Nutritional therapy uses specific nutrients — vitamins, minerals, essential fatty acids and other nutritional substances — at therapeutic doses, alongside practical dietary guidance, to support your individual health needs. Done well, it is a genuine clinical skill that Jim Wood has refined over more than 30 years of practice — now available by telehealth from anywhere in Australia.

In more detail

The summary above covers the essentials. Below, we take a closer look at why choosing supplements is harder than it looks, what goes into a considered prescription, and how nutritional therapy fits into a whole-person plan.

More than just “taking a supplement”

Walk into a health food shop and you are immediately faced with the same questions: which brand? Which combination? What dose? Buying supplements without proper knowledge of quality, form, combination and dosage can turn into an expensive exercise that does little for your health.

Consider a product advertising “32 ingredients in one tablet.” That number is often a marketing gimmick — the implication being that more must be better. In reality, cramming many nutrients into one tablet usually means none are present at a meaningful therapeutic dose, and some combinations may even work against each other.

What goes into a considered prescription

Quality you can trust

At the Centre of Health, products are stocked only after extensive research — the best from every supplier, with no arrangement tying the clinic to any single one. When you are prescribed nutritional support here, you receive practitioner-grade medicines manufactured to Australian regulatory standards, not mass-market products chosen for their marketing.

You also receive full transparency on excipients — so you know exactly what you are taking.

Individually compounded for you

Where a standard product isn’t the best fit, one can be made specifically for you. Through the clinic’s compounding facility, nutritional powders and liquids are mixed into a single, individualised prescription — better suitability, more accurate dosing and a simpler routine than juggling multiple one-size-fits-all products. Like everything else at the practice, it is prepared remotely and delivered to your door anywhere in Australia.

Part of a whole-person approach

Nutritional therapy rarely works in isolation. At the Centre of Health it is used in conjunction with the other natural therapies Jim offers — herbal medicine, dietary guidance and lifestyle support — as part of an individualised plan built around you. Food and targeted nutrition together form the foundation of good health, supporting everything from energy and hormones to immunity and long-term wellbeing.

As always, naturopathic care works alongside your conventional medical care, never instead of it. Some nutrients can interact with prescription medications, so potential interactions are reviewed as a standard part of every consultation — and your GP should always know what you are taking.

Frequently Asked Questions

References & Evidence Base

• Nutrient reference values & requirements: National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), Nutrient Reference Values for Australia and New Zealand
• Nutrient forms & bioavailability: Linus Pauling Institute (Oregon State University), Micronutrient Information Center
• Bioavailability principles: peer-reviewed literature on nutrient absorption, food matrix effects, and nutrient–nutrient interactions
• Supplement quality & regulation in Australia: Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), regulation of complementary medicines and the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods (ARTG)
• Professional prescribing frameworks: Naturopaths & Herbalists Association of Australia (NHAA)
• Excipients & product transparency: TGA labelling requirements for complementary medicines