Carin Clegg has helped many people with various levels of ability to gain the benefits of improving their diet.
From weight gain and texture modified diets to weight management, heart health and diabetes. I can help you and your carer’s understand how food affects your body and help you make some healthy changes to meet your lifestyle goals such as
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increase quality of life
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increase concentration, learning ability and energy levels
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Increase mobility and strength
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increase the range of foods consumed and enjoyed
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learning how to choose healthy food that meets the body’s nutrition needs to be healthy and avoid, prevent or manage health conditions.
This can include assistance with increasing knowledge on healthy eating, reducing portions, meal planning and eating routines, cooking, label reading, managing hunger and satiety and eating the best foods for their disability/ health and liaising with all support workers.
Carin can create individualised pictured meal plans for all carers as well as various other tools to help you achieve a healthy diet such as individually tailored motivation charts and a pictured shopping list.
Carin is an NDIS approved Provider for both Dietitian consults and Personal Training sessions. Please make contact to find out what is required in your NDIS plan.
Fussy Eating
With training in the fussy eating SOS (Sequential Oral Sensory) approach, Carin can offer some practical tips you can use to help your child progress to a wider and more nutritionally balanced diet including foods the whole family eats.
Carin finds too many times diet is not considered early enough for the reasons behind fussy eating behaviours, particularly in those people who have difficulty expressing how they feel.
With her diet detective skills Carin can help to identify any underlying issues around why your child is fussy and direct you to the appropriate investigations.
This may also include Elimination diets if all other medical causes have been ruled out or there is a strong indication food may be contributing.
Autism and ADHD diets
Gluten and casein free diets as well as additive free diets are a popular concept these days.
In recent research if food is suspected to play a role ( ie for food intolerant individuals), there are gut symptoms involved (diarhoea, constipation, boating or pain) and wheat or dairy are suspect, the person happens to be a very sensitive individual and is highly likely reacting to a multitude of other food triggers.
In our experience when the diet is right a whole host of things can improve- mood and behaviour, concentration and learning, sleep, headaches, energy, gut symptoms (reflux, pain, bloating, IBS etc) rashes, hives, blocked or runny noses etc,
Carin will take into account all the food components a person can be intolerant to and help you modify your child’s diet to suit their needs. This may involve varying levels of Elimination diets depending on the foods your child can eat and their individual situation.
Nutrition Education Group Sessions
Carin also offers nutrition education sessions to individuals with disability or support workers on a range of topics including healthy eating, shopping and cooking at day programs, workplaces or group homes.
