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Hi. My name is Mechelle Palermo. I am a qualified Clinical Nutritionist (with Distinction). I am also a qualified Medical Laboratory Scientist with over 30 years experience (including Genetics, Cytogenetics, Haematology, Microbiology, Biochemistry & other areas). I am a Certified Metabolic Balance Practitioner. I offer a program to assist clients with improving their metabolic health (weight management, cholesterol, triglycerides, blood pressure, glucose regulation). After a 90 minute initial consultation + blood screen, a personalised Metabolic Balance meal plan is generated for you and the coaching program guides you to achieve your health goals. The program is structured to assist you with the best foods to eat for your body, to lower inflammation and feel your best. The program works well for clients taking weight loss medications too. Clients taking weight loss medications may have reduced appetite. It is therefore important these clients still have a balanced nutritious diet. I am also an Accredited Gut Ecology & Metabolic Modulation (G.E.M.M) protocol practitioner founded and developed by Dr. C. Houghton at Cell-Logic, Australia. The protocol provides a gentle nutrigenomic approach to improving health goals. It includes a healthy "Food First Philosophy" approach plus natural food supplements to target gut health conditions, metabolic health and other health conditions including auto-immune and neurological conditions. Visit https://cell-logic.com.au/the-g-e-m-m-protocol-for-patients/ for more information. Where more support is required, I also offer optional Functional Laboratory tests including a hair tissue mineral analysis (HTMA) test, Genetics testing, Gut Microbiome, and other types to gather more client health marker data to assist my clients. My primary areas I support are clients for Metabolic health and Gut health. I also support clients in pre-conception, fertility, family, auto-immune and neurological health. I also support clients who would just like a nutrition health check-up. My services are complementary to medical care and my clients should always stay in contact with their medical team. Treatment plans are based on a client's extensive health history which I take in the Initial (First) appointment (including medical history, family history, diet, lifestyle, medications, supplements, conventional & functional pathology test results). Please bring your most recent laboratory test results and a list of current medications & supplements to your First appointment. For each client I ensure the Nutrition & Lifestyle treatment plan is holistic, matches each client's health goals and is based on the best scientific evidence at that time. For Metabolic Balance Program clients, they will follow a structured program including their personalised blue-print meal plan. For clients interested in the Metabolic Balance program, please ask me which blood tests you need before your meal plan can be generated. My approach is a Food-First Philosophy approach. However, some clients may benefit from supplements too. I have current registration with the Australian Traditional Medicine Society (ATMS) (2026-2027). If you have private health insurance you may be able to claim for a rebate depending on your fund provider and level of cover. Health funds you can make a claim with include HBF, Latrobe health services, Mildura health fund, Phoenix health fund, see-u by HBF, St Lukes Health, Medibank, NIB, Australian Unity & AHM. Check with your private health fund for eligibility including codes/item numbers for initial and follow-up consults. Unfortunately, Medicare does not cover Clinical Nutrition services. Therefore, for New Clients: 1. Book an INITIAL (First) consult (60 min or 90 mins) or Metabolic Balance Program or COACH BUNDLE depending on individual circumstances. 2. Clients can book a 15 minute Discovery call with me to discuss which service is best for them before booking. 3. First consult session: I will take a detailed health history and discuss relevant pathology test results with you, your health goals, provide education & strategies for your personal holistic nutrition and lifestyle treatment plan, answer any questions you have, and provide you a completed treatment plan within 1-2 business days. Follow-up sessions will be single, a bundle or program depending on the client's health goals. 4. I can also be contacted on my website at www.mechellepalermo.com through my contact page or instagram account @palermomechelle Thank you. I look forward to meeting and assisting you with your Health Goals using Nutrition, Lifestyle & other strategies. Mechelle Palermo :)

(Malcolm) Yu Lung Tang, APD, CEDC, CIEC, is a eating disorder dietitian with a special interest in binge eating presentation (Anorexia Binge-purge subtype, Bulimia Nervosa, Binge Eating Disorder or emotional eating) Malcolm is a HAES-aligned practitioner, uses a compassionate, non-diet, weight-inclusive approach grounded in intuitive eating and body acceptance, Malcolm supports lasting food freedom. Based in Melbourne, he offers online and in-person consultations to clients.

I am a qualified naturopath and counsellor. I have worked as a counsellor for more than 20 years and graduated as a naturopath in late 2018. I am a mother of an adult son and two fur babies. I love cooking, crochet, reading, sewing, knitting and dancing. In my practice my Naturopathy reflects my counselling in that my main niche is stress, anxiety and burnout. I have decades of lived experience and have a great depth of knowledge, wisdom and understanding. I am known for my calm and kind approach as well as my ability to make others feel calm. My main goal is to help you and my other clients in a holistic way. Please feel free to reach out or book.

I’m Elissa Kerpen, a qualified nutritionist with 20 years in clinical practice and over 25 years working within the health and nutrition industry. My approach is simple. I work with you on your blood work and your health goals, and together we build the right plan for you. Not a generic protocol, and not a guess. A plan based on your own biomarkers, your history and what matters to you. If you’re ready for clarity instead of guesswork, I’d love to work with you.

The fundamental philosophy for Circle of Health is that all people should have the opportunity to live long, healthy lives. What I have learnt from my studies, life experiences and noticing gaps in the education of young adults aged 20 to 30 years, this business initiative has been developed to empower them to be manage their own health and wellbeing and establish preventative health practices with a commitment to sharing and providing education, information, strategies and motivation to improve their health and food choices to achieve optimal health and wellbeing. Circle of Health offers online consultation sessions to create a comprehensive health assessment and the development of a personalised treatment plan that considers the client's unique needs and supports their overall health and nutrition-related goals. Experiencing ongoing health issues from early childhood and growing up in a rural community on my grandparent's property provided an environment for healthy living, implementing sustainable and ethical practices with the farm to table process and in later life when I moved to the city, discovering the benefits of healthy dietary practices, exercise and lifestyle strategies recommended by Clinical Nutritionists, Dietitians and other holistic health professionals which ultimately led to the decision to study the Bachelor of Health Science (Nutritional and Dietetic Medicine).

Grace is a qualified Clinical Nutritionist with a passion for holistic health care. She takes a personalised and nurturing approach, to address the root cause of her client's health concerns. Grace creates a supportive space in which the needs of the client are fully listened to and prioritised. Through individualised dietary and lifestyle interventions, she aims to achieve optimal health for her clients in which they can show up as their best, most vibrant self in life! Grace's special interest areas include: - Menstrual health including missing/irregular periods, painful periods, PMS, PCOS, Endometriosis - Male & Female preconception care planning - Digestive health - Mental wellbeing Grace holds a BHSc in Nutritional Medicine and also has a background in Public Health. She is a registered Clinical Nutritionist with ANTA.

Many years ago my father was unwell after seeing the results of natural medicine on him i got interested. I did general nursing but could not complete due to sever concussion after a car accident. Being unable to finish my final certification in nursing i sort help from natural medicine. In 1973 qualified as a Naturopath in New Zealand, I moved to Australia and complete a homoeopathic course from UK. I became an Osteopath but to be allowed to practice i had to complete a second Naturopathic Diploma to be able to practice in Australia. Then compulsory registration for Chiropractors happened. There was no Government Osteopathic registration in Australia at that time. So i did more studies to be a chiropractor in order to practice manipulation. Went on to become a herbalist, An other advanced studies in Anti-aging Medicine. Have Acupuncture Diploma from Hong Kong Bacholar from Netherlands, and advance certification from Beijing and registered with the WHO for Acupuncture. additional certificates in Chinese medicine. i love to study and to help people. At present doing studies alternative oncology.

Davey Edwards, BHSc (Naturopathy) is the founder and lead clinician of The Parkinson’s Pulse. As a naturopath and functional medicine practitioner, Davey has a particular interest in Parkinson’s disease and neurological health, taking an evidence-informed, whole-person approach to care. His work focuses on identifying individual health priorities and bringing together nutrition, metabolic health, gut health, sleep, environmental health and lifestyle alongside conventional neurological care.