Helen Ritchie
Clinical Nutritional Therapist
Helen Ritchie - Clinical Nutritional Therapist
Hi, I'm Helen and I specialise in women's health and nutrition. I am passionate about helping women STOP their menopause and perimenopause symptoms from disrupting their lives and careers so that they can START feeling normal again.
When menopause symptoms struck me 8 years ago, I recognised the hot flushes and acute anxiety, but not the brain fog and disrupted sleep, which overnight left me feeling unable to perform in my senior marketing career and ultimately contributed to me being fired from that job.
Unable to take HRT due to my history of breast cancer, I started researching natural alternatives and eventually retrained in nutrition so that I could help other women avoid the unfortunate consequences of menopause and perimenopause that I experienced.
I provide personalised nutrition and lifestyle plans and advice on a one-to-one basis.
Helen Ritchie, Registered Nutritional Therapy Practitioner
BA (Hons), DipION, mBANT, CNHC
What can a Clinical Nutritionist help with?
I specialise in supporting women looking for relief from menopausal and perimenopausal symptoms such as hot flushes, night sweats, brain fog, weight gain, disrupted sleep, anxiety, depression and lack of energy.
I also work with men and women living with chronic conditions such as pre-diabetes, type 2 diabetes, heart disease, chronic headaches, acid reflux, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, osteoporosis, osteopenia and Irritable Bowel Syndrome.
Nutritional Therapy is not a replacement for medical advice, it is complementary, meaning that I frequently work alongside healthcare professionals to support your overall health and wellbeing.
My approach is holistic. I am to uncover the biochemical root causes of your symptoms and then address them through personalised nutrition and lifestyle changes. Starting with a comprehensive assessment of your medical history and a 3-day food and lifestyle diary, I also look at physical and emotional factors.
In our sessions together we discuss your goals and priorities and then create an agreed plan of action based on my recommended nutrition and lifestyle changes that fit around your lifestyle, likes and dislikes.
Services
Please click here for more information on the services I offer.
60-Minute Nutrition Review
Are you confused about what's healthy and what's not when it comes to good nutrition?
Would you like an expert view of what you're eating?
Let me review your current diet and provide some simple advice on how to make healthier choices.
This is for you if you don't have any specific symptoms or health concerns that need addressing, and would like to become the healthiest version of yourself.
Based on a 3-day food diary completed in advance of our session, we will discuss my recommendations, agree what changes you can make and I will email your personalised plan of action to you afterwards.
One-off Nutrition Review: £95
Supplement and Medication Check/Review
Are you confused about dietary supplements and unsure whether they're making a difference?
Or are you taking prescription medication and want to ensure that your supplements are safe to take and not going to cause any interactions with your medication?
Then this review is for you.
Supplements are big business and many of us take them hoping they will magically fix our symptoms.
Whilst there is no substitute for good nutrition and lifestyle practices, this one-off, 60-minute review will take the guesswork out of your supplements and ensure what you're taking is effective and safe.
One-off Supplement and Medication Review: £150
Health and Wellbeing Check
Are you concerned about your risk of developing future health conditions?
A health and wellbeing check provides you with a detailed assessment of your current state of health, based on a comprehensive blood test via a private laboratory that includes 100+ markers, including many not routinely tested by the NHS.
We discuss the results of the test in a one-off 60-minute session and together we create a personalised action plan of agreed nutrition and lifestyle changes. .
Tests with more, less or specific markers are available.
- Health and Wellbeing Check: £550 [excludes blood draw - the taking of blood]
90-minute Intensive Session
If there is one major symptom or health concern that is bothering you [menopause or other] and you would like to come up with a strategy for dealing with it naturally through nutrition and lifestyle changes, then this one-off 90-minute intensive session is an alternative to working with me in a series of session as part of a 12-week programme.
Based on filling out a detailed health questionnaire and 3-day food diary, we discuss my recommendations during the session and together create a personalised action plan of agreed nutrition and lifestyle changes that will be emailed to you after the session.
Intensive session: £250
Intensive session + 1 follow-up review: £350
The Menopause Method
My 12-week programme of 1:1 nutrition coaching is for menopausal and perimenopausal women who are ready to start getting back to feeling normal and like their old selves again.
Working with me in a series of sessions over 12-weeks allows us the time to uncover the underlying root causes of your symptoms and for you to make changes that will have a noticeable difference on how you feel.
Here’s what you’ll learn during 12 weeks of high level powerful 1:1 nutrition coaching:-
- How to clear your brain fog and regain focus and clarity.
- The best way to lose weight healthily and sustainably.
- How to stop anxiety and overwhelm for good.
- Techniques to reduce hot flushes and night sweats.
- How to get a good night's sleep.
The Menopause Method 12-week programme: from £990
Corporate Wellness Workshops
and Talks
Many organisations are now investing in employee wellness programmes. With a 30 year corporate career in marketing behind me, I understand the challenges of working full-time in a stressful environment.
I can design and deliver bespoke workshops, talks and mini wellness sessions, aimed at educating, empowering and inspiring your workforce to live happier, healthier, more productive lives. These can also include food and cooking sessions if that is appropriate.
Recent workshop topics, in addition to managing menopause naturally, have included healthy eating, how to manage stress / lose weight / get a good night's sleep / reduce your risk of cancer / prevent dementia and Alzheimer's.
To discuss your requirements for a talk or workshop, please get in touch.
To get started why not book a complimentary call?
Work with Me
Working with me over a period of time within a programme of 1:1 nutrition coaching sessions is designed to uncover the underlying causes of your symptoms. It also gives you time to make changes at the speed you are comfortable with. Incremental small changes that fit with your lifestyle all add up to make a noticeable difference in getting you back to feeling good again. Most people underestimate the power of good nutrition and lifestyle choices on their health and wellbeing.
Working with me inside a 12-week programme includes:
- An initial 90-minute in-depth consultation to assess current nutrition, lifestyle, symptoms and medical history, based on a detailed health questionnaire.
- A series of 5 x follow-up sessions to review progress, provide ongoing education and support, plus programme adjustments.
- A final review session to ensure you're on track and equipped to maintain the changes to ensure you continue to feel well.
- In-depth analysis of your 3-day food and lifestyle diary.
- Review of any prescription medication and check for any nutrient interactions [if appropriate].
- Personalised nutrition action plan and education based on YOUR goals and health concerns.
- Recommendations for supplements [if appropriate].
- Interpretation of any recent NHS blood test results and communication with your GP [if required].
- Recommendations for additional functional tests and interpretation of the results [if appropriate].
- Recipes and meal ideas/plans if required.
- Access to me between sessions via email or private messaging to answer any questions that arise.
Location
I am based in Windsor and work online [via Zoom] or face to face in a local clinic if you prefer to see me face-to-face.
If you've got questions and would like to understand how it could work for you, why not book a call?
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Get In Touch
Book a 30-minute complimentary call
Or complete the form and I will contact you. Alternatively call me on 07884 117768