Nutritional Counselling

Nutritional counselling at EliteMedical is led by František Knobloch, a specialist in longevity, biohacking, and biological age reduction. The 90-minute initial consultation begins with a physician review and relevant diagnostics (body composition, basic metabolic markers), followed by a detailed exploration of the patient's current diet, health goals, and specific concerns — whether managing a chronic condition, optimising athletic performance, reducing biological age, or managing food allergies or intolerances. The session produces a personalised eating plan with concrete implementation recommendations. For patients wanting ongoing support, a 6-month collaboration is available at 18,000 Kč — this includes twice-monthly consultations and direct WhatsApp access to the specialist for questions, adjustments, and accountability. Knobloch's approach integrates nutritional science with the clinic's broader preventive medicine philosophy, meaning recommendations are grounded in the patient's blood test results and clinical picture rather than generic dietary advice.

Nutritional medicine at EliteMedical positions food as a clinical intervention — not a lifestyle supplement to conventional medicine, but a core pillar of preventive and longevity medicine. The specialist leading this programme, František Knobloch, combines training in nutritional science with a specific focus on longevity science and biological age optimisation — domains where the evidence base for dietary intervention has grown substantially in recent years. **Initial consultation structure (90 minutes):** 1. **Physician consultation and diagnostics** — the session opens with a physician review of the patient's medical history, current medications, and existing laboratory results. Where body composition measurement is not already available from another programme, a bioimpedance analysis is performed to assess fat mass, lean mass, visceral fat index, and hydration — the biological substrate for dietary intervention. 2. **Dietary and lifestyle assessment** — František Knobloch conducts a structured dietary history covering typical meal patterns, food preferences and aversions, cooking habits, eating environment, physical activity level, sleep quality, alcohol and stimulant use, and existing supplement protocols. This takes 30–45 minutes and is designed to identify root-cause patterns rather than surface-level habits. 3. **Goal establishment** — the patient and specialist define specific, measurable health goals: weight loss to a target, reducing visceral fat index, normalising fasting glucose, managing LDL cholesterol through diet, improving gut microbiome markers, or slowing biological ageing as measured by epigenetic clock or metabolic age markers. 4. **Personalised eating plan** — a written eating plan is produced covering macronutrient targets, meal timing, food group prioritisation, practical shopping and meal prep guidance, and specific foods to emphasise or avoid based on the patient's clinical and genetic picture. Supplement recommendations (dosing, forms, timing) are included where indicated. **Conditions frequently addressed:** - Metabolic syndrome management (insulin resistance, dyslipidaemia, hypertension, abdominal obesity) - Pre-diabetes and type 2 diabetes nutritional management - Cardiovascular risk reduction through DASH or Mediterranean dietary patterns - Anti-inflammatory nutrition protocols for chronic inflammatory conditions - Athletic performance and recovery nutrition (macronutrient periodisation, protein timing) - Weight management and body recomposition - Food allergy and intolerance management (elimination protocols, reintroduction ladders) - Gut microbiome optimisation (prebiotic, probiotic, fermented food protocols) - Longevity nutrition (caloric restriction mimetics, autophagy-enhancing dietary patterns, mTOR modulation) - Biological age reduction through dietary interventions targeting the hallmarks of ageing **6-month collaboration (18,000 Kč):** This ongoing programme is structured to achieve meaningful and durable dietary change. It includes twice-monthly consultations (24 sessions over 6 months) and direct WhatsApp access to the specialist for ad-hoc questions, meal plan adjustments, or motivational support between sessions. Laboratory results from ongoing EliteMedical blood panels are integrated into quarterly plan revisions. Progress is tracked against the initial bioimpedance and laboratory baseline. **Integration with the EliteMedical ecosystem:** The nutritional counselling service connects directly to the clinic's other offerings. DNA Health Test results (particularly APOE, MTHFR, and VDR variants) inform personalised macronutrient ratios, specific supplement choices, and longevity dietary strategies. Blood test results from any EliteMedical programme (lipids, glucose, HbA1c, inflammatory markers) provide objective progress metrics.