flourishdietitian

Lientjie Avenant is a dietitian with a holistic, practical and down to earth approach to health, food and wellbeing and I love empowering people with knowledge and practical tools to better their health. Consultation & Services (Both Face to Face & Online Sessions Available): * Lifestyle Management & Chronic Diseases: With more than 10 years of therapeutic working experience and an additional foundation course in Diabetes care for healthcare professionals I am more than seasoned to help people living with Prediabetes, Gestational diabetes, Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes with diet and lifestyle management. My approach is holistic and practical. Other areas of interest include: patients with Hypertention, Dislipidaemia or those needing to lose weight / overweight, PCOS and heart diseases. * Maternal and Infant Nutrition: I am a certified MBFI assessor and have helped 4 hospitals turn Mother and Baby Friendly! (MBFI) So, this is an obvious interest of mine to help mommy's to be with optimal nutrition pre -conception and during pregnancy, including help with nasty side effects like nausea. Help with breastfeeding, complementary diet, toddler diet and help with picky eaters are my forté! * Digestive System Disorders: I love to contribute from the diet therapy side of things to help solve the following conditions: Food induce allergies, including lactose, gluten, egg, fish and nut allergies. Digestive tracts issues, like a Colostomy, Reflux, Peptic ulcer, IBS/Spastic colon, Chrohn's, Dumping disorder, Ulcerative colitis, Short bowel and Constipation or Diarrhoea.