Nutritional Counselling

MCP's nutritional counselling service is delivered by Ing. Silvia Illýová (BSc Human Nutrition, SPU Nitra) and integrates genetics and medical diagnostics into dietary planning — going beyond standard calorie-counting advice to personalised nutrition based on your allergy/intolerance profile, health conditions, and where relevant, genetic constitution. Programmes cover chronic disease prevention, allergy/intolerance management, reproductive nutrition, sports performance, and evolutionary nutrition principles.

Nutritional medicine at MCP is practised as an extension of the clinic's broader diagnostic capability, not as a standalone dietary advice service. Ing. Silvia Illýová works directly with MUDr. Radek Klubal and MUDr. Silvie Růžičková, meaning that nutritional recommendations are informed by the patient's actual immune, metabolic, and genetic data. The nutritional counselling service covers four main programme areas: **Lifestyle and chronic disease prevention:** For patients at elevated metabolic risk (type 2 diabetes, hypertension, obesity, non-alcoholic fatty liver), Ing. Illýová develops structured dietary and lifestyle modification plans based on their blood panel results (glucose, HbA1c, lipids, insulin resistance markers). Plans include specific recipe guidance, not just food category lists. **Allergy and intolerance management:** Patients diagnosed at MCP with celiac disease, lactose intolerance, or histamine intolerance receive tailored dietary plans that ensure nutritional adequacy while strictly managing trigger foods. For histamine intolerance, detailed guidance on low-histamine food selection, DAO enzyme supplementation, and high-risk food combinations (alcohol + histamine-rich foods) is provided. **Reproductive and pregnancy nutrition:** Preconception, pregnancy, and breastfeeding nutrition is a specialist area at MCP, coordinated with MUDr. Růžičková's reproductive medicine expertise. This includes folate and iron status optimisation, guidance on food safety in pregnancy (listeria, toxoplasmosis risk foods), and evidence-based supplementation. **Genetics and evolutionary nutrition:** For patients who have completed genetic analysis at MCP, Ing. Illýová offers an evolutionary nutrition programme that links genetic ancestry and metabolic gene variants (MTHFR, APOE, FTO, TCF7L2) to dietary recommendations. This goes beyond generic 'eat less processed food' advice to targeted guidance on optimal macronutrient ratios, specific micronutrient priorities, and the likely impact of different dietary patterns on the patient's genetic risk profile.