Help Yourself – Nutrition & Dietetics are now sending reports and accepting electronic referrals via HealthLink (EDI – hlpyself).

Dr Georgina Williams has experience in public and private practice dietetics. She completed a PhD investigating wholegrains and fibre in gastrointestinal health and diseases. Georgina bring expertise in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NALFD) and metabolic syndrome from her research into these conditions. Her other interest area is using whole foods for improving gut health. Georgina is available for gastro dietetics video consultations.

Dr Kerith Duncanson brings 30 years of dietetics experience and extensive digestive health research to our team. She specialises in functional gut conditions (irritable bowel syndrome, dyspepsia) and using dietary approaches to resolve complex, longstanding gut symptoms like diarrhoea, constipation, bloating, wind and pain. Kerith has published extensively and is the author of these peer-reviewed publications. Kerith is available for gastro dietetics video consultations

HELPING YOU TO IMPROVED GUT HEALTH

Our gastro dietitians are all about helping you to set and strive towards your food and nutrition goals. We want food to help you improve your quality of life – not to be a stress or hindrance. We focus on gut symptoms and conditions and specialise in translating the latest evidence and research into practical, personalised dietary advice and strategies.

 

We conduct our appointments face-to-face at Newcastle Gastroenterology (Charlestown, NSW) which is the practice of Dr. Magnus Halland, an internationally recognised gastroenterologist with sub-speciality expertise in esophageal and motility disorders.

 

We also provide video consultations for people who ay be unable to attend face-to-face appointments in Charlestown.

Foods high in FODMAPs contain fermentable carbohydrates which may worsen symptoms of diarrhoea, constipation, abdominal pain and bloating in some people.

However, foods high in FODMAPs include certain fruits, vegetables, grains, legumes, lentils, dairy and nuts that provide essential vitamins and minerals as well as dietary fibre which feeds our gut bacteria.

It is essential to work with a dietitian to determine which FODMAP containing foods influence your gut symptoms, and devise a personalised plan to ensure nutritional adequacy and support a healthy gut microbiome.

#guthealthdietitian #lowfodmapdiet #guthealth

Foods high in FODMAPs contain fermentable carbohydrates which may worsen symptoms of diarrhoea, constipation, abdominal pain and bloating in some people.

However, foods high in FODMAPs include certain fruits, vegetables, grains, legumes, lentils, dairy and nuts that provide essential vitamins and minerals as well as dietary fibre which feeds our gut bacteria.

It is essential to work with a dietitian to determine which FODMAP containing foods influence your gut symptoms, and devise a personalised plan to ensure nutritional adequacy and support a healthy gut microbiome.

#guthealthdietitian #lowfodmapdiet #guthealth

Help Yourself dietitian Dr Kerith Duncanson is presenting at Europe’s leading gastrointestinal health and research conference next Tuesday. 

Kerith and her research team at the University of Newcastle and Hunter Medical Research Institute have been investigating differences in gut bacteria between people with IBS and without IBS, between the types of IBS and whether this depends on dietary intake.

Good luck with the presentation Kerith!

 #UEGWeek @my_ueg

Help Yourself dietitian Dr Kerith Duncanson is presenting at Europe’s leading gastrointestinal health and research conference next Tuesday.

Kerith and her research team at the University of Newcastle and Hunter Medical Research Institute have been investigating differences in gut bacteria between people with IBS and without IBS, between the types of IBS and whether this depends on dietary intake.

Good luck with the presentation Kerith!

#UEGWeek @my_ueg

The low FODMAP diet is a short-term exclusion diet, designed as a 3-step tool to determine which (if any) FODMAPs you may be sensitive to. 

Symptom response is usually seen within 2 weeks. 

Your dietitian can then work with you to tailor your long-term diet for symptom management with a focus on the least restriction possible. 

If you do not respond to a low FODMAP diet, your dietitian can work with you to consider other dietary components that may be involved in your gut symptoms.

#gastrodietitian #lowfodmapdiet

The low FODMAP diet is a short-term exclusion diet, designed as a 3-step tool to determine which (if any) FODMAPs you may be sensitive to.

Symptom response is usually seen within 2 weeks.

Your dietitian can then work with you to tailor your long-term diet for symptom management with a focus on the least restriction possible.

If you do not respond to a low FODMAP diet, your dietitian can work with you to consider other dietary components that may be involved in your gut symptoms.

#gastrodietitian #lowfodmapdiet

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By cutting through the overwhelming food, diet and nutrition information that has confused you for so long, we help you focus whatever energy and time you have on your ‘best bets’ – what is most likely to work well for you, now and into the future.

 

Our gastro dietitians are experienced in working with clients to manage gut symptoms and conditions. Our gastro dietetic services range from helping you improve fibre and prebiotics intake through to supporting people with IBD, coeliac disease or IBS and functional dyspepsia to reduce symptoms, achieve dietary balance and improve quality of life. Help Yourself – Nutrition & Dietetics is managed by Rick Naylor.

 

This gastro dietetic consulting work complements Dr Kerith Duncanson’s and Dr Georgina William’s research work in gastrointestinal nutrition and functional gut disorders.