Hi, I'm Carine an experienced & trusted Paediatric Dietitian working in Cambridge    

An educator and clinician with over 30 years experience as a children’s Dietitian, and mother to three grown-up young people. Food is a central and enjoyable part of my life and I want to share my understanding of good food and nutrition. Offering essential nutritional knowledge, helping children feel their best, and parents feel confident talking to their family about food, eating and nutrition and its relevance to health and wellbeing.
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gut health is at the center of nutritional health

Gut health has always been at the heart of nutritional wellbeing. Digestion works to process and extract nourishment from food, providing the body with energy and nutrients. The waste material made up of fibres and undigested material, is not wasted, rather it provides food for the microbes in our lower gut. What we eat influences the types and balance of microbes that live on the gut lining. The type of foods we eat continually influence the gut microbiota and positive and negative ways.  Bio-actice substances like short chain fatty acids are produced when we eats a diverse plant based diet, with fibres, healthy fats and proteins. The SCFA's communicate favourably with all other systems of the body. A diverse diet, rich in plants and wholegrains, plus fish, lean meat, eggs and fermented dairy form the foundation of this. Breast feeding is the most complex food with hundreds of different Human Milk Oligosaccharides (HMO's) which establishes the "signature" of the microbiota for life, and is most likely to be the missing link in the wide array of benefits that breast feeding brings.
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wealth of expertise

With over 30 years of experience supporting children and families as a Childrens Dietitian, I share this from work across the NHS, MRC nutrition research, schools, peer teaching, catering, and the sustainable charity sector through volunteering. My specialist areas of interest include gut health and gastroenterology, dietary management in food allergy, complex feeding scenarios, and robust nutritional assessment.

As both a professional and a mother, I combine evidence-based practice with lived experience and understanding of the challenges and joys of family life.

  • Registered Dietitian and Qualified Paediatric Dietitian
  • Regulated by the Health Care and Professions Council
  • Member of the British Dietetic Association
  • YPA 500 hours Yoga Teacher
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holistic approaches to food and wellbeing

As a practicing yoga teacher, I weave in mindful tools using breath, senses and the body to develop awareness of the body-mind connection. Mindful tools, such as touching, chewing, smelling and tasting, help to switch on the parasympathetic nervous system; the so-called the 'rest and digest' response. This supports healthy appetite, digestion, absorption of nutrients and bowel function, helping children enjoy real food! Powerful self-care tools for todays’ child and young person, I integrated these simple tools to treat diet-related conditions such as IBS, constipation and food-related anxiety. The alternative sympathetic nervous response, the so-called 'fight or flight" shuts down the digestive system, making food seem alien and unwanted. I am always taking account of up-to-date science, as well as the multiple ways food interacts with our lives.
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 my support 

With 30 years of experience as a dietitian and a mum of three, I bring both professional expertise and real-life understanding to this work. I offer evidence-based guidance, practical strategies, co-created plans and caring, expert support to help you and your family feel your best.

We are all on a journey with food, and it is my professional pleasure to help guide, support and empower you with the knowledge and confidence to make nourishing choices that support your child and family wellbeing into the next generation.