Dietary Strategies for POTS
Elevating POTS care through targeted nutrition strategies
Deep dive into dietetic strategies for POTS, from boosting hydration and electrolytes to tailoring nutrition that actually fits real life. You’ll learn how POTS connects with the nervous system, why food can feel so complicated, and how to simplify it with confidence. Expect practical tips, “aha!” moments, and a clearer path to supporting individuals with POTS through nutrition.
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Learning Outcomes
1. To obtain a working knowledge of POTS
2. To learn how the nervous system and POTS are connected
- Understand the nervous system and explore the polyvagal theory
- Define POTS, be able to screen for symptoms of POTS & understand the key criteria of a POTS diagnosis
- Explore treatment modalities & the goals we have as healthcare practitioners
- Define POTS, be able to screen for symptoms of POTS & understand the key criteria of a POTS diagnosis
- Explore treatment modalities & the goals we have as healthcare practitioners
2. To learn how the nervous system and POTS are connected
- Understand nervous system in its complexity
- Explore ways to nourish the nervous system
- Explore ways to nourish the nervous system
3. To understand the complexity around food & nutrition support for POTS
- Be able to support POTS patients with dietetic strategies
- Understand the individualisation and monitoring necessary in working with POTS patients sucessfully
- Be able to support POTS patients with dietetic strategies
- Understand the individualisation and monitoring necessary in working with POTS patients sucessfully
Meet the speaker
Isabella McNamara (née Boccalatte)
Isabella is the founder of Core Dietetics where she works as a trauma-informed gastrointestinal dietitian. She is a credentialed eating disorder clinician and has a special interest working in the persistent pelvic pain space (for those with and without endometriosis). Isabella enjoys helping patients build their relationships with food and body through a non-diet and intuitive eating approach. She creates space for patients to feel respected and validated to foster whole-body healing by nourishing the body and the nervous system. Her mission each day is to translate the scientific evidence into practical ‘foodie’ ideas that can be implemented into everyday life.
Isabella is a sessional academic at Queensland University of Technology, and she is about to graduate with her Master of Philosophy which focused on nutrition in inflammatory acne. She has a career goal to complete a PhD focusing on training allied health students with how to identify eating disorder red flags and knowing when to refer on to credentialed health professionals.
At Core, we honour the fact that everyone has experienced their own journey in their body and has experienced different upbringings with food. Issy is here to empower and to make life easier - not harder. She welcomes you as you are.
Patrick Jones - Course author
The WHC acknowledges the Turrbal and Jagera people of the First Nation as the Traditional Custodians of Meanjin (Brisbane). They have resided here long before us and possess valuable traditional wisdom and healthcare knowledge. Our office is situated on their lands, where we gather, work, and learn.
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