Visiting a Clinical Nutritionist First we'll ask you some questions about your family medical history, your personal lifestyle and your own medical history – including diet, digestion, history of weight loss or gain, and sleep, exercise and relaxation patterns.  It's helpful to know what medicines, herbs and supplements you take, and we may ask you to complete a three-day food diary. We can also arrange lab tests if you're low in nutrients or to test your organ function. This way we build up a complete picture of your nutritional lifestyle. In the second part of the visit we'll suggest ways you can fill the nutritional gaps and reduce the nutritional “overloads” in your diet (and yes, “overloads” is a polite way of saying “buckets of fried chicken”). But this might also involve having meals at different times, or cutting down the amount of carbohydrates you eat, or we may suggest specific nutritional supplements.  If needed we'll schedule follow-up visits as well to monitor your health. The idea is to tailor a sensible, healthy and realistic eating plan that fits your particular requirements.