Nutritional Therapy

Nutritional therapy springs from traditional dietary counselling. Rather that perceiving his or her client as merely a physical/biological being, the nutritional therapist also includes psychosocial factors in the treatment.

The aim of nutritional therapy is to improve the client’s health physically, mentally, spiritually and energy-wise alike. 

The nutritional therapist drawing up individually custom-fit plans for diet, dietary supplements and lifestyle obtains this.

According to the association ‘Danish Nutritional Therapists’ users typically approach nutritional therapists with the following problems:

• Hormone imbalance
• Immune system imbalance
• Indigestion
• Fertility problems

Furthermore, many cancer patients use nutritional therapy in addition to conventional cancer treatment.

According to the association ‘Danish Nutritional Therapists’ you will typically experience a change in your symptoms within the first two to four weeks after having changed your diet.

Usually, these changes will first appear in the gastrointestinal tract and in relation with your general energy level.

The time frame for improvement depends on the severity of the problem and how long you have experienced the symptoms.

The Cochrane Library

The Cochrane Library is an international database, which collects and assesses scientific studies on the effectiveness of a treatment.

Via the link below you can see what Cochrane concludes about the effects of dietary advice and diets and the effects of herbal supplements.

Effect of Herbal and Dietary Supplements

When admitted to a Danish hospital you can choose to receive treatment from a nutritional therapist from outside.

You will have to pay for the treatment yourself.

In 2005 the National Institute of Public Health conducted a survey on the use of among other things nutritional therapy in the Danish population.

Use of Nutritional Therapy

• 1,0% of the Danish population has used nutritional therapy within the previous year.
• 2,5% of the Danish population has used nutritional therapy at some point in life.

The Typical User

As yet there exist no surveys, which form at clear picture of the typical user of nutritional therapy.

Read more about the Use of Alternative Therapies in Denmark

Here you can read about the Danish nutritional therapy associations:
(Links only available to associations with an English version of their websites).

Danske Ernæringsterapeuter

Danske Ernæringsterapueter is an association for nutritional therapists in Denmark and Norway.

Foreningen af Danske Kostvejledere

Foreningen af Danske Kostvejledere is an association for dietary counsellors.