What you get, and what it costs.

Because it isn’t an hour. The consultation is where I gather what I need. The work happens afterwards. I spend three to four hours on each new client reviewing your history, symptoms and bloods, checking interactions with any medications, and going through the current research as it applies to your situation rather than to people in general.

What you receive is a written clinical protocol: specific recommendations with forms, doses and timing, and the reasoning behind each one. It’s a document you keep and can return to months later. Priced per hour of contact, that would be a strange number. Priced as a piece of clinical work built for one person, it’s a fair one.

Through a scheduled monthly written check-in by email. You send me a structured update, and I come back with adjustments within three business days.

I used to offer always-on text coaching and I’ve deliberately stopped. Instant messaging sounds appealing, but it produces rushed answers to questions that deserve proper thought, and it isn’t sustainable for me to deliver well. A considered written response you can actually refer back to is worth more than a fast one.

No. I don’t run a dispensary and I take no margin on anything I recommend. Where a supplement is genuinely justified I can access practitioner-only ranges and pass my practitioner discount on to you at cost, but you’re never obliged to use it.

Most protocols involve far fewer supplements than people expect. Food and daily habits do the heavy lifting.

Not rigid ones, no, and that’s a clinical decision rather than a shortcut. Prescriptive seven-day plans with calorie and macro calculations tend to work for a fortnight and then fall over, because they don’t survive contact with a real week: a late meeting, a dinner out, a kid who won’t eat what’s on the list.

What I provide instead is a Meal Inspiration Pack: recipes, ideas and shopping guidance matched to your goals, preferences and allergies. It gives you options rather than instructions, which is what holds up over months rather than weeks.

Standard GP labs, meaning full blood count, iron studies, B12, HbA1c, lipids and thyroid. Those answer most questions and are usually the cheapest route for you. The difference is what I’m reading for. Instead of checking whether you’re “within range”, I look at where your levels sit relative to optimal, which is often where problems show up years before they become clinical.

Private testing by referral is available where your GP can’t order what we need. I’ll only suggest it when it will actually change the plan. See the FAQ for more on testing and costs.

No. At least one initial consultation comes first. Without knowing your nutritional requirements, allergies and health goals, anything I sent you would be generic, and generic is exactly what you can already find for free.

Many New Zealand insurers, including Southern Cross, NIB and UniMed (formerly Accuro), offer cover for nutrition consultations depending on your specific policy. I’d recommend checking whether “Registered Nutritionist/Dietitian” services are included in your plan before you book. There’s more detail on my health insurance page.

Both. My in-person clinic is in Titirangi, West Auckland, easy to reach from Glen Eden, New Lynn, Green Bay, Blockhouse Bay and the wider Waitākere area. My online clinic covers the rest of New Zealand and clients overseas, with the same clinical care and the same written protocol wherever you are.

Some clients notice an energy shift within the first week. Clinical changes such as gut healing, blood sugar markers and hormone balance typically take 8 to 12 weeks of consistent adjustment. That’s why the 12-Week Transformation exists. It covers the actual timeline rather than a hopeful one.