Nutrition is vital to our wellbeing, because it’s through proper, quality nutrition we naturally support the internal systems that maintain and repair our bodies. It’s how we provide ourselves with the building blocks for all the parts that make us function; the muscle, bones, organs, digestive fluids and chemical messengers, and gives us the energy to live. It makes sense then, that the better our nutrition is, the better all those parts of us can be. Conversely, if any part of us is not at its best, it may be we haven’t provided the best building blocks through our diet. It follows that giving ourselves the healthiest nutrition is how we can support our bodies build us and repair us the best, and how we can heal through nutrition.
The tool for that healing is Clinical Nutrition, a field of complementary medicine that uses diet, supplements and lifestyle modifications to bring positive change to your health and help move you towards achieving your health goals. The process is to assess and analyse your condition, consider what internal body systems are affected and how they are responding, what interactions may be occurring, develop effective treatments to improve your health issue, and explain it to you in a way that’s understandable.
Good nutrition is the foundation of good health and should be available to everyone; understandable, safe, effective and based on scientific evidence. Just as importantly, nutrition must be useable in the real world, not based on unrealistic ideals of a perfect diet. That’s why we believe it needs collaboration between us to tailor that ideal into something that will be real to you, and resonate with how you lead your life.
Establishing a base of healthy eating habits can often produce improvement in health conditions and is usually the first step in treatment – nutrition is the beginning of good health. This becomes the foundation for layering subsequent treatment such as supplementation and lifestyle changes, to generate comprehensive and effective remedies.
Support is another cornerstone here, whether that’s additional materials explaining remedies, follow up Q&A, understanding your background, cultural influences, disability needs or just staying with you until better habits consolidate, you’ve got a nutrition partner with Glowing Health Nutrition.
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tor of Glowing Health Nutrition, Rick Lapeyre, is a tertiary-qualified nutritionist who brings great skills and experience to the role. Rick holds a Masters of Human Nutrition from Deakin University, Burwood, Victoria, as well as a Bachelor of Clinical Nutrition from Torrens University, Melbourne. This qualifies him to treat health conditions through the complementary medicine modality of nutritional medicine, and consult on general nutritional matters with medical science evidence and established nutritional principles.
Rick is a member of the Australian Natural Therapists Association (ANTA) in the Nutritional Medicine Branch, so holds provider numbers from the health funds that recognise the benefits of nutritional therapy. This means you may be eligible for rebates from your health insurer if you have extras cover. He is also a member of the Nutrition Society of Australia (NSA), holds certification in First Aid to HLTAID011 level and a current Working With Children Check.
Rick has taken the time to learn and stay up to date in his specialist field, enabling him to advise with confidence and expertise on subjects within the clinical nutrition arena. He is committed to helping every one of his patients reap the benefits that personalised, one-to-one nutritional therapy can bring.
Your health and wellbeing are the main priority at all times here at Glowing Health Nutrition, together with your physical and mental safety, and the confidentiality of your information. It’s also important that you are provided the information you need to make informed decisions about your nutrition, to optimise our overall wellbeing. You’ll receive remedies and prescriptions that are derived from solid scientific evidence and nutritional principles.
The recommendations and guidance you receive will also to be tailored to your specific requirements and health goals, and the unique way your body works. That’s why the time is taken to understand your situation, your lifestyle and cultural needs, assess your health condition and nutrition goals, and consider how your physiology is affected, before generating effective, well thought-out remedies and advice designed to improve your health issues and move you towards your wellbeing goals.
Are you ready to take the first step towards improving your health condition naturally in a way that could provide a wide range of benefits and put you on track to meet your health goals? It might seem a little daunting to book an initial appointment, but rest assured you’ll be well looked after, receive a friendly greeting and compassionate support all the way through your nutritional therapy with Glowing Health Nutrition. Consultations are welcoming and relaxed enough to put you at ease, with enough time to discuss your health issue and goals thoroughly.
The initial consultation is an opportunity to chat with the nutritionist, giving them the information they need to develop nutritional therapies that are the most beneficial for you. You can take the time to explain your health condition, any challenges you face to eat optimally and what you want your improved nutrition to achieve. You are the focus of consultations and you’ll be encouraged to discuss your circumstances and needs so your nutritionist can draw from the broad range of dietary, supplemental and lifestyle modifications available to build the most suitable nutritional prescription for you.
Simply call Glowing Health Nutrition on 0414 825 015 to make an appointment.
Appointments are your choice of Home-Visits, Telehealth or In-Clinic (Highett) consultations.
Home-visit consultations are available in the Bayside and South-eastern suburbs, including Beaumaris, Black Rock, Cheltenham, Hampton, Mentone, Mordialloc, Aspendale, Parkdale, Sandringham and others.
Telehealth services are provided across the Greater Melbourne area.
Call Us: 0414 825 015