The Italian Nutritionist

This is where your stress-free journey to the healthiest version of you begins. My name is Valentina, Registered Nutritional Therapist and food lover.

Terms of Service

TERMS OF ENGAGEMENT – BETWEEN THE ITALIAN NUTRITIONIST (NT) AND HIS/HER CLIENT

Nutritional Therapy is the application of nutrition science in the promotion of health, peak performance and individual care.

Nutritional therapy practitioners use a wide range of tools to assess and identify potential nutritional imbalances and understand how these may contribute to an individual’s symptoms and health concerns.

This approach allows them to work with individuals to address nutritional balance and help support the body towards maintaining health. Nutritional therapy is recognised as a complementary medicine and is relevant for individuals with chronic conditions, as well as those looking for support to enhance their health and wellbeing.

Practitioners consider each individual to be unique and recommend personalised nutrition and lifestyle programmes rather than a ‘one size fits all’ approach. Practitioners never recommend nutritional therapy as a replacement for medical advice and always refer any client with ‘red flag’ signs or symptoms to their medical professional. They will also frequently work alongside a medical professional and will communicate with other healthcare professionals involved in the client’s care to explain any nutritional therapy programme that has been provided.

The Italian Nutritionist requests that the Client notes the following –

  1. The degree of benefit obtainable from Nutritional Therapy may vary between clients with similar health problems and following a similar Nutritional Therapy programme.
  2. Nutritional advice will be tailored to support health conditions and/or health concerns identified and agreed between both parties.
  3. Nutritional therapists are not permitted to diagnose, or claim to treat, medical conditions.
  4. Nutritional advice is not a substitute for professional medical advice and/or treatment.
  5. Standards of professional practice in Nutritional Therapy are governed by the CHNC Code of Conduct.
  6. This document only covers the practice of Nutritional Therapy within this consultation, and The Italian Nutritionist will make it clear if she intend to step outside this boundary. The Client understands and agrees to the following –

 

  • I am responsible for contacting my GP about any health concerns.
  • I give permission for you contact my GP regarding any agreed aspects of my case: YES NO
  • If I am receiving treatment from my GP, or any other medical provider, I should tell her about any nutritional strategy provided by a nutritional therapist. This is necessary because of any possible reaction between medication and the nutritional programme. It is important that you inform The Italian Nutritionist about any medical diagnosis, medication, herbal medicine, or food supplements, you are taking as this may affect the nutritional programme.
  • If I am unclear about the agreed nutritional therapy programme/food supplement doses/time period, I should contact The Italian Nutritionist promptly for clarification.
  • I must contact The Italian Nutritionist should I wish to continue any specified supplement programme for longer than the original agreed period, to avoid any potential adverse reactions.
  • Recording consultations using any form of electronic media is not allowed without the written permission of both The Italian Nutritional Therapist and the Client.

 

NUTRITIONAL THERAPY QUESTIONNAIRE

  • The Nutritional Therapy Questionnaire provided, must be returned via email at least 3 days before the consultation, in order to allow its analysis, and appropriate research. Failure to do so, might result in the booked consultation being focused on analysing the questionnaire and an additional first consultation might be required.

 

PAYMENT

  • Payment for consultations, packages or extra services must be made upon booking.

 

CANCELLATIONS

  • Consultations can be cancelled up to 48hrs before the date booked for full refund. Failure in cancelling the appointment 48hrs before, will incur in full payment of the consultation.