual consulations.
This leaves the choice of either a Dietitian or a Nutritional Therapist for individual consulations.
The British Dietetic Society (BDA) are very helpful with individual enquiries and both they and British Association for Applied Nutrition and Nutritional Therapy (BANT) each have their own search function to find members on their websites.
Each association gives their own explanations of the differences between the two disciplines in the following links:
Dietitians http://www.bda.uk.com/hot_topics_dietitian_nutritionist.html
Nutritional Therapists http://www.bant.org.uk/bant/jsp/nutritionTitles.faces
As a rule of thumb normally only dietitians are able to register with the Health Professionals Council (HPC) and be included on the member list. The HPC is a regulator, set up to protect the public. They keep a register of health professionals who meet their standards in training, professional skills, behaviour and health. They currently register over 200,000 professionals from 14 professions including dietitians. You can browse the list on http://www.hpc-uk.org/ . If your search brings up no results - which sometimes happens - you may want to call them and ask them to check for you (their tel number is on their website).
Some people prefer to consult a dietitian as they are more stringently monitored by nature of their HPC registration and normally more clincally qualified.
Equally, some people, especially those who favour a more alternative methods prefer a Nutritional Therapist who takes a completely holistic approach and so open to exploring a wider diversity of complimentary options and supplements than some dietitians may be able to offer within HPC regulations.
There are many success stories claimed by both Dietitians and Nutritional Therapists so it's really down to individual choice.
Either way, check to ensure that your practitioner is registered with the relevant body, has full professional indemnity insurance - and also don’t be afraid to ask for CRB checks and follow up professional and personal references.
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