About Cathy Grundy Dip ION, NHDip
I have been interested in nutrition since I was sixteen; as a child I was quite chubby and I suffered with unpleasant hormonal imbalances rare to other teenagers and learned early on to control this with nutrition. My passion and interest continued and I have always incorporated good eating and a healthy lifestyle in to my daily routine. Then in 2005 I completed a 220km section of the Camino in Northern Spain, and it was on that life changing journey that I decided I wanted to help others improve their lives through nutrition.
The pilgrimage of the Camino let me to rethink my career and as a direct result in 2008 I completed a Foundation Degree and Diploma qualifying as a Nutritional Therapist.
To qualify I trained for four intensive years at the highly respected Institute of Optimum Nutrition founded by Patrick Holford in 1984 in the UK. After spending 9 years in the UK, I returned home to South Africa and here I founded Balanced Nutrition. Balanced Nutrition is based in the Highway area.
TESTIMONIALS
"Cathy is warm, welcoming, and professional. She has an empathetic and understanding nature that makes you feel at ease, while at the same time being enthusiastic and very encouraging." Anon. London 2006."I first met Cathy in a health shop near Victoria Station in London. I had been having terrible bouts of diarrhoea especially after breakfast. Cathy asked some discreet and personal questions about my dietary habits but specifically about what I ate for breakfast. She made two recommendations to what I should alter and within 3 days my diarrhoea had cleared. I am very grateful for her help." June. London" I was recommended to see Cathy while she was giving 15 minute free consultations while working at Natural Health Shop in North London. I had been to see my doctor about some digestive problems that I was experiencing. He had given me a prescription, but I wanted to first see what Cathy suggested I do. Cathy gave short explanatory explanations as to why she was asking the type of questions she was and my answers enabled me to give her honest replies. Cathy established what small dietary changes I could start implementing and the supplements which she recommended did not break the bank. I did not have to use the medication that my doctor had prescribed to me." Mrs B. North Finchley, UK. |