Vicki Jones, Naturopath & Hormone Specialist
The Menopause
Metabolic Reset
A science-backed, personalised programme to reclaim your metabolism, balance your hormones and feel like yourself again.
The Programme
What is Metabolic Balance?
Metabolic Balance is a clinically developed nutritional programme created by German physicians and nutrition scientists. It has been used by practitioners across more than 35 countries for over 20 years. The foundation of the programme is a personalised eating plan built specifically for your body using your blood values, health history, food preferences and metabolic profile.
There are no meal replacements, shakes, or calorie counting. Instead, you eat real, whole food in combinations and portions precisely calibrated to your own biochemistry. The result is a plan that works with your body's natural rhythms rather than fighting against them.
How Does It Work?
Every Metabolic Balance plan begins with a comprehensive blood panel. Your results, alongside your health history, symptoms and goals, are uploaded into the Metabolic Balance system, which generates a plan unique to you. No two plans are identical.
The Four Phases
Phase 1
Preparation
Days 1-2
A gentle cleanse to reset your metabolism and prepare your body
Phase 2
Strict
Days 3-14+
Your personalised foods in exact portions. This is where the real change begins
Phase 3
Relaxed
Ongoing
Consolidation with more variety as your body stabilises
Phase 4
Maintenance
For life
Your long-term healthy eating blueprint to keep results for good
| Phase | Duration | Stage | What Happens |
|---|
| Phase 1 | Days 1-2 | Preparation | A gentle cleanse to reset your metabolism and prepare your body |
| Phase 2 | Days 3-14+ | Strict | Your personalised foods in exact portions. This is where the real change begins |
| Phase 3 | Ongoing | Relaxed | Consolidation with more variety as your body stabilises |
| Phase 4 | For life | Maintenance | Your long-term healthy eating blueprint to keep results for good |
Throughout all four phases, you are supported by me, your naturopath and hormone specialist, to ensure the plan is working for your body and adjusted as your results improve.
The Science
Why Metabolic Balance Works So Well in Menopause
Perimenopause and menopause change the way your body processes food, stores fat and regulates hormones. The strategies that worked in your 30s often stop working entirely. This is not a willpower problem. It is a metabolic and hormonal one.
What is Actually Happening
- Insulin resistance rises as oestrogen declines, making carbohydrates harder to process and fat easier to store, particularly around the abdomen.
- Cortisol sensitivity increases, meaning stress hits harder and triggers more fat storage than it used to.
- Muscle mass decreases as progesterone falls, slowing your metabolic rate.
- Inflammation increases, contributing to joint pain, brain fog, poor sleep and mood changes.
- Gut microbiome shifts affect oestrogen recycling, which amplifies hormonal imbalance.
How the Reset Addresses These Changes
Because your plan is built from your own blood values, it targets the metabolic drivers that are specific to you at this stage of life. My role as a naturopath and hormone specialist is to layer menopause-specific clinical support on top of the Metabolic Balance framework, so we are not just changing what you eat. We are addressing the hormonal picture beneath the symptoms.
- Reduces insulin resistance, the primary driver of midlife weight gain
- Supports healthy oestrogen metabolism through food and targeted nutrients
- Lowers systemic inflammation to improve joint pain, brain fog and mood
- Stabilises blood sugar to reduce hot flushes, energy crashes and sugar cravings
- Promotes lean muscle retention to protect your metabolic rate
- Improves sleep quality by reducing cortisol and supporting melatonin production
- Supports gut health and oestrogen recycling
What You Get
What's Included in Your Programme
Both programmes include the same level of clinical support. The difference is the length of the programme and the number of appointments.
Your personalised Metabolic Balance plan
Generated from your blood values and health history, a detailed, individualised eating plan that is yours to keep.
Appointments across the programme
Your initial 90-minute consultation plus follow-up appointments to review progress, troubleshoot and adjust your plan as your body responds. The 7-Week Reset includes 5 appointments; the 12-Week Reset includes 8.
Blood test referral and analysis
I arrange your blood panel and interpret the results through both a metabolic and hormonal lens. Metabolic Balance is a recognised programme, and some GPs will run the required tests at no cost to you. I can guide you on how to approach this.
Hormone-specific naturopathic support
Clinical assessment and management of your menopause symptoms (hot flushes, sleep, mood, brain fog, libido) throughout the programme.
Core supplement and hydration salts
Your programme includes one core supplement and hydration salts to support your body through the process. Where clinically indicated, additional herbal formulations, nutritional supplements or functional tests such as GI mapping or DUTCH hormone testing are available at an additional cost.
Phase-by-phase education materials
Guides, recipes and resources for each phase of the programme.
Direct practitioner access between sessions
Message support for questions and reassurance as they come up.
Investment
Programme Investment
A $200 deposit is required at the time of booking to secure your place, deducted from your total programme fee.
Which Programme is Right for You?
7-Week Reset
Best forUp to 6 kg to lose
Appointments5
Programme fee$1,350
Blood test$195*
Deposit$200
12-Week Reset
Best forMore than 6 kg or complex symptoms
Appointments8
Programme fee$1,650
Blood test$195*
Deposit$200
| 7-Week Reset | 12-Week Reset |
|---|
| Best suited for | Up to 6 kg to lose | More than 6 kg to lose or complex symptoms |
| Appointments | 5 | 8 |
| Programme fee | $1,350 | $1,650 |
| Blood test | $195* | $195* |
| Deposit on booking | $200 | $200 |
7-Week Reset: Payment Options
Pay in Full (best value)$1,350
$200 deposit deducted, $1,150 on commencement
Payment Plan (4 x fortnightly)$1,417.50
5% interest. $200 deposit deducted. 4 x $304.38 fortnightly
| Payment Option | Total | How it works |
|---|
| Pay in Full (best value) | $1,350 | $200 deposit deducted. $1,150 on commencement |
| Payment Plan (4 x fortnightly, 5% interest) | $1,417.50 | $200 deposit deducted. 4 x $304.38 fortnightly |
12-Week Reset: Payment Options
Pay in Full (best value)$1,650
$200 deposit deducted, $1,450 on commencement
Payment Plan (4 x fortnightly)$1,732.50
5% interest. $200 deposit deducted. 4 x $383.13 fortnightly
| Payment Option | Total | How it works |
|---|
| Pay in Full (best value) | $1,650 | $200 deposit deducted. $1,450 on commencement |
| Payment Plan (4 x fortnightly, 5% interest) | $1,732.50 | $200 deposit deducted. 4 x $383.13 fortnightly |
* Where the blood test is not covered by your GP, the $195 fee is paid directly to the referring laboratory and is separate from the programme fee. Metabolic Balance is a recognised programme and some GPs will run the required tests at no cost to you. I will guide you on this before your first appointment. Payment plan instalments are processed fortnightly via Stripe.