As seen on Channel Nine News and in Body+Soul along with Recipes+ Magazine, Jan Purser is a naturopathic nutritionist, award-winning author and public speaker.
Jan is a high profile naturopathic nutritionist, health writer and award-winning author. Her mission is your nutrition and her approach is practical, simple and effective.
Jan completed her naturopathic nutritional medicine qualifications at Nature Care College in Sydney in 1996, and has been in practice since that time, first in a busy Sydney practice and in Perth since 2002.
Jan’s passion for nutrition started during her first career as a home economist, where she did cooking demonstrations, recipe and product development and teaching. This included working in the Australian Women’s Weekly Test Kitchen for six years as an editor of cookbooks. It was during this time that Jan became more interested in the nourishment value and nutritional importance of food, which lead her to commence nutritional medicine studies while still working at the magazine.
Jan’s wealth of experience allows her to combine her expertise on health and nutrition with cooking, writing and public speaking. In addition to her busy practice, she is the contributing natural health editor for Australian Good Taste magazine and her monthly column ‘Natural Solutions’ has appeared in this magazine for the last decade. Jan is often called upon by the media for her comments and opinions on natural health, and she is quoted regularly in health columns in The West Australian newspaper.
As an experienced nutritionist, ‘foodie’ and accomplished recipe developer, Jan has authored eight books on cooking, meditation and natural health. Her latest two books have won international awards. The Eat Well Cookbook, a fabulous gluten-free and dairy-free book, follows fast on the heels of The Detox Cookbook, which is an essential guide to doing a detox well with delicious recipes.
Jan loves to spread the word on how to eat well and achieve great health and she is an experienced, engaging and informative speaker. She calls on her wealth of clinical experience and extensive research when speaking to corporate and community groups on good health, nutritious food and living with vitality. Popular topics include Nutrition for Stress Management, Healthy Weight Loss, Effective Detoxification, Energy Boosters, Cancer Prevention and Anti-ageing. Jan also teaches wellbeing cooking classes – to help people learn how to eat healthier and more nutritious meals, using quick and simple tools.
Areas of specialty and approach to treatment
Jan is passionate about helping her clients achieve optimal health and nutrition, so they can feel the best they can, using a balanced, achievable and effective approach. To address the underlying issues of a health concern, Jan uses a range of tests as part of all her initial consultations, including dietary and nutritional assessments, cellular health testing (to assess body composition, energy levels, toxicity, hydration and rate of ageing), indicans testing (to assess digestive health), pH and mineral testing. Jan will also use salivary hormone testing, food intolerance testing, pathology testing & heavy metal hair testing, if required.
After the thorough initial assessment, Jan educates her clients on the best nutrition to correct their health condition and to help them achieve and maintain a healthy weight, prevent disease and experience true vitality. She prescribes natural medicines & nutritional supplementation if required, to correct health issues.
Jan can help patients with the following:
Weight Loss Programs, Allergies & Food Sensitivities
Low Energy & Fatigue, Diabetes & Metabolic Syndrome
Autoimmune & Immune Issues, Detox Programs
Autism & Behavioural Disorders, Childhood Nutrition & Weaning
Nutritional Assessments, Digestive Conditions
Nutritional Support for Cancer, Meal Panning
Fertility & Conception Preparation, Enhancing Vitality & Wellbeing
Nutritional Coaching
Jan works closely with her clients to ensure the best outcomes to help them to achieve true vitality, including weekly diet dairy coaching between consultations, for those clients who need it. Her knowledge, experience and practical approach to help her clients makes real and lasting changes to their diet, lifestyle and health, makes her a truly valued member of the Remède practitioner team.
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- Health/medical/pharmacy