Diabetes: Dietitian Melbourne
Dietitian in Hawthorn East, South Yarra, Mount Waverley, Melbourne with a special interest in the dietary management of diabetes.
A healthy balanced diet is fundamental to managing diabetes and maintaining glycaemic control. With a special interest in the nutritional management of diabetes, our dietitians provide evidence based dietary advice to help you live well with diabetes. Our preventive health approach helps to reduce the risk of developing associated complications in the future. Some patients living with diabetes also have heart concerns, impaired kidney function, liver conditions or gastrointestinal conditions. We provide realistic and effective strategies to address the complex interactions and support your good health.
How our dietitians help manage diabetes
Regular medical and dietary reviews are important for people living with diabetes as medication, dietary and insulin requirements can change over time. Our dietitians support those with a family history of diabetes, pre diabetes, type 2 diabetes, type 1 diabetes and gestational diabetes.
Nutritional advice for those with a family history of diabetes or prediabetes
If there is a history of Type 2 Diabetes in your family or you are concerned about your health or recent blood test results, our experienced dietitians can can provide tailored dietary advice to best support you in preventing the onset of diabetes. Small dietary and lifestyle modifications may help you avoid the diagnosis, and it can be less difficult than you may think.
Evidence based advice for the dietary management of Type 2 Diabetes
There is an overwhelming amount of information around about nutrition and diabetes. Not all reports are credible and it’s important to remember everyone’s individual circumstances are different. Whether recently diagnosed or you have been living with Type 2 Diabetes for a while, working out which foods to eat and which food to avoid can be difficult.
Working alongside your medical practitioners, our dietitians review your current health status and medication plan. We examine your medication doses and timing as well as your dietary patterns. Our dietitian then provides tailored advice based on scientific evidence to assist maintaining glycaemic control, helping reduce the risk of disease progression and associated health complications.
Dietary management of Type 1 Diabetes
Managing Type 1 diabetes can be tiring and dietary and insulin requirements can change over time. Working alongside your medical practitioners, our dietitian reviews your current health status and medication plan. We examine your daily insulin doses and dietary intake patterns to identify any potential acute and longer-term health risk. Our dietitian then provides tailored evidenced based advice to support ongoing glycaemic control.
Dietary advice for gestational diabetes
A diagnosis of gestational diabetes can be confronting and we work alongside your medical practitioners to support you through your pregnancy. We provide evidence based advice on realistic dietary and lifestyle changes to best support you and your developing baby.
Helpful links
Diabetes Australia
Diabetes Victoria
National Diabetes Services Scheme
Dietitians Australia