Your comprehensive blood test may include markers related to:

• Metabolic health and blood sugar control

• Lipids and cardiovascular risk

• Thyroid function and energy regulation

• Inflammation and recovery

• Nutrient status

• Hormonal balance and stress response
  

Each result is interpreted in context — your lifestyle, workload, training, sleep, and goals all matter.

The specific test included within the package fee at no extra cost is equivalent to the Optimal Health Blood Test available for £249 via Medichecks.

The specific biomarkers are: Active Vitamin B12

Advanced Thyroid Function Panel

Apolipoprotein A/B Plus Ratio C-reactive Protein Follicle Stimulating Hormone Free Androgen Index Folate

Free Testosterone

Full Blood Count

HbA1c Iron Profile

Kidney Function Profile

Lipid Profile

Lipoprotein A

Liver Function Panel

Luteinising Hormone

Ostradiol

Total Testosterone

Uric Acid

Vitamin D

Yes. I make use of several clinic centres around London which offer comfort and privacy for a confidential consultation. During your Onboarding Call I will ask if you prefer this to a fully virtually programme and if so, happily make the arrangements.

Unless your diet and lifestyle are models of perfection, very probably. It can be very surprising to find how many positive changes can be enjoyed by making great use of the extensive research and clinical insights within nutrition and lifestyle medicine.

Nutrition and lifestyle medicine does not claim to treat or cure any disease, and if I identify any health issues that I cannot help you with, I will tell you about them up front.

You can fully expect that everything that we include within your personalised health plan has an evidence base within the scientific literature. You also have the assurance of working with a BANT and CNHC registered Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, working in alignment with a code of conduct for professional practice and assurance of ongoing education.

Lifestyle medicine refers to many things, excluding diet and nutrition, that can influence our physical, mental and emotional health and disease risk. Well researched examples include exercise, activity, sleep, breathing, stress reduction, social contact and purpose.

If there are tests available that will help us to determine the root causes of your issues, or enable us to observe the impact of changes we make in order to iterate your health plan, I will explain their value and cost and make them available to you.

Sometimes, functional testing offers an alternative to longer periods of experimentation, providing the benefit of identifying effective interventions more swiftly in exchange for their direct cost.

Possibly yes. My approach is certainly “food first”, but if there are supplements for which there is strong evidence of positive impact for your issues or goals, I will recommend specific brands and products to you, and happily explain the rationale and evidence-base for their benefit.

Wherever possible and helpful I will seek a dialogue with other professionals engaged in your care. This can include, for example, writing to ask your GP to consider testing that is available to you via their practice, or to request a medications review before we make a change with potential interactions.

Your health insurer *may* include cover for Nutritional Therapy service within your policy. This varies by policy, and all of Aviva, Axa Health, BUPA, Simply Health, Vitality and WPA have at least some policies that include eligibility. If your policy includes cover, it will be in the form of reimbursing *you* part or all of the fees. To be sure, please do query directly with your policy provider, asking them about cover for nutritional therapy consultation or service.