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Nutrition Specialist Consultation in Ireland

What you eat is one of the most powerful tools available for managing your health — but navigating nutrition advice is genuinely difficult. Generic dietary guidelines rarely account for your individual health status, medical history, lifestyle, and goals. What works for one person does not work for another. Our qualified nutritionist provides comprehensive, evidence-based nutritional assessments and personalised nutrition plans via secure video call — translating the science of nutrition into a practical, sustainable approach tailored specifically to you.

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Clinically reviewed by Dr Tiago Miguel Figueira· IMC | 523449

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Who This Service Is For

This consultation is appropriate for adults and children whose health, performance, or wellbeing would benefit from expert nutritional assessment and a personalised evidence-based nutrition plan. It is suitable for patients referred by their GP or specialist as part of a broader care plan, and for individuals seeking nutritional support independently.

This consultation is particularly valuable if you:

  • Are managing a chronic condition where nutrition plays a significant role — diabetes, cardiovascular disease, IBS, PCOS, thyroid conditions
  • Want structured, evidence-based support for weight management that goes beyond generic dietary advice
  • Are an athlete or active individual seeking performance and recovery nutrition
  • Have identified food allergies or intolerances and need structured guidance on nutritional adequacy
  • Are pregnant, postnatal, or planning a pregnancy and want to optimise your nutritional status
  • Have concerns about your child's nutrition — feeding difficulties, growth, or dietary adequacy
  • Want to improve your gut health, energy levels, skin, or hormonal balance through nutrition
  • Have been advised by your GP or specialist that nutritional optimisation would benefit your condition

This service provides nutritional assessment and guidance. It is not a substitute for medical care — patients with complex medical conditions should ensure nutritional support is coordinated with their GP or specialist.

Areas of Nutritional Expertise

  • Weight Management
  • Evidence-based nutritional approach to sustainable weight loss — not calorie restriction alone
  • Weight gain and body composition optimisation
  • Metabolic health and nutritional strategies for insulin resistance
  • Breaking the cycle of yo-yo dieting through sustainable nutritional change
  • Nutritional support alongside medical weight management — including GLP-1 therapy
  • Chronic Disease Nutritional Support
  • Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes — carbohydrate management, glycaemic control, meal timing
  • Cardiovascular disease — heart-healthy dietary approaches, lipid management through nutrition
  • Hypertension — DASH diet approach, sodium management, lifestyle nutrition
  • Thyroid conditions — nutritional factors affecting thyroid function and management
  • PCOS — insulin-sensitising nutritional approaches, hormonal dietary management
  • Fatty liver disease — nutritional management and lifestyle optimisation
  • Chronic kidney disease — nutritional support within appropriate clinical parameters
  • Gut Health & Digestive Nutrition
  • Irritable bowel syndrome — low FODMAP dietary approach and reintroduction
  • Inflammatory bowel disease — nutritional support in remission and flare management
  • Gastro-oesophageal reflux — dietary triggers and management
  • Food intolerances — lactose, gluten sensitivity, and other intolerances
  • Gut microbiome optimisation — prebiotic and probiotic nutritional strategies
  • Bloating, constipation, and digestive discomfort — nutritional assessment and management
  • Food Allergy & Intolerance
  • Confirmed food allergy — ensuring nutritional adequacy on a restricted diet
  • Food intolerance assessment and dietary management
  • Elimination diet guidance and structured reintroduction
  • Cross-reactivity and hidden allergen awareness
  • School and social eating strategies for children and adults with food allergies
  • Sports & Performance Nutrition
  • Pre- and post-training nutrition for endurance, strength, and team sport athletes
  • Race and competition nutrition planning
  • Recovery nutrition — optimising muscle repair and adaptation
  • Hydration strategies for performance and recovery
  • Body composition optimisation for athletic performance
  • Nutritional periodisation — aligning nutrition with training phases
  • Supplement assessment — evidence-based review of nutritional supplements
  • Women's Health Nutrition
  • Pregnancy nutrition — optimising maternal and foetal nutritional status
  • Postnatal nutrition — recovery, breastfeeding support, and energy management
  • Perimenopause and menopause — nutritional strategies for hormonal transition
  • PCOS — insulin resistance, weight, and hormonal nutritional management
  • Fertility nutrition — optimising nutritional status for conception
  • Bone health — calcium, vitamin D, and osteoporosis prevention through nutrition
  • Men's Health Nutrition
  • Cardiovascular risk reduction through nutrition
  • Testosterone and hormonal health — nutritional factors
  • Sports and performance nutrition for male athletes
  • Weight management and metabolic health
  • Prostate health nutrition
  • Skin, Hair & Hormonal Nutrition
  • Nutritional contributors to acne — dairy, glycaemic load, and inflammatory dietary patterns
  • Hair loss — iron, ferritin, zinc, vitamin D, and biotin assessment and optimisation
  • Skin health — anti-inflammatory nutritional approaches
  • Hormonal balance through nutrition — adrenal, thyroid, and reproductive hormones
  • Nutritional deficiency assessment — B12, vitamin D, iron, folate, omega-3
  • Paediatric Nutrition
  • Infant and toddler feeding — introducing solids, texture progression, and variety
  • Fussy eating — practical strategies for expanding dietary variety
  • Growth concerns — nutritional assessment for faltering growth or excess weight gain
  • Children with food allergies — ensuring nutritional adequacy on restricted diets
  • School-age nutrition — energy, concentration, and dietary habits
  • Adolescent nutrition — supporting growth, activity, and healthy relationship with food
  • Gut-Brain Connection & Mental Health Nutrition
  • Nutritional psychiatry — evidence-based dietary approaches for anxiety and depression support
  • Stress and cortisol — adrenal nutrition and lifestyle optimisation
  • Sleep nutrition — dietary factors affecting sleep quality
  • Energy and fatigue — nutritional assessment and optimisation

What Your Consultation Includes

Comprehensive Nutritional AssessmentYour nutritionist will conduct a thorough assessment of your current dietary intake, eating patterns, food preferences, medical history, current medications, lifestyle factors, activity level, and nutritional goals — building a complete picture of your current nutritional status and the factors shaping it.

Nutritional AnalysisBased on your assessment, your nutritionist will identify nutritional gaps, imbalances, or patterns that are affecting your health, energy, performance, or wellbeing — and explain the clinical and nutritional basis for the recommendations that follow.

Personalised Nutrition PlanA structured, evidence-based nutrition plan tailored specifically to your health status, goals, lifestyle, food preferences, and cultural background. Your plan will be practical and sustainable — not a generic template, and not a diet you cannot maintain beyond two weeks.

Investigation RecommendationsWhere nutritional blood tests — ferritin, vitamin D, B12, zinc, folate, thyroid, hormonal profile — are clinically indicated, your nutritionist will advise on appropriate testing. Investigation requests can be coordinated through our GP Referral & Diagnostic Investigation service.

Supplement AssessmentAn evidence-based review of any supplements you are currently taking or considering — assessing clinical appropriateness, dosage, interactions, and value for your specific nutritional profile.

Practical Implementation GuidanceMeal planning frameworks, shopping strategies, portion guidance, label reading, eating out guidance, and practical tools for implementing your nutrition plan in your real life — not just in an ideal scenario.

Ongoing ReviewNutritional change takes time to implement and adjust. Follow-up consultations are available to review progress, troubleshoot challenges, adjust your plan, and ensure your nutritional approach continues to serve your evolving health goals.

Nutrition and Your GP or Specialist — How They Work Together

Nutritional support works best when it is integrated with your broader medical care. Our nutritionist works alongside your GP and specialist — not independently of them.

If you have been referred by your GP or specialist:Bring any relevant clinical letters, blood results, or management plans to your consultation. Your nutritionist will review these in full and develop a nutrition plan that complements your medical management rather than working against it.

If you are attending independently:Your nutritionist will advise where GP or specialist involvement would strengthen your nutritional management — for example, where blood tests would clarify your nutritional status, or where medical oversight of a chronic condition would support the nutritional approach.

Communication with your care team:With your consent, your nutritionist can provide a clinical summary to your GP or specialist — ensuring that your nutritional management is documented and integrated with your broader care.

Nutritional support complements medical care — it does not replace it. Patients with complex medical conditions should always ensure their nutritional approach is coordinated with their GP or specialist.

Why Patients Choose Us

Evidence-based nutritional scienceOur nutritionist applies the current evidence base in nutritional science to your individual clinical picture — not trend-based dietary advice, detox programmes, or generic meal plans. Every recommendation is grounded in research and tailored to your specific health status and goals.

30-minute dedicated appointments from €89A 30-minute nutritional consultation dedicated entirely to your assessment and plan — at a price point that makes specialist nutritional support genuinely accessible.

Integrated with your medical careOur nutritionist works within your broader care team — communicating with your GP and specialists where relevant and developing nutritional plans that complement your medical management.

Paediatric nutritional expertiseNutritional support for children — from infant feeding to adolescent nutrition — is a core part of this service. Our nutritionist provides evidence-based paediatric nutritional guidance for families across all ages and stages.

Investigation coordinationWhere nutritional blood tests are indicated, investigation requests can be coordinated through our GP Referral & Diagnostic Investigation service — ensuring you get the clinical data needed to inform your nutritional plan without a separate appointment.

Multi-lingualConsultations available in English, Portuguese, Spanish, Czech, and Romanian.

Same-day and advance appointmentsAvailable seven days a week including evenings and weekends.

Specialists in Ireland

Specialists registered with national medical councils.

  • Silvia Alexandre Fernandes, Nutritional TherapistIRELAND
    Nutritional Therapist

    Silvia Alexandre Fernandes

    Registration

    NTOI | 201

    Languages

    English, Portuguese

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Questions

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the difference between a nutritionist and a dietitian?

In Ireland, dietitian is a protected title regulated by CORU — the Health and Social Care Professionals Council. Dietitians hold a recognised degree in dietetics and are clinically trained for therapeutic dietary management in acute medical settings. Nutritionists hold qualifications in nutritional science and provide evidence-based nutritional assessment and guidance. Our nutritionist holds a recognised qualification in nutritional science and provides comprehensive, evidence-based nutritional support across a wide range of health conditions and goals.

Do I need a GP referral to book this service?

No. You can book a nutrition consultation independently. If you have been referred by your GP or specialist, bring any relevant clinical letters or results to your consultation — your nutritionist will review these in full.

How many sessions will I need?

This depends on your goals and health status. Many patients benefit from an initial assessment consultation followed by one or two follow-up sessions to review progress and adjust the plan. Patients managing complex chronic conditions or making significant dietary changes may benefit from more regular ongoing support. Your nutritionist will advise on the appropriate follow-up schedule during your initial consultation.

Can nutritional changes really make a difference to my chronic condition?

Yes — for many conditions, significantly. The evidence base for nutritional intervention in type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, IBS, PCOS, and inflammatory conditions is substantial. Nutritional optimisation is not a replacement for medical management — but it frequently enhances clinical outcomes significantly when integrated with appropriate medical care.

Is this service suitable for children?

Yes. Paediatric nutrition — from infant feeding and fussy eating to growth concerns and food allergy management — is a core part of this service. Consultations for children are conducted with a parent or caregiver present throughout.

Can I use this service if I have food allergies?

Yes. Food allergy and intolerance management is a core area of this service — including ensuring nutritional adequacy on restricted diets, structured elimination and reintroduction, and practical strategies for managing food allergies in daily life.

Can this service help with sports performance?

Yes. Sports and performance nutrition — covering pre- and post-training nutrition, competition nutrition, recovery, hydration, and supplement assessment — is a core part of this service for athletes and active individuals at all levels.

What if I need blood tests to assess my nutritional status?

Where nutritional blood tests are clinically indicated — ferritin, vitamin D, B12, zinc, or others — your nutritionist will advise on appropriate testing. Investigation requests can be coordinated through our GP Referral & Diagnostic Investigation service.

Medical disclaimer. All services are provided at GP level in accordance with Irish healthcare regulations. Prescriptions, referrals, and medical certificates may be issued only when clinically appropriate and at the doctor's discretion. Our doctors do not routinely prescribe controlled substances through online consultations. Electronic sick leave certificates are not accepted by the Department of Social Protection in Ireland. Backdated sick notes are not routinely issued due to the lack of a direct clinical assessment at the time of illness.

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