Sports Dietitian

Sports Nutrition Support That Fits Into Your Life

Looking for real nutrition advice that works with your routine? At Accelerate Nutrition in Melbourne, we offer nutrition services designed around your sport, your lifestyle, and your goals.

We focus on real food, practical strategies, and personalised guidance — helping you perform at your best and feel confident in your food choices. Whether you’re a runner building a race plan, a strength athlete chasing lean muscle, or a team sport athlete — your nutrition should work as hard as you do.

Dietitian and client in a friendly nutrition consultation

Signs You Could Benefit From a Sports Dietitian

You might be in the right place if any of these sound familiar:

You're feeling fatigued during training — fuel stores run low and muscle starts breaking down when you eat less than your body burns
Your body composition has plateaued despite consistent training — this may point to not enough protein, or poor timing of carbohydrates around sessions
You experience gut issues during competition — cramping, bloating, and nausea mid-race often come down to food choices your gut can't handle under stress
You're recovering slowly between sessions — without enough protein, carbohydrate, and electrolytes in the recovery window, muscle repair slows and energy stays flat
You've been diagnosed with a deficiency or medical condition — low iron (ferritin), vitamin D deficiency, high cholesterol, bone health concerns, or insulin resistance

What Your Sports Dietitian Can Help With

We support athletes and active people at every stage — from structured training blocks through to competition day and beyond.

Training nutrition and performance fuelling — Your sports dietitian builds an individualised nutrition plan designed around your training schedule, body composition goals, and competition calendar. Pre-exercise meals, post-training recovery nutrition, and race day fuelling all follow peer-reviewed research.
Body composition testing and monitoring — Tracking changes in fat mass, lean mass, and body fat percentage helps guide your nutrition across each training block. Your dietitian offers body composition testing using skinfold measurements and can arrange DEXA scan referrals for more detailed analysis.
Injury recovery and off-season support — Nutrition needs shift when you're injured or between seasons. Your dietitian adjusts your plan to support healing, maintain conditioning, and set you up for a strong return to training.
Managing dietary needs alongside training — Food preferences, intolerances, and dietary restrictions shouldn't hold back your performance. Your dietitian works around these to ensure your nutrition plan supports your training without compromise.

The Accelerate Nutrition team at a conference

How We Work

step # 1

Assessment

Your first session covers eating habits, training schedule, medical history, and performance goals. If needed, we can perform skinfold measurements or arrange a DEXA scan referral.

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Your Starting Point

Based on your assessment, a plan is built around your lifestyle, your sport, and your schedule — from structured nutrient timing to practical food strategies and portion guidance.

step # 3

Tools & Support

The reasoning behind each part of your plan is explained. Together, you work through food choices, hydration, and whether supplements could play a role. You get practical guidance you can use straight away — at the shops, in the kitchen, and on competition day.

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Ongoing Review

Regular sessions track progress, monitor body composition changes, energy levels, and training output over time. As training shifts from base to peak to taper, nutrition adjusts to match. Race plans, carbohydrate loading, and competition strategies are refined through each cycle.

Why Choose Accelerate Nutrition for Sports Dietitian Services

A sports dietitian does more than hand you a food plate. Your energy needs, body composition, training demands, and health history shape a tailored nutrition strategy designed to optimise how you perform.

Our clinic works alongside sports medicine professionals, physiotherapists, and podiatrists. If you’re managing insulin resistance, iron deficiency, or relative energy deficiency in sport (RED-S), we provide support that fits within your broader healthcare team.

You won’t just get a plan and walk away — you’ll be coached through food choices, portion sizes, hydration, and supplement use where it makes sense. That knowledge stays with you long after your sessions end.

Person enjoying a healthy, balanced meal at home

Funding and Eligibility

Private health insurance — claim on the spot via HICAPS at all major funds.
Medicare — rebates available under GP Chronic Disease Management (CDM) plans where applicable.
Self-referred — no referral needed. Book directly online.

Home visits across Greater Melbourne and parts of regional Victoria

Clinic appointments at Dandenong (Fridays)

Telehealth from anywhere
in Australia

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes. A low FODMAP race day strategy, trialled energy gels, and better fluid balance can make a real difference to cramping, bloating, and nausea mid-race. We’ll work with you to find what works best for your goals.

A sports dietitian has specialist training in exercise physiology, nutrient timing, and body composition. They understand how training load affects your nutrition needs and how to periodise your eating around your sport.

Not at all. We support athletes at every level — from weekend runners to competitive team sport players. If you train regularly and want to fuel better, we can help.