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 and a credentialed eating disorder clinician.
She has a special interest in persistent pelvic pain, supporting those with and without endometriosis. Isabella helps patients build a positive relationship with food and their body through a non-diet, intuitive eating approach, creating space for respect, validation, and whole-body healing. Her mission is to translate scientific evidence into practical, everyday “foodie” strategies that nourish both body and nervous system.
Isabella is also a sessional academic at Queensland University of Technology and is completing her Master of Philosophy on nutrition in inflammatory acne. She aims to pursue a PhD focused on training allied health students to identify eating disorder red flags and make timely referrals. At Core, she honours each person’s unique journey with food and body, empowering patients to feel supported, not judged, and to make life easier, not harder.
She has a special interest in persistent pelvic pain, supporting those with and without endometriosis. Isabella helps patients build a positive relationship with food and their body through a non-diet, intuitive eating approach, creating space for respect, validation, and whole-body healing. Her mission is to translate scientific evidence into practical, everyday “foodie” strategies that nourish both body and nervous system.
Isabella is also a sessional academic at Queensland University of Technology and is completing her Master of Philosophy on nutrition in inflammatory acne. She aims to pursue a PhD focused on training allied health students to identify eating disorder red flags and make timely referrals. At Core, she honours each person’s unique journey with food and body, empowering patients to feel supported, not judged, and to make life easier, not harder.
Patrick Jones - Course author
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