Experience
No matter what your concern, your first stop is Zhan, an accessible, expert health professional.
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MY MISSION
A life-changing philosophy: Nutrition, when done right, consistently, can create more vitality, health, energy, joy and quality of life, than all the combined medicines and procedures prescribed, to treat problems associated with neglected nutritional care.
Zhan’s mission is to reach as many children, adults and patients as possible, with clear transformational education, on the wonder of natural food, compassionate care of one’s physical self, with delightful choices and creative combinations of colourful nutritious ingredients.
Patient Assistance
Clients and patients are assisted with individualised nutrition care, starting with an in-depth consultation. She believes that each person has a unique nutrition history story, which holds significant clues on how best to structure the most enjoyable and sustainable for the future. Consideration is given to each person’s likes and dislikes, concerns and questions, religious and cultural influences, and possible side effects of medication. Practical aspects such as planning, shopping and tasty healthy cooking are addressed.
Specialist Referrals
Otto continues to be referred by many reputable specialists in the medical field, from gynaecologists, cardiologists, gastroenterologists, oncologists, rheumatologists, neurologists, paediatricians, and orthopaedic and general surgeons. She earned respect for her evidence based, referenced, published, best practice nutritional approach.
Patients are guided during their treatment programmes, both in and out of hospital with individualized nutrition plans, naso gastric and enteral feeding, PEG feeding or Intravenous nutrition.
Empowering Patients
She seeks to educate, guide and empower her patients and clients, by changing their minds about how they think about nutrition and the value of food and / or selected supplementation, when indicated. Self criticism, judgement, or feelings of guilt are replaced with compassion, self care, knowledge, insight, patience, creativity and inspiration.
As the ancient Greek philosophers advised: “Let food be thy medicine..”
Patients are guided during their treatment programmes, both in and out of hospital with individualized nutrition plans, naso gastric and enteral feeding, PEG feeding or Intravenous nutrition.
Zhan is highly trained and educated in Medical Nutrition Therapy
“ No matter what your concern, your first stop is Zhan, who is an accessible, expert health professional. ”
Zhan is highly trained and educated in Medical Nutrition Therapy
"I take my commitment to be your Nutrition care partner seriously, as your Medical Nutrition Therapy provider"
EXPERT BENEFITS
Impacting the field of Nutritional Care and Dietetics
Dietetics, practiced as a profession in South Africa and Medical Nutrition Therapy specifically, have been established only about 50 years ago. Dietitians may have been seen as providing generalised advice or weight loss plans. Otto is passionately involved in illuminating the understanding and true value of her profession, through offering individualized, intelligent nutrition care plans that address patients’ desires for a better life, nurturing their nutritional status, in recovery from medical treatments, and for those facing new medical diagnoses.
Commitment
I take my commitment to be your Nutrition partner seriously. As a primary Medical Nutrition provider
Improvement
Zhan continuously improves her standard of care delivery, by staying at the forefront through education.
Technology
Investment in rapidly developing healthcare technology allows Zhan to further streamline services
Experience
No matter what your concern, your first stop is Zhan, an accessible, expert health professional.
Commitment
I take my commitment to be your Nutrition partner seriously. As a primary Medical Nutrition Therapy provider.
Improvement
Zhan continuously improves her standard of care delivery, by staying at the forefront through education.
Technology
Staying abreast of rapidly developing healthcare technology allows Zhan to further streamline services
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Awesome Experience, Zhan Otto is professional and gentle in her approach. There is no judgement when she consults and she is incredibly thorough and all information in the Consultation is followed up with an email. Highly recommend Zhan she has been amazing and a life changer.
“As always, Zhan was great. I love her as my nutrition therapist. I have been going to for about a year now and will only see her.”
“I have now come to the end of the 12 months of consultation & I have been very happy with the services provided.”
“This was my first consultation, Zhan was exceedingly professional and and gave the best possible consultation.”
