Rocco is an Accredited Practising Dietitian (APD) with over 15 years of experience. Rocco incorporates strategies such as optimum nutrition, strategic nutritional supplementation, allergy elimination and the use of certain functional pathology tests in the eludication and treatment of a number of complex, chronic conditions. See Rocco for...
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Rocco has a particular interest in individually tailored, patient-centred nutrition intervention programs and the justifiable, evidence-based, strategic use of pharmaceutical grade natural nutritional supplements (as a treatment adjunct) in treating the cause of disease and alleviation of patient symptomatology. Rocco has a special interest in how food and nutrition (including nutritional supplementation) is crucial in the treatment of: Gastrointestinal and liver disorders/dysfunction, Neurological/Neuropsychiatric disroders (ie Auism, ADHD, Asperger's etc), Autoimmune diseases, Syndrome x (Diabetes, Cardiovascular disease, cancer, obesity) and more...
Mr. Rocco Di Vincenzo is a Consultant Dietitian (Accredited Practising Dietitian - APD) and works privately in a variety of clinics around metropolitan Melbourne. Rocco has worked as a Community Senior Dietitian for over a decade and until recently as the Swinburne University Hospital Chief Dietitian. Rocco has completed a Bachelor of Science (Monash University), a Masters in Human Nutrition and Dietetics (Deakin University) Postgraduate qualifications from the Australian College of Nutritional & Environmental Medicine and a Postgraduate Diploma in Nutritional and Environmental Medicine at Swinburne University’s Graduate School of Integrative Medicine (GSIM).
Rocco is a certified practitioner of NAET (Nambudripad Allergy Elimination Technique).
Rocco has had a keen interest in the area of Functional Nutritional and Environmental Medicine (FNEM) for many years and is now formally trained in the area. Rocco is also currently undertaking a PhD looking at crucial nutritional and lifestyle factors that are likely to be contributing to the increasing incidence of Type II Diabetes within the Vietnamese community in Melbourne. Due to the recent closure of the Graduate School of Integrative Medicine (GSIM) at Swinburne University, Rocco has had to take 12 months leave of absence until a new department and supervisor is assigned to his research. His research is scheduled to recommence in March 2009.
Rocco has a particular interest in individually tailored, patient-centred nutrition intervention programs and the justifiable, evidence-based, strategic use of pharmaceutical grade natural nutritional supplements (as a treatment adjunct) in treating the cause of disease and alleviation of patient symptomatology. Rocco has a special interest in how food and nutrition (including nutritional supplementation) is crucial in the treatment of gastrointestinal and liver dysfunction and disorders; neurological/neuropsychiatric conditions such anxiety/depression, ADHD/Autism including learning and behavioural difficulties; autoimmune diseases (such as Ankylosing Spondylitis, Fibromyalgia and Rheumatoid Arthritis) and people with syndrome x (including people with diabetes, high cholesterol, cardiovascular disease, obesity and the like).
Rocco is in the process of becoming a qualified DAN (Defeat Autism Now) practitioner.
Of particular interest to Rocco is the phenomenon of hypochlorhydria and achlorhydria (little or no stomach acid production) and its potential implication in the development and progression of a variety of chronic disease. Such is his interest that he is one of the first practitioners in Australia to make available technology (together with Dr. Joseph V. Nastasi) that allows for the objective measurement of gastric acid levels, this via the Heidelberg pH Capsule Gastric Analysis.
The nutrition service offered at the variety of venues around metropolitan Melbourne focuses on holistic, integrative and expressive health care, with the ultimate aim of focusing on the treatment of disease rather than simply the allopathic alleviation of symptoms. Nutritional supplements are only recommended when their likely benefit can be clearly demonstrated and clearly as part of a systematic, strategic and goal oriented health plan.
Rocco also provides consultations in Italian.
Rocco has lectured at Swinburne Graduate School of Integrative Medicine and at the Australian College of Natural Medicine (ACNM). As a result of his past employment as a community Dietitian, Rocco is a strong advocate of community development and health promotion principles, recognising that failure to invest in social infrastructure to help build healthy communities significantly encourages disease development and progression.
As a result of his interests, Rocco regularly appears on radio, regularly convenes and facilitates seminars and conferences, lectures to health professionals and the public on a wide variety of topics involving nutrition, and frequently writes articles for both scientific journals and health oriented magazines.
Rocco has recently completed a chapter in a book exploring the use of natural therapies in the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus which was published in December 2006.
Rocco has established the first Dietitians in Integrative Nutritional Medicine Interest Group for Accredited Practising Dietitians in Australia. This group seeks to support, guide and upskill interested Dietitians in this emerging area of medicine and provide them with a supportive base from which they can develop the confidence, skills and expertise to effectively integrate functional medicine principles and practices (including reputable evidence-based nutrition research (incorporating functional foods, pharmaceutical grade nutritional supplements and functional testing techniques) with potential clinical applications in an integrative manner in patient nutrition assessment and intervention.
QUALIFICATION DETAILS
Rocco Di Vincenzo - Consultant Dietitian (APD)
Bachelor of Science
Masters in Human Nutrition and Dietetics
Post Graduate Diploma in Nutritional and Environmental Medicine (Swinburne University)
Member DAA CMA ACNEM AIMA AAOH IFM
Service Categories
Dietitians, Nutrition, Weight Loss
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