Your diet isn't working
because it wasn't built for you.Recovery-led clinical nutrition.

A nutrition programme designed around your blood work, injury history, and recovery goals — not a generic meal plan or a calorie target. Clinical nutrition for real results in HSR Layout, Bangalore.

Injury recovery Chronic inflammation Weight management Gut health Sports performance Post-surgery healing Bone & joint health
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100%Blood-work based
The Problem "I've tried every diet. Nothing sticks and my injury isn't healing."

Generic diets ignore the inflammatory load your injured tissue is dealing with. Without addressing nutrition at a cellular level, recovery stalls — no matter how clean you eat.

Anti-inflammatory Protocol
The Problem "My physio says I need to lose weight, but I can barely move without pain."

Load management and nutrition work together. We build a realistic plan that reduces inflammatory load and supports recovery simultaneously — no extreme restriction.

Injury-Safe Weight Management
The Problem "I had surgery 3 months ago and I'm healing slower than expected."

Post-surgical healing is heavily nutrition-dependent. Protein synthesis, collagen production, and immune modulation all require specific nutritional support that most patients never receive.

Post-Surgical Nutrition
Why This Is Different

Not a diet plan.
A clinical programme.

The difference between a nutrition plan and clinical nutrition is the same as the difference between a gym and a physiotherapy clinic. One gives you a generic programme. The other assesses your body first.

What We AssessGeneric DietSevens Nutrition
Blood work reviewNeverEvery programme
Injury / surgery historyIgnoredCentral to plan
Inflammation markersNot assessedCRP, ESR reviewed
Gut microbiome screeningNot includedWhere indicated
Physio coordinationNoneBuilt in
Written protocolGeneric PDFPer-client document
Progress reassessmentRarelyEvery 4–6 weeks
01
Blood-work first, plan second

Your programme is designed around your pathology reports, not a questionnaire. Deficiencies, inflammatory markers, hormonal imbalances, and metabolic function are reviewed before a single recommendation is made.

02
Coordinated with your physiotherapy

Our nutritionist works alongside your physiotherapist. Your diet supports your rehabilitation timeline — not running in parallel as an afterthought.

03
Anti-inflammatory by design

Chronic inflammation is the common thread in persistent pain, slow recovery, and poor surgical outcomes. Every programme addresses inflammation at a nutritional level — not just by removing junk food.

04
Realistic for Bangalore life

Plans are built around food you can actually find and cook — not ingredients that require importing from a specialty store. South Indian dietary patterns are worked with, not around.

Who This Is For

Eight conditions where diet is part of the fix.

Nutrition is not a lifestyle add-on here. These are presentations where clinical evidence shows nutrition changes recovery outcomes — measurably.

Injury Recovery

Ligament, tendon, and muscle injuries heal faster with adequate protein, vitamin C, collagen precursors, and targeted anti-inflammatory support. Most patients are deficient in at least two.

Most Common
Chronic Inflammation

Persistent joint pain, recurrent injury, and slow tissue healing are often inflammation-driven. A targeted anti-inflammatory protocol — built on your CRP and ESR results — can shift this significantly.

Evidence-strong
Post-Surgical Healing

Collagen synthesis, wound closure, immune support, and oedema reduction are all nutrition-dependent. Starting pre-operatively produces measurably better surgical outcomes.

Pre & Post-Op
Weight Management with Injury

Losing weight while injured requires a specific approach — one that preserves muscle mass, maintains protein synthesis for tissue repair, and avoids the inflammatory spike that extreme restriction causes.

Injury-Safe Protocol
Osteoporosis & Bone Health

Calcium and vitamin D are only the beginning. Bone density is influenced by protein intake, vitamin K2, magnesium, and hormonal factors that most osteoporosis patients are never told about.

Beyond Calcium
Sports Performance & Recovery

Training adaptation, muscle protein synthesis, and next-day recovery are determined largely by nutrition timing and composition. Performance gains stall when nutrition is not periodised alongside training.

Athlete-specific
Gut Health & Absorption

A compromised gut lining reduces nutrient absorption — meaning even a good diet fails to deliver. Gut permeability, dysbiosis, and IBS patterns are assessed and addressed as part of complex programmes.

Microbiome-informed
Antenatal & Postnatal Nutrition

Pregnancy and post-partum create specific nutritional demands that generic advice consistently underserves. We address iron, folate, omega-3, iodine, and musculoskeletal recovery nutrition together.

Clinically supported
Not sure if nutrition is the missing piece for you?

Call or WhatsApp us before booking. If your presentation does not have a meaningful nutritional component, we will tell you directly rather than sell you a programme that will not move the needle. Honesty about fit is non-negotiable at Sevens.

How It Works

Assessment first.
Plan second. Always.

Every nutrition programme at Sevens follows the same structured clinical pathway. You will never receive a plan before we understand your current state.

1
Comprehensive Nutritional Assessment

60-minute assessment covering your full health history, current dietary patterns, medications, blood work review, lifestyle, and recovery goals. We identify deficiencies, inflammatory load, and metabolic factors before making a single recommendation.

60 minutes · Bring blood reports
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Programme Design

Your plan is built within 48 hours of your assessment and delivered as a written document — covering food targets, meal timing, supplementation where indicated, foods to prioritise, and foods to reduce. Written in plain language, not clinical jargon.

48-hour turnaround · Written document
3
Implementation & Follow-Up Sessions

Fortnightly or monthly check-ins to review adherence, adjust the plan based on how your body is responding, and troubleshoot real-life barriers. Coordination with your physiotherapist happens automatically.

Fortnightly or monthly cadence
4
Reassessment & Discharge

Formal reassessment at weeks 6 and 12. Once your recovery goals and nutritional targets are met, you are discharged with a long-term maintenance guide. No indefinite dependency.

Goal-based discharge · Maintenance guide
6–8wkTypical timeline for measurable inflammation reduction
30%Faster tissue repair with optimised protein & micronutrient intake
100%Of programmes built from blood-work — not questionnaires
48hrPlan delivery after your assessment appointment
What you leave your first appointment with:
A written review of your blood work and what it means nutritionally
Identification of your top 3 nutritional deficits and how they are affecting your recovery
Interim dietary guidance to act on immediately — before your full plan is ready
A clear explanation of what your 6-week programme will address and why
Supplement recommendations where clinically indicated — with specific dosing and timing
Coordination note sent to your Sevens physiotherapist the same day
What the Plan Covers

Everything your recovery
actually requires.

A clinical nutrition programme at Sevens is not a meal plan. It is a comprehensive dietary intervention across six evidence-based domains.

Anti-Inflammatory Protocol
Omega-3 to omega-6 ratio optimisation
Polyphenol and antioxidant food prescription
Elimination of hidden inflammatory triggers
Curcumin and quercetin supplementation where indicated
Nightshade and gluten sensitivity screening
Protein & Tissue Repair
Daily protein targets calibrated to injury type and body weight
Leucine threshold guidance for muscle protein synthesis
Collagen peptide timing around physiotherapy sessions
Plant vs animal protein distribution for South Indian diets
Post-surgical protein periodisation protocols
Micronutrient Correction
Vitamin D3 & K2 — bone and immune function
Iron and ferritin — fatigue and recovery capacity
Magnesium — muscle cramps, sleep, and nerve function
Zinc — tissue repair and immune modulation
B12 and folate — neurological and red cell function
Weight & Body Composition
Safe caloric deficit design that preserves muscle mass
Anti-inflammatory weight loss — not just calorie restriction
Load-reduction targets coordinated with physiotherapy
Realistic timelines set from body composition data
Avoidance of crash diets that spike cortisol and delay healing
Gut Health & Absorption
Gut permeability assessment and repair protocol
Probiotic strain selection for musculoskeletal inflammation
Prebiotic fibre targets for microbiome diversity
FODMAP screening for IBS-related absorption compromise
Food timing to reduce bloating and digestive load
Sports & Performance Nutrition
Pre- and post-training meal timing for adaptation
Carbohydrate periodisation around training load
Hydration and electrolyte protocols for Bangalore heat
Competition week and event-day nutrition planning
Recovery nutrition synchronised with physio sessions
Patient Outcomes

Before & After
Clinical Nutrition at Sevens

Representative outcomes from patients who integrated clinical nutrition with their physiotherapy programme.

Chronic Knee Pain & OAAnti-inflammatory programme — 54yr patient, 12 weeks
MeasureBeforeAfter 12 wks
CRP (inflammation)12.4 mg/L3.1 mg/L
Pain on walking (VAS)6.5/102/10
Daily NSAID useYesStopped
Body weight84 kg76 kg
Integrated with 16 physiotherapy sessions over the same period
Post-ACL Surgery RecoveryProtein & collagen protocol — 27yr athlete, 6 months
MeasureBeforeAfter 6 months
Daily protein intake62g148g (target met)
Quad LSI (strength)54%91%
Ferritin level9 ng/mL38 ng/mL
Return to trainingDelayedMonth 8 (on target)
Nutrition integrated with full ACL rehabilitation programme
★★★★★
Injury Recovery + Weight

"Three different doctors told me to lose weight before we fix your knee. Sevens actually showed me how to do both at the same time without making the injury worse. My CRP came down, my knee stopped swelling after walks, and I've lost 9 kilos in 14 weeks — without starving myself."

SK
Srinivas K.OA Knee · HSR Layout, Bangalore
★★★★★
Post-Surgical Nutrition

"I had my knee replaced and was told by the hospital to just eat normally. At Sevens they found I was severely low on protein and vitamin D — both of which directly slow down bone integration after a replacement. After 8 weeks on the plan, my physio said my recovery was ahead of schedule."

AM
Anita M.Knee Replacement Rehab · Koramangala
★★★★★
Sports Performance

"I was training hard but kept picking up small injuries every 6–8 weeks. Turned out I was chronically under-eating protein and my ferritin was at 11. Fixed both and I haven't had a significant injury in 7 months. I wish I had done this 3 years ago."

RN
Rohit N.Runner · Bangalore South
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General
Clinical nutrition is the application of nutritional science within a medical or rehabilitation context — starting from your pathology data rather than a generic food survey. At Sevens, nutrition is integrated with physiotherapy: your blood work, injury status, and recovery timeline directly shape the dietary plan. A general dietitian or nutritionist typically works from dietary recall and lifestyle goals. We work from CRP levels, ferritin, vitamin D status, protein markers, and your physiotherapist's clinical notes.
No. Nutrition programmes are available as a standalone service. However, for conditions where physiotherapy and nutrition overlap — injury recovery, post-surgical rehabilitation, osteoarthritis, chronic pain — the integration of both services produces significantly better outcomes. If you come in for nutrition alone and we identify that physiotherapy would help your recovery, we will say so — without pressure.
Clinical nutrition at Sevens is grounded in peer-reviewed research. We do not prescribe supplements because they are popular or because patients request them. Supplementation is recommended only where a specific deficiency is identified from blood work and where evidence supports the clinical benefit. We are equally comfortable saying "you do not need this supplement" as recommending one. Anti-inflammatory nutrition, protein periodisation, and micronutrient repletion are all areas with substantial clinical evidence — not wellness trends.
Every plan is built from your specific assessment data. There are no templates. Your blood work results, current dietary patterns, food preferences, cooking habits, work schedule, injury status, and recovery goals all shape the final programme. Two patients with the same diagnosis will receive different plans if their blood work, lifestyle, and goals differ — which they always do.
For the right presentations, yes — the evidence is solid. Chronic inflammation (measured by CRP and ESR) is demonstrably reduced by targeted dietary intervention. Protein intake directly determines the rate of muscle and tendon tissue repair after injury. Vitamin D deficiency is causally associated with musculoskeletal pain and fatigue. Iron deficiency anaemia consistently slows post-surgical recovery. These are not speculative connections — they are well-established clinical relationships. For presentations where nutrition is not a major driver, we will tell you that too.
Yes, wherever possible. Blood reports from the last 6 months are ideal — particularly a CBC, CRP, ESR, vitamin D 25-OH, ferritin, B12, fasting glucose, and thyroid function. If you do not have recent blood work, we can recommend what to get done and where before your appointment, or proceed with a clinical assessment and order targeted tests based on the findings. You will not be turned away for not having blood work — but having it significantly improves the quality of your first session.
Programme
The first appointment is a 60-minute comprehensive nutritional assessment. It covers your complete health history, current dietary patterns and meal timing, blood work review, medication list, injury and surgical history, lifestyle factors (sleep, stress, activity), and recovery goals. You leave with immediate interim guidance and a scheduled plan delivery within 48 hours. The plan itself is a written document — not a WhatsApp message or a list of foods to avoid.
Within 48 hours of your assessment appointment. The plan is a written document covering your nutritional targets, food-first recommendations, meal timing guidance, supplementation protocol where indicated, and specific clinical rationale for every major recommendation. You will not need to decode abbreviations or look up terms — it is written in plain language.
For most programmes, fortnightly follow-up sessions for the first 6 weeks, then monthly thereafter. Formal reassessment at weeks 6 and 12. The total number of sessions depends on your goals: a targeted injury-recovery programme might complete in 3 months. A complex programme involving weight management, gut health, and sports performance may run for 6 months. We do not create unnecessary dependency — discharge happens when your goals are met and you can manage independently.
Plans are built around food readily available in Bangalore — from local supermarkets and sabzi mandis, not health food stores. South Indian dietary patterns (rice-based, vegetarian-heavy, legume-rich) are worked with, not against. We are specific about where substitutions are necessary and always offer realistic alternatives. If you are vegetarian or vegan, your protein and micronutrient targets are met through a plant-based framework — not by recommending protein shakes as a shortcut.
Travel and irregular schedules are accommodated in programme design. We build a primary plan and a travel-mode variant — with specific guidance for restaurant meals, airport food, and hotel breakfast. The core nutritional principles do not change; the delivery mechanism adapts to your context. Follow-up sessions can be conducted remotely over a video call when you are travelling.
Yes. The initial assessment can be conducted via video call with your blood reports shared digitally in advance. Follow-up sessions are available remotely from the second session onwards. In-person is preferred for the initial assessment where possible — but the clinical quality of a remote programme is equivalent for nutrition. Remote nutrition sessions are available to patients outside HSR Layout and across Bangalore.
We set clear, measurable milestones at your assessment. For inflammation-driven conditions, a repeat CRP and ESR at week 8 objectively shows whether dietary intervention has shifted your inflammatory status. For recovery programmes, pain scores, strength metrics, and physiotherapy milestone data all cross-reference nutritional progress. We do not rely on subjective "feeling better" as the only measure. If the plan is not producing measurable change at week 6, we reassess the approach — not just tell you to be more consistent.
Conditions
Yes — for osteoarthritis and inflammatory arthritis, the evidence for dietary intervention is well-established. An anti-inflammatory dietary pattern reduces circulating inflammatory cytokines, which directly reduces synovial joint inflammation. Specific nutrients — omega-3 fatty acids, polyphenols, vitamin D, and collagen peptides — have demonstrated efficacy in randomised trials for pain and function in OA. This does not replace physiotherapy but works synergistically with it to produce outcomes that neither achieves alone.
Ideally, before surgery. Pre-operative nutrition (prehab nutrition) has strong evidence for improving post-surgical outcomes — particularly for orthopaedic procedures. If you are already post-surgery, the sooner the better: the first 6–8 weeks post-op are when nutritional support for tissue healing has the greatest impact. We can begin your programme from week 1 post-surgery and coordinate with your surgical team's dietary restrictions. Bring your surgical summary and any dietitian recommendations from the hospital.
This is one of our most common — and most nuanced — presentations. Weight loss with active injury requires a specific approach because: standard caloric restriction raises cortisol, which increases inflammation and impairs healing; excessive restriction causes muscle loss at exactly the time you need muscle to protect injured joints; and extreme restriction reduces nutrient availability for tissue repair. We design a programme that achieves meaningful weight reduction while maintaining the nutritional environment for recovery — typically a modest deficit of 300–500 kcal combined with specific anti-inflammatory and protein-first principles.
Diet cannot reverse established osteoporosis on its own — but it is a mandatory component of any bone-health intervention. Most patients with low bone density are deficient in vitamin D, K2, calcium, and protein simultaneously — and correcting all four is necessary for bone-building drugs to work effectively. We also address dietary acidic load (a major driver of calcium loss from bone) and ensure adequate magnesium and boron, which are routinely overlooked in standard osteoporosis management. Clinical Pilates at Sevens runs alongside the nutrition programme for the weight-bearing stimulus bone density requires.
Yes — and it is a frequently missed cause of recurrent injury. Low energy availability (chronic under-fuelling), iron deficiency, low ferritin (even within the "normal" range), inadequate protein intake, and omega-3 deficiency are all directly associated with increased injury risk and impaired tissue repair. Athletes who train hard typically need significantly more protein and micronutrient support than they realise — and the conventional "eat healthy" advice consistently underestimates these needs. A targeted blood work review often reveals the driver quickly.
Yes — and it is underserved in standard postnatal care. Post-partum nutritional demands are significant: iron repletion after delivery blood loss, collagen support for perineal repair, omega-3 for postpartum mood, calcium and vitamin D for breastfeeding bone demands, and protein for abdominal wall and pelvic floor tissue recovery. We coordinate postnatal nutrition with our physiotherapy team's pelvic floor rehabilitation programme to ensure both are working from the same clinical framework.
Yes — particularly where gut dysfunction is compromising nutrient absorption and therefore affecting your recovery or performance. We assess gut permeability, dysbiosis patterns, and food sensitivity triggers as part of complex nutrition programmes. The FODMAP elimination and reintroduction protocol is evidence-based and applied where IBS is confirmed. We do not rely on food intolerance testing kits that lack clinical validity — our assessment is symptom-based and clinically structured.
It can meaningfully support it. Ligament and tendon healing is collagen-dependent — and collagen synthesis requires adequate vitamin C, specific amino acids (glycine, proline, hydroxyproline), and vitamin D. Randomised trials show that collagen peptide supplementation taken with vitamin C before loading sessions increases collagen synthesis in tendons. Adequate protein intake is also essential — most injury patients significantly under-eat protein relative to what their repair demands require. These are not marginal benefits: they are clinically measurable improvements in recovery timelines.
Food & Diet
Considerably more than most patients eat. General population protein requirements are 0.8g per kg of body weight per day. For active injury recovery, the evidence-based target is 1.6–2.2g per kg per day. For post-surgical patients in early recovery, 2.0–2.4g per kg per day. A 70kg patient recovering from knee replacement needs 140–168g of protein daily — roughly 5–6 chicken breasts worth. Most Indian dietary patterns, particularly vegetarian ones, fall significantly short of this without deliberate effort. Your plan will specify your exact target and show you how to reach it on your preferred diet.
For most nutrients, food-first is the priority. However, certain nutrients are practically impossible to achieve in therapeutic doses through diet alone in an injury context: vitamin D3 (sunlight exposure in urban Bangalore is insufficient for most people), omega-3 EPA/DHA (would require eating oily fish 5–7 times per week), collagen peptides (at the 15–20g pre-session dose studied in trials), and vitamin K2 MK-7 (found only in natto, which is not a realistic dietary staple). Where supplementation is recommended, we specify the exact form, dose, timing, and brand criteria — not just "take vitamin D".
Anti-inflammatory: fatty fish (sardines, mackerel), walnuts, flaxseed, turmeric with black pepper, dark leafy greens, berries, olive oil, green tea, fermented foods, and colourful vegetables. Pro-inflammatory: refined seed oils (sunflower, safflower, soybean in excess), ultra-processed foods, refined sugar and white flour products, excess alcohol, and trans fats. Industrial seed oils are particularly relevant for South Indian diets given the volume of cooking oil used — replacing a portion with cold-pressed coconut oil or ghee and reducing overall volume is a common early recommendation in our programmes.
Yes — but it requires deliberate planning that generic vegetarian advice does not provide. The key challenges are: meeting protein targets without excess caloric intake, ensuring leucine sufficiency for muscle protein synthesis (leucine threshold is harder to hit on plant protein), achieving adequate B12, iron (haem vs non-haem absorption), omega-3 (ALA conversion to EPA/DHA is poor without supplementation), zinc, and calcium. None of these are insurmountable on a well-designed plant-based programme. All of them are commonly missed on a standard vegetarian diet.
No — and this is a common misconception from popular diet culture. The quality of carbohydrate matters far more than the total quantity. Refined carbohydrates (white rice in excess, white bread, sugary drinks, biscuits) drive insulin spikes that promote inflammatory signalling. Whole food carbohydrates (whole grains, legumes, vegetables, fruit) are anti-inflammatory due to their fibre, polyphenol, and micronutrient content. Drastically cutting carbohydrates during active injury recovery also reduces glycogen availability, which impairs physical therapy performance and muscle repair. We calibrate carbohydrate intake precisely — not eliminate it.
Coffee in moderate quantities (2–3 cups daily) is not pro-inflammatory and may have mild anti-inflammatory effects through its polyphenol content. It is also not a significant issue for most recovery programmes. Chai with milk and sugar: the tea base has anti-inflammatory polyphenols, but the sugar and refined carbohydrate load from frequent consumption is worth moderating. The bigger nutritional concerns in most patients are not tea or coffee — they are inadequate protein, low omega-3 intake, vitamin D deficiency, and excess refined vegetable oil. We address these first.
Practical & Booking
The initial 60-minute assessment is priced separately from follow-up sessions. Follow-up sessions are available individually — there are no compulsory block bookings. For patients combining nutrition with physiotherapy at Sevens, an integrated programme rate is available. Exact current pricing is provided when you call or WhatsApp — we prefer to confirm current rates directly. There is no hidden charge for the written plan delivered after your assessment.
It depends on your policy. When nutrition is delivered as part of a physiotherapy rehabilitation programme (post-surgical, chronic disease management), some comprehensive plans cover it under outpatient rehabilitation. Standalone nutrition consultations are less commonly covered. We provide detailed clinical documentation, itemised receipts, and a clinical summary letter to support your insurance claim. Check with your insurer before your appointment — we can provide a preliminary clinical letter to help with pre-authorisation if required.
Via the booking form on this page, by calling us at +91 98765 43210, or by WhatsApp. Please specify that you are booking for nutrition — this ensures the right slot with our nutritionist. We respond within 2 working hours. Appointments are typically available within 3–5 working days. Bring your blood reports (last 6 months where available), a list of current medications and supplements, and any relevant medical notes.
The most common reason previous nutrition advice hasn't worked is that it was either too generic (same plan for everyone), not integrated with medical data (no blood work review), not connected to the clinical rehabilitation programme, or not followed up with enough frequency to adapt to your response. At Sevens, all four of these are addressed. If you have had a previous nutrition programme elsewhere, bring the documentation — understanding what was tried and why it didn't work is useful clinical information for designing something that will.
Yes — and for most recovery presentations, this combination produces the best outcomes. Physiotherapy addresses the structural and movement components of your condition. Clinical Pilates builds core stability and motor control. Nutrition optimises the biological environment for tissue repair, inflammation control, and body composition. The three services share clinical notes and coordinate on your programme — so each reinforces rather than contradicts the others. Integrated programmes are available at a combined rate.
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Your recovery starts
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Book a 60-minute clinical nutrition assessment. You leave with a blood-work review, identification of your top nutritional deficits, and interim guidance to act on immediately — before your full programme is even delivered.

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