Stefanie Valakas
Stefanie Valakas—Endometriosis Dietitian
Summary: Stefanie Valakas is an experienced endometriosis dietitian based in New South Wales, Australia, dedicated to personalized, flexible nutrition care. Stefanie Valakas focuses on helping patients manage endometriosis symptoms by tailoring diet and lifestyle strategies that reduce pain, improve gastrointestinal health, and support fertility goals. Her approach emphasizes a non-restrictive, science-based method that avoids rigid elimination diets, promoting balance and enjoyment in eating while minimizing symptoms. Stefanie collaborates closely with multidisciplinary healthcare teams to provide coordinated, patient-centered care. She helps identify common nutrient deficiencies like iron and vitamin D, navigate food intolerances, and adopt anti-inflammatory diets that can ease chronic inflammation linked to endometriosis. Stefanie Valakas also offers customized supplementation plans and fertility-focused nutritional guidance to optimize reproductive health. Her warm and professional approach empowers patients to take control of their nutrition and improve quality of life through sustainable, evidence-based strategies.
Visit types: Virtual
Spoken languages: English
Interpreting services for other languages: No
Philosophy of care for endometriosis patients:
Our philosophy at The Dietologist is all about finding each person’s unique blueprint when it comes to their diet and lifestyle that can help improve their daily life, reduce their endometriosis-related pain, improve their gastrointestinal function and optimise current or future fertility (if desired). We have a philosophy of person-centered care based on the latest science, collaborating with multi-disciplinary team members for optimised and coordinated care, as well as approaching nutrition in a non-perfectionistic and flexible way! No unnecessary strict elimination diet protocols that make you feel bad about yourself for “slipping up.” We want you to experience maximum flexibility with your nutrition so you can live life how you want to, with minimum symptoms getting in the way!
The right diet for an individual can help correct common nutrient deficiencies—iron, B12, vitamin D, and calcium.
identify and navigate food intolerances (more common in those with endometriosis) with as little restriction as possible
Adopt anti-inflammatory dietary patterns to manage pain and chronic inflammatory symptoms associated with endometriosis, nutritional strategies to help with constipation, diarrhea, and bloating, as well as IBS (judicious use of the low FODMAP diet as required,) design bespoke supplementation plans to support dietary intake as well as endometriosis symptoms. Supportive nutrition strategies for individuals and couples trying to conceive (assisted or unassisted)—including optimizing egg quality before IVF, conception, or egg freezing; supporting sperm quality; and enhancing implantation using evidence-based nutrition strategies.