Amelia Stafford

    Naturopathic Medicine

Amelia Stafford is a Registered Medical Herbalist/Naturopath and Holistic Nutritionist specialising in women’s health. After completing a Bachelor of Natural Medicine degree, Amelia has undergone further education in the area of Nutrition and Natural Fertility, undertaking certification with Natural Fertility New Zealand learning the WHO approved symptom-thermal method, as well as mentoring from hormonal health expert Dr Lara Briden.

Amelia has a passion for nutrition, educating her clients on how to determine individualised diets specific for them, seeing food as medicine, getting nutrients from food first and supplementation second. She is a keen herbalist and believes in the nurturing and restorative power of plants, using herbal tinctures, teas and formulated capsules/tablets to get the body back to equilibrium. She has a strong evidenced based approach, utilising functional medicine together with the wisdom of traditional healing modalities.

Her areas of specialisation are:

-          Fertility/ Pre-conception/ Pregnancy & Post-partum care

-          Endometriosis

-          Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome

-          Menopause

-          Convalesce following hysterectomy/ Fibroids

-          Auto-immunity

-          General Digestive Health conditions -  Including, small intestinal overgrowth (SIBO), IBS, eczema, psoriasis.

Functional Medicine Testing Utilised in Clinic:

-          Precision Analytical DUTCH (Dried urine testing comprehensive hormones)

-          Micronutrients Panel

-          Doctors Data Comprehensive Stool Analysis including PCR

-          Coeliac & Gluten Sensitivity Panel

-          BioTek Functional testing food intolerances, IgG + IgA food reactivities

-          GPL-Tox environmental pollutants testing