Irina Pollatri
BANT Registered Nutritional Therapist & Eating Disorder Nutritionist
I’m Irina Pollastri, a nutritional therapist and member of the Urban Wellness team. My journey into nutritional therapy began not in a classroom, but in my own life. As a teenager, I had a complicated relationship with food and personal experience of an eating disorder, which now feels like a different lifetime.
Later, as a mother of three, I experienced a range of persistent health challenges, including digestive symptoms, acid reflux, food intolerances, histamine responses and chronic urticaria. Nutritional therapy helped me resolve these concerns and strengthened my belief in the body’s capacity to heal when given the right support.
When conventional advice offered only fragments of the answer, I became deeply curious about how gut health, hormones, genetics and emotional wellbeing influence one another. That curiosity grew into a commitment to explore these areas more deeply and to support others who were experiencing similar confusion or overwhelm.
I retrained as a nutritional therapist and naturopath, followed by specialist training in eating disorders. Since then, I have developed extensive experience in the areas where gut health and mental health intersect, including binge eating, emotional eating, restrictive eating patterns, reflux, SIBO, food intolerances and complex or chronic digestive concerns.
I now specialise in supporting clients with an eating disorder or a history of eating disorders alongside digestive or hormonal health issues. My approach is compassionate, non-judgemental, and practical, with an emphasis on creating a safe space where clients feel truly heard, supported, and empowered in their healing journey.
Alongside my clinical work, I volunteer weekly with Beat Eating Disorders UK, where I support individuals facing challenges with food and body image. Through this role, I am continually reminded of how powerful it is for people to feel truly understood, less isolated in their healing journey, and empowered to access the support they deserve.
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You don't have to struggle with disordered eating patterns, mood challenges, and hormonal confusion alone. Discover personalised support from a practitioner who understands how your relationship with food, emotional wellbeing, and physical health are deeply interconnected.
At Urban Wellness, Irina specialises in the profound connections between eating behaviours, emotional resilience, and physical wellbeing—using functional medicine approaches to address how your gut health, hormones, and nervous system work together to influence your relationship with food and mental health.
