Diabetes dietitian support, online across the UK
Living with diabetes, or wanting to lower your risk of it, means making food decisions every day. Advice about carbohydrates, portions, timing and activity can be hard to turn into meals that fit your life. I'm an HCPC-registered dietitian offering private, online (virtual) consultations to adults across the UK, working alongside your GP and diabetes team. My training includes diabetes care in clinical placements, and my BSc research explored how adults use continuous glucose monitors.
Who this may suit
You may find this helpful if you have prediabetes or a higher risk of type 2 diabetes, if you live with type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes, gestational diabetes or diabetes that follows a pancreatic condition (type 3c), or if you would like extra time to turn your care team's advice into practical everyday eating.
Support for every type of diabetes
Support is tailored to your type of diabetes and your goals. Depending on your needs, it can include carbohydrate awareness and counting, building balanced meals, eating patterns that suit your routine and activity, nutrition during and after pregnancy, eating well with a pancreatic condition, and lifestyle changes that support a lower risk of type 2 diabetes.
Insulin-dependent diabetes
If you live with type 1 diabetes, insulin-dependent type 2 diabetes or type 3c diabetes that needs insulin, your care is usually led by a specialist team that may include a dietitian. Continuous glucose monitors are commonly part of care for people using insulin, and your team will guide how you use yours. If you would like a different perspective, a second opinion on food, nutrition and lifestyle, or practical help with more intensive support than is currently available to you, I can work alongside your care team to help you get the most from your nutrition and put their advice into everyday practice. Decisions about insulin and other medication stay with your diabetes team.
Using a continuous glucose monitor for nutrition and lifestyle
If you wear a continuous glucose monitor, we can use your readings to see how nutrition and lifestyle affect your glucose levels. In a consultation we can look at patterns around meals, snacks, activity, sleep and stress, and agree small, practical changes to food and routine that fit your life. This is nutrition and lifestyle guidance, and any changes to treatment or medication based on your readings stay with your healthcare team.
Working alongside your diabetes team
My support works alongside the care you receive from your GP, diabetes team and diabetes specialist nurse. I'll ask for your recent results and current medication so that food advice fits your treatment, and with your consent I can liaise with your care team. I don't prescribe, and decisions about insulin and other diabetes medication stay with your diabetes team.
What a consultation involves
We'll talk about your diabetes, treatment, routine, activity and what you currently eat. I'll then help you find a practical way of eating that suits your preferences and your care team's advice, with ideas for meals, snacks, eating out, shopping and food labels, and planning around work, family and activity. We'll review how things are going and adjust as your situation changes.
Staying in touch with your diabetes team
Please keep following the advice from your diabetes team, and contact them or your GP promptly if you notice low or high glucose readings, new symptoms or changes in your health. Diabetes affects people differently, so we review progress together at a pace that suits you.
Next step
Ready to see whether we are a good fit? Book a free discovery call (up to 15 minutes). It's a chance to ask questions, talk through your situation and see whether working together is a good fit. Individual dietary advice is given in your consultations.
Session lengths, fees and information for clients with private medical insurance are on the Services & Pricing page.