the seed clinic helps women harness the power of nutrition for fertility, pregnancy & postpartum, thereby supporting them to get pregnant and have healthier outcomes for them and their babies.
There is a wealth of reliable evidence from scientific research that shows nutrition can positively influence pre and postnatal health. But women who need advice about how food, supplements and self care can be used as a tool, are not being made aware of it. The seed clinic is on a mission to close this gap.
The first 1,000 days are a critical period of child development, referring to the time from preconception through to around two years of age. Nutrition has a major role to play in brain development, genetic programming and improving long term health for the mother and her baby.
The seed clinic’s goal is to help everyone hoping to start a family feel knowledgeable about nutrition, in control, empowered and confident. Private consultations are provided by Ella Pomfret, Registered Dietitian MSc.
about the seed clinic
ABOUT ELLA
Ella (Mariella) Pomfret MSc RD is a Registered Dietitian with 15 years of professional experience, a specialist perinatal nutritionist, a mum of three, and the founder of The Seed Clinic.
Celebrated for her "best friend energy" and deeply empathetic approach, Ella uses active listening as a powerful clinical tool. She honors each person’s unique lived experience to provide a completely bespoke, pressure-free treatment plan tailored to their specific situation and lifestyle.
Based in London but supporting clients virtually across the UK, Ella designs supportive eating patterns and evidence-based nutritional supplement regimens that you can realistically sustain. She is a passionate advocate for sharing delicious recipes that preserve the celebratory pleasure of eating, while advising on holistic lifestyle factors like sleep, movement, and stress regulation to support the entire reproductive lifespan.
Ella received her Master of Science in Nutrition and Postgraduate Diploma in Dietetics from King’s College London, ranked number one in the UK for nutrition sciences. She is an expert in female hormone health, PMOS, fertility optimisation, and perinatal nutrition, having successfully utilised advanced dietary therapies to support patients across top NHS London teaching hospitals and in private clinical practice.
Further bridging the worlds of clinical medicine and digital health innovation, Ella acts as a consulting clinician for Hertility Health, helping to shape expert nutritional protocols within their top-tier reproductive tracking ecosystem.
Uniquely pairing her advanced medical credentials with 8 years of corporate brand and agency PR experience, Ella brings a rare commercial intelligence to the wellness sector. She is a trusted, leading voice on pre and postnatal nutrition, frequently contributing to expert panels and media features, organising events and providing high-level corporate advisory and in-house brand consulting for premium supplement and health-tech companies.
Find Ella officially registered on the British Dietetic Association (BDA) Find a Dietitian index and the national Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) register.
Why work with a dietitian?
Dietitians appraise public health and scientific research on food and translate this into practical dietary interventions, nutritional supplement recommendations and holistic lifestyle advice. They work in the NHS, private practice, industry, education, research, sport, media, public relations, publishing, government, NGOs and more. All dietitians have completed a BSc Hons or postgraduate qualification in Dietetics, which requires a period of supervised clinical practice in an NHS setting.
Dietitians are the only nutrition professionals regulated by law, governed by an ethical code and qualified to provide special diets for medical conditions, for example if you’re navigating IVF, PCOS, or male-factor fertility. The titles “Dietitian” or “Registered Dietitian” can only be used by those who are registered with the Health and Care Professions Council which also regulate other professions with protected titles, including physiotherapists, speech and language therapists and paramedics and others.
