About Me: Leslie Willis B.A. (hons) M.A.
I started Nutmeg-Nutrition because I love working with people one to one, helping them achieve their goals, and because I am passionate about food and nutrition.
Nutmeg-Nutrition means that I am able to use my experience to help people without the constraints of short appointments and long waits. Instead I can take the time to make sure the advice I give is tailored exactly and followed up properly so that everyone I see can achieve. It also means I get to work with the best nutrition professionals too; because I ensure every Nutmeg-Nutrition client gets the best.
Having trained as a dietitian and previously worked in a busy hospital, I understand the importance of food and nutrition physically and psychologically to those with medical conditions, in recovery, management of chronic conditions and terminal illness for both individuals and their familes. Nutmeg-Nutrition means I am able to take the time needed to really make a difference.
I have also had the privilege of working with athletes and sports people at all levels of attainment from world championship competitors to the recreational in a wide variety of sports from bodybuilding to cycling.
In addition to my professional experience I have been a lifelong lover of food, working as a cook and commis chef in my youth. My interest in nutrition developed as a result of my involvement in coaching and powerlifting. On a personal note, my mother had one the first gastric bypass operations performed in the UK and later chronic kidney disease, while my father had bowel cancer and an ileostomy; conditions where diet plays a critical role in quality of life, so I know on a personal level the difference good quality nutrition information can make.
It is not all work: I am a married father of three boys (including twins) so life is very busy, but for recreation I enjoy good food and the company of friends.