Ital Naturopathic Wellbeing

Ital Naturopathic Wellbeing provides a holistic approach to health. During an initial consultation (60 minutes), the practitioner will ask a series of questions related to your main presenting complaints and how it relates to your body, mind and emotions to understand how you are impacted.

Modern Naturopathy is an integrative approach to health care; combining scientific understanding of diagnosis, disease processes, testing and bodily function, with the intervention of clinical herbal medicine, clinical nutrition, and wellness coaching in a holistic person-centred interaction to support the body’s innate ability to maintain or restore wellness and balance.

Olivier, the practitioner at Ital Naturopathic Wellbeing interest is in

• Metabolic syndrome – Cardiovascular disorders, Type II diabetes, Insulin resistance, Non-alcoholic Fatty liver (NAFLD) weight management
• Paediatrics – Child growth and Immunity

Metabolic Syndrome

Metabolic syndromes represent a group of risk factors that increase a person’s risk of stroke, heart disease, type 2 diabetes, kidney disease. The risk factors are:

• High blood pressure
• excess abdominal weight
• low levels of ‘good’ cholesterol (HDL cholesterol)
• insulin resistance, where your cells don't respond to insulin and your blood sugar levels rise.

Criteria of Diagnosis

To be diagnosed with metabolic syndrome three of these five risk factors need to be identified by your health practitioner.

• Elevated waist circumference (population specific).
• Elevate triglyceride levels ≥ 1.7 mmol/L
• Reduced HDL-C <1.0mmol/L in men, <1.3 mmol/L in women.
• Elevated blood pressure ≥ 130 systolic or ≥ diastolic.
• Elevated fasting glucose ≥ 5.5 mmol/L

Treatment protocol:

The focus of treatment at Ital Naturopathic well is to created a tailored treatment for the patient to address their main presenting complaint to:

• Weight management to reduce abdominal visceral fat if applicable.
• Support metabolic process and blood sugar regulation to reduce the influence of metabolic syndrome and insulin resistance.
• Dietary assessment, adjustment and planning to maximise nutritional intake and create good eating hygiene.
• Support digestive and hepatic function to promote nutrient assimilation and detoxification.
• Improve cholesterol level, alter lipid profile and high-density lipoprotein levels.
• Reduce inflammation and oxidative stress.
• Improve circulation and micro-circulation to regulate blood pressure.
• Wellness coaching to improve quality of life, reconnecting with inner self to re-implement a healthy lifestyle, physical activity and wellness to thrive in community.

As healthcare practitioners Naturopaths prioritise the healthcare needs of their patients by suggesting they choose the treatments that are in their best interest rather than choosing only those that they themselves can provide. Importantly, Naturopaths recognise the limitations of natural therapies and take an integrative and collaborative approach to their clients health and wellbeing. When needed Naturopaths refer to other medical and allied health care practitioners and if possible, recommend other practitioners who are happy to see patients that prefer natural remedies and treatments as part of their healthcare plan.