Welcome to Nutrition and You
A Caring and Professional Approach to Short and Long Term Good Health!
In clinical practice, a holistic approach to total health care is used to evaluate and prescribe suitable herbal remedies, homoeopathic and nutritional supplements.
An extensive herbal dispensary of Western and Chinese herbs enables specific remedies to be prescribed to suit the changing needs of each patient.
Irene Hess-Oates
Irene Hess-Oates is a registered general and obstetric nurse with diplomas in Medical Herbalism, Iridology (German, Jensen & Hall) and Clinical Nutrition. Irene is trained in Live Blood Screening and has an Advanced Certificate in Natural Fertility Management and Preconception Health Care. She enjoys working with parents to be and understands other hormonal imbalances (male and female) that may occur in later life.
Irene has many years experience in presenting Healthy Cooking Classes. Her educational classes have demonstrated how easy it is to prepare economical and healthy vegetarian and non vegetarian meals. All of Irene's recipes are quick and easy to prepare. They are ideal for improving the general health of children, adults, athletes or active people and couples planning a healthy baby. Many of the meals are created in one pot, so there is less time spent in the kitchen with less to wash up.
In her youth Irene trained for the Olympics as a middle distant runner. When her trainer said "eat better or leave the team" she took his good advice seriously and made sensible and practical dietary changes. A practitioner who "practices what she preaches", this lady is firmly committed to helping people obtain good health through better nutrition in conjunction with appropriate life style changes.