Services

The Practice in General: What do we do?

The practice started out small in 2006 when mostly in hospital patients were consulted. Over the past 15 years the private practice grew significantly and currently we service a wide spectrum of patients in two prominent Pretoria hospitals, Mediclinic Kloof and Cintocare Private Hospital in Menlyn Maine.

Gastroenterology

Irritable Bowel Disease
IBD (Crohns Disease & Ulcerative Colitis)
Constipation
Stoma diets
Fatty Liver Diets (NAFLD)

Pediatrics

Weaning onto Solids
Potty Training & Constipation Treatment
Weight Management in Children
Allergy Diets
Failure to Gain Weight

Pregnancy & Diet

Gestational Diabetes
Managing the 9month Weight Gain
Breastfeeding Diets

Renal Diets

Renal Protective Diets
Chronic Renal Failure – On Dialysis
Kidney Stones

Fertility: Managing the diet

PCOS
Endometriosis

medicine

Nutritional Support Post Hospitalization

Post Covid Patients presenting with a wide array of symptoms

Cardiac Health & Cholesterol Lowering

Diabetes Mellitus & Insulin Resistance

Weight loss & Body Sculpting

Lifestyle change

Online Consulting:

Never before has virtual consulting been more popular! When the first wave of Covid hit, the world of online work opened to us. This platform enables us to touch base with patients in far off corners of the world and the international basis of patients started growing.


Currently almost a third of the private practice consists of virtual patients as we connected with the global community. The practice utilises various online platforms to engage with our patients such as Zoom, Microsoft Teams and WhatsApp calls. Now you can reach out to your dietician from the comfort of your own home or workplace which positively impacts the environment and reduces time away from the office. Diet support is now literally at your fingertips.

What Does a Dietetic Consultation Entail?


During the initial dietetic consultation the patients tells his/her story – giving the reasons for the visit and what they would like to achieve given the diagnosis/circumstances. The dietician will then gather relevant data:


- Current medications/supplement
- Usual dietary intake/habits
- Anthropometric measurements (weight, height & body circumferences)
- Evaluate available blood tests


The next step is to determine which diet problem should be addressed first as many patients present with more than one dietary concern. Ideally all issues will be addressed but certain issues typically need to be prioritised – a situation where you cannot run before you can walk. Together with the patient the dietary “game plan” is then compiled. Care is taken to explain fully to the patient the “how & why” regarding the planned diet therapy.

Each patient is provided with an individualized diet program. A “one size fits all” approach is a sure fail in this line of business.

Patients are typically followed up every two to three weeks to ensure progress and to timeously tailor the diet according to the patient’s progress. As your body changes, your diet should be tailored accordingly.