Terms of Engagement
The Nutritional Therapy Descriptor
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 Nutritional Therapist (NT) requests that the Client notes the following:
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This power hour is to provide recommendations of a diet and lifestyle nature only and is made after assessment of your needs based on the content of this form.
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No supplementation recommendations will be made as this is a single appointment and I am unable to follow up with their use.
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Nutritional advice will be tailored to support health conditions and/or health concerns identified and agreed between both parties. Nutritional therapists are not permitted to diagnose, or claim to treat, medical conditions.
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Nutritional advice is not a substitute for professional medical advice and/or treatment.
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Standards of professional practice in Nutritional Therapy are governed by the CNHC Code of Conduct.
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This document only covers the practice of Nutritional Therapy within this consultation, and your practitioner will make it clear if he or she intends to step outside this boundary.
The Client understands and agrees to the following:
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I am responsible for contacting my GP about any health concerns.
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If I am receiving treatment from my GP, or any other medical provider,
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I should tell him/her about any nutritional strategy provided if advised to do so by my nutritional therapist within the session. This may be necessary because of any possible reaction between medication and the nutritional programme.
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It is important that I tell my nutritional therapist about any medical diagnosis, medication, herbal medicine, or food supplements, I am taking as this may affect the nutritional programme.
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I understand that the advice is personal to me and may not be appropriate for others.
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Recording consultations using any form of electronic media is not allowed without the written permission of both me and my Nutritional Therapist.
We understand the above and agree that our professional relationship will be based on the content of this document. We declare that all the information we share during this professional relationship is confidential and to the best of our knowledge, true and correct.
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