Dietary Specialists

15/08/2026

Looking forward to presenting at the South Island GP conference today and tomorrow

15/05/2026

Looking for delicious low FODMAP New Zealand made products, check these two clever dietitians at the Friendly Food co

This Dietitians Week, we’re celebrating the different ways dietitians support New Zealanders through food and nutrition.

Meet Bianca Berton-Scarlet and Kelsey Paterson from The Friendly Food Co.

11/05/2026

Our dietitians at Dietary specialists are highly experienced in the dietary management of gastroparesis, if you or someone you know needs some help book via our website https://www.dietaryspecialists.co.nz/

07/04/2026

At Dietary Specialists, we couldn’t agree more with this.

Getting the basics right is a powerful first step in improving your health. Our team of experienced dietitians focuses on practical, evidence-based nutrition to support you—whatever your situation.

We work with people managing IBS, food intolerances, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, endometriosis, PCOS, diverticular disease, reflux, perimenopause and menopause, as well as neurological conditions such as Parkinson’s disease and dementia.

Strong foundations matter. When you get those right, everything else becomes easier.

Don’t let elite nutrition research distract from everday nutrition evidence.

A lot of nutrition science is designed to optimise performance, recovery, body composition... it's about marginal gains for the elite athlete. That work is valuable...

But it’s not the same as the evidence base for what humans need to live well, stay well, and age well in everyday life.

We have decades of strong, consistent evidence showing that health outcomes are shaped by the fundamentals:
• adequate energy intake
• dietary diversity and bioactive compounds
• sufficient protein and fibre
• essential vitamins and minerals

These are not “basic” in the sense of being unimportant; they are basic as in foundational.

Optimisation research operates on top of adequacy. It assumes the basics are already met. But in the real world, that assumption doesn’t always hold.

People are stressing about whether or not they need collagen or creatine supplements, when they aren't eating close to the recommendation for vegetables. We are adding protein to everything and ignoring the needs we have for bioactives or fibre.

The biggest impacts on population health don’t come from perfecting the top 5%, they come from supporting the 95% of everyday nutrition that underpins living and ageing well. Don't skip that step.