Luxury Wellness in London: Why Personalised Nutrition Matters with Reshma Patel
Reshma is an expert dietician based at Harrods. Her tailored programmes are deeply personalised, rooted in science and designed to uncover the true drivers behind weight, hormonal and metabolic challenges. Rather than quick fixes, she builds sustainable foundations in nutrition, sleep, mindset and lifestyle. Clients choose Reshma not only for her expertise, but for the calm confidence she brings to health journeys. Thoughtful. Evidence-led. Results that last.
What is the single most impactful wellbeing habit you recommend during pregnancy?
Eating regularly and adequately.
It sounds deceptively simple, but stable nourishment is one of the most powerful levers for maternal and foetal health. Regular meals with sufficient protein, complex carbohydrates, healthy fats and micronutrients help stabilise blood sugar, reduce fatigue and nausea, support placental function, and lower the risk of excessive cravings or energy crashes. Learning to meal prep and batch cook will make the journey of pregnancy a lot easier.
How should a woman’s nutritional focus gently evolve from pregnancy into early motherhood?
The focus should shift from supporting growth to supporting recovery and resilience.
During pregnancy, nutrition is about meeting increased physiological demands. In early motherhood, especially if breastfeeding, those demands remain high, but the context changes: sleep is disrupted, routines disappear, and stress hormones rise.
Nutrition should therefore become more practical, grounding and restorative prioritising:
Adequate energy intake (under-eating is extremely common postpartum)
Protein at every meal for tissue repair and blood sugar stability
Iron, iodine, omega-3s and calcium
Warm, easy-to-digest meals that support appetite and digestion
A little reminder to all the mothers… a thriving baby needs a thriving mummy. Don’t feel guilty in prioritising your needs every day.
How can new mothers sustainably support their energy levels while caring for a newborn?
Energy is supported less by perfection and more by consistency. The most sustainable strategies are:
Eating every 3–4 hours, even if portions are small
Anchoring meals around protein and slow-release carbohydrates
Staying hydrated, but not replacing meals with fluids or caffeine
Accepting help so that food is not an afterthought. Let someone support your nutrition the same way you are supporting your babies.
From experience, both professional and personal energy improves not when sleep returns suddenly, but when nourishment becomes non-negotiable.
What are the most persistent myths surrounding post-baby health and recovery?
A few continue to cause real harm:
That recovery should be quick or visible. Don’t let social media dictate recovery.
That weight loss equals health. It took 9 months to gain it, it will take more than 9 months to lose it.
That exhaustion is something to “push through”. Every mother's journey is different and only you know how you truly feel so try not to compare.
Physiologically, it can take 12–24 months for a woman’s body to fully recover. Ignoring that reality often leads to nutrient depletion, hormonal disruption and burnout.
What is the one piece of health advice you wish every woman understood earlier in life?
Health is cumulative, not corrective.
The habits we practise in our teens, twenties and thirties how we eat, rest, fuel stress, and speak to our bodies shape how resilient we are during pregnancy, motherhood and beyond. There is no single supplement, diet or programme that can undo years of depletion or poor habits.
Supporting women earlier, with education rather than pressure, is one of the most powerful forms of preventative healthcare we have.
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