Nutrition and Metabolism Services

Our nutrition and metabolism services help maximise your nutritional value for better performance.

Discover Nutrition and Metabolism Services at Oriam

Our range of nutrition and metabolism services are here to help you gain an understanding of and maximise your nutritional value for better general health and performance. We offer a variety of services from resting metabolic rate tests through to dietary analysis and nutritionist consultation. These services are designed to measure your metabolic rate and gain an understanding of your diet to provide recommendations for improving your health and athletic performance. Our nutrition and metabolism services are delivered within Oriam, Scotland's Sports Performance Centre, in partnership with Heriot-Watt University's Sports and Exercise Science team.

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What Are The Benefits of our Nutrition and Metabolism Services

Our nutrition and metabolism services provide a variety of benefits for people of all ages to measure and assess metabolic rate and nutritional value. Benefits of our services can include: 

  • Gaining an understanding of your base daily caloric demands before physical activity energy expenditure are taken into account.  
  • Identifying the nutritional value of your diet for improving your health and athletic performance. 
  • Measuring nutritional value for optimising the nutritional quality of your diet.

Our Services

We have a range of nutrition and metabolism services designed to support your wellbeing.

£220.00

The nutrition package is ideal for people who seek guidance on achieving body composition, health, or performance improvements through optimisation of their diet. Laboratory test and dietary analysis findings will be interpreted by our professional nutritionists to highlight key areas for improvement and recommendations for optimising the nutritional quality of your diet.

Nutrition Package

£120.00

1 Hour A detailed analysis of your dietary records provides an insight into the nutritional value of your diet and provides evidence-based recommendations for improving your health and athletic performance. You will receive feedback on the macro- and micronutrient quality, as well as the portions, timing and frequency of your meals. In addition to the detailed dietary analysis, this service includes a 1-hour consultation with a professional nutritionist.

Dietary Analysis with Nutritionist Consultation

£90.00

A detailed analysis of your dietary records provides an insight into the nutritional value of your diet and provides evidence-based recommendations for improving your health and athletic performance. You will receive feedback on the macro- and micronutrient quality, as well as the portions, timing and frequency of your meals.

Dietary Analysis

£90.00

1 Hr The resting metabolic rate (RMR) test assesses the amount of energy, measured in calories, that is expended during restful activity via the measurement of inspired and expired air. Measurement of oxygen uptake and carbon dioxide production can inform your base daily caloric demands before physical activity energy expenditure are taken into account.

Resting Metabolic Rate Test

Our Team

Our experienced Sports and Exercise Science team are here to support you and your individual needs. They will work with you to measure and assess your nutritional value and metabolic rate to provide analysis and reports following testing. 

Katriona Ross - Sport and Health Testing - Nutrition - Nutritionist

Katriona

Katriona Ross, a performance nutritionist with a competitive background in professional squash, ranked in the top 110 in the world.

Qualifications

BSc (Hons) Sport and Exercise Science

PGDip Performance Nutrition

ISAK Level 2 

Specialist Areas

Sport Nutrition

Body Composition

Dietary Analysis

About Me

With experience working with elite teams like Italy Rugby U20’s, Edinburgh Rugby, and Scottish Hockey, as well as everyday athletes competing in endurance and weight-making sports, she understands the unique demands of both high-performance and general fitness goals. Currently, working toward a PhD in female athlete nutrition and exercise physiology, dedicated to advancing evidence-based strategies that fuel performance and health for all.

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Our Facilities

Our facilities are amongst the best in the country delivering testing in a high-performance environment to ensure the best experience and results. 

  • Identify, measure and optimise your health and athletic performance against key indicators.  
  • Assess body composition and muscle function to identify potential muscle imbalance and support rehabilitation for return-to-play. 
  • Optimise training for injury prevention, improved technique and better performance.