Nutrition Services

Expert Nutrition Care
Tailored to You

I work with a wide range of chronic health conditions, providing personalised, evidence-based nutrition care tailored to your individual health needs, lifestyle, and goals. Every recommendation is grounded in the latest scientific research while taking into account your unique circumstances, ensuring practical and sustainable solutions that support long-term health and wellbeing.

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HPCSA Reg. No. DT 0009741
Accredited Diabetes Educator
MNutr · Stellenbosch University
EAT. THRIVE. LIVE.
30+
Years in Practice
15 000+
Patients Helped
100+
Conditions Managed
100%
Evidence-Based
Tersia van Niekerk — Registered Dietitian
Accredited Diabetes Educator Diabetes & Obesity Specialist

About Me

Hi, I'm Tersia van Niekerk

A Personal Approach to Better Health — Tersia believes that nutrition is not about restrictive diets but about building realistic, enjoyable habits that improve health and quality of life.

She partners with each patient to provide practical guidance, ongoing support, and evidence-based strategies that make lasting change achievable.

Master of Nutrition (MNutr) – University of Stellenbosch
BSc (Hons) Dietetics – Potchefstroom University
BSc in Dietetics – Potchefstroom University (now North-West University)
Postgraduate Diploma in Diabetes (Merit) – University of Glamorgan, UK
Postgraduate Diploma in Dietetics – University of Pretoria
Certificate in Nursing Care of the Patient with Diabetes Mellitus – Rand Afrikaans University
Advanced Course in Diabetes Mellitus (with Distinction) – Centre for Diabetes and Endocrinology
Accredited Diploma in Obesity Management & Obesity Alumni Update Programme
Accredited Diabetes Educator
Comprehensive BASI Pilates Instructor · SAWFA Aqua Fitness Instructor · Swim-Dynamics Learn-to-Swim Instructor

What I Offer

Services Tailored to You

I offer personalised, science-based nutrition services designed to support your health at every stage of life.

Individual Nutrition Consultations

Receive one-on-one, evidence-based nutrition guidance tailored to your unique health needs, lifestyle, and goals. During your consultation, we will explore your medical history, eating habits, current challenges, and personal objectives to develop practical strategies that fit seamlessly into your daily life.

In-person & Online

Personalised Meal Plans

Enjoy a customised meal plan created specifically for you — never a one-size-fits-all approach. Your plan will consider your medical conditions, food preferences, cultural background, budget, and daily routine, making healthy eating both achievable and sustainable.

Custom & Flexible

Chronic Disease Management

Nutrition plays a vital role in managing many chronic medical conditions. Individualised nutrition therapy is available for diabetes and insulin resistance, heart disease, high cholesterol, hypertension, kidney disease, gastrointestinal disorders, fatty liver disease, and many other chronic health conditions. The goal is to improve your health, enhance quality of life, and support better long-term outcomes.

Evidence-Based

Weight Management

Whether your goal is to lose weight, gain weight, or maintain a healthy weight, you'll receive compassionate, evidence-based guidance focused on lasting lifestyle changes rather than restrictive diets. Together, we'll develop healthy habits that support sustainable results.

Sustainable

Sports & Performance Nutrition

Optimise your nutrition to fuel training, improve performance, support recovery, and achieve your body composition goals. Advice is tailored for recreational exercisers, competitive athletes, and active individuals looking to get the most from their nutrition.

Athletes & Active

Paediatric & Family Nutrition

Support healthy growth and lifelong eating habits for children and families. Guidance is available for picky eating, balanced family meals, childhood weight management, food allergies and intolerances, and nutrition during every stage of growth and development. Parents receive practical, family-friendly strategies that are realistic and easy to implement at home.

All Ages

Areas of Expertise

Conditions I work with

I work with a wide range of chronic health conditions, providing personalised, evidence-based nutrition care tailored to your individual health needs, lifestyle, and goals.

Type 2 Diabetes
High Cholesterol
Hypertension
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
PCOS
Eating Disorders
Coeliac Disease
Food Allergies & Intolerances
Thyroid Conditions
Gestational Diabetes
Gut Health & Microbiome
Cancer Nutrition Support

My Approach

How We'll Work Together

Every recommendation is grounded in the latest scientific research while taking into account your unique circumstances, ensuring practical and sustainable solutions that support long-term health and wellbeing.

1

Comprehensive Assessment

We begin with an in-depth consultation to understand your medical history, lifestyle, eating habits, and health goals. This allows us to identify the underlying factors affecting your nutrition and develop a personalised plan that works for you.

2

Personalised Nutrition Plan

You'll receive a practical nutrition plan tailored to your health needs, preferences, family life, and budget. There are no fad diets or unrealistic rules — just sustainable, science-based strategies designed to fit your lifestyle.

3

Ongoing Support

Creating lasting change takes time, and you won't have to do it alone. Follow-up consultations provide ongoing support, accountability, education, and adjustments to your plan as your health needs evolve.

4

Long-Term Success

Our focus isn't on quick fixes — it's on helping you build healthy habits that last a lifetime. Together, we'll work towards improving your health, confidence, and quality of life with changes you can maintain for years to come.

My Promise

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Personalised, Not Generic

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Evidence-Based Always

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Compassionate & Non-Judgmental

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Sustainable Long-Term

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Get in Touch

Ready to start your journey?

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Location Caredoc Medical Centre, 3 Lira Link, Arboretum, Richards Bay, 3900
Phone 035 789 1564

Consulting Hours

Monday – Friday08:30 – 12:00
SaturdayClosed
SundayClosed

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