Our Approach
Health is rarely shaped by one factor alone.
That is why ISDG looks beyond symptoms and nutrition in isolation — bringing together clinical knowledge, preventive perspectives, everyday life and the environment in which health decisions actually happen.
Clinical Care Meets
Preventive Perspectives
ISDG combines evidence-based Western clinical healthcare with Eastern preventive perspectives, drawing on the strengths of both.
Together, these perspectives aim to make maintaining and improving your health more manageable.
Treatment when it is needed.
Prevention whenever it is possible.
Environment First
When you visit someone in their own home, you sometimes see things that would never become visible in a hospital or consultation room.
That's why ISDG looks beyond the consultation room. We look not only at what you eat and drink, but also at how your surroundings may influence what you choose, how much you consume and when — including influences you may never have consciously noticed.
Unhelpful influences can be reduced or redesigned.
Helpful influences can be strengthened without relying on willpower alone.
Dedicated Care, Tailored to You
Two people can have the same health concern and still need very different approaches.
That’s why ISDG doesn’t start with a standard list of what to eat, what to avoid or what to change.
At ISDG, we don’t automatically require:
- more rigid discipline.
- more obsessive calorie counting.
- more exhausting exercise.
More restriction is not always the answer.
Instead, we develop a personalised, realistic strategy that works in real life while respecting your priorities.
Along the way, you gain the knowledge, practical skills and confidence to anticipate changes, make informed decisions and safely manage what is within your control.
From First Contact to Follow-Up
ISDG care begins before your first consultation.
We take the time to understand what you are looking for.
Then we work out together the best way forward, based on your needs and circumstances.
Discovery Call
Your journey starts with a brief discovery call.
This is an opportunity to discuss what brings you to ISDG, explore whether your needs align with the services offered, and see if ISDG is a good fit for you.
No individual medical or nutritional advice is provided during this call.
Time to Decide — No Pressure
After the introductory call, please take time to consider your next step.
There is no obligation to proceed.
The decision is entirely yours.
Planning Call
Once you decide to proceed, we arrange a second brief call.
During this call, we discuss your preferred service, explore what would best suit your needs, and plan how your care will work in practice.
We also review the service conditions (see “Practical Information”) to ensure everything is clear and agreed upon before your care begins.
You are unique — and your care should reflect that.
Your Care, Step by Step
From here, your personalised care begins.
Our approach follows four key stages:
After these four key stages, if you would like help putting your plan into practice, separate implementation support is available.
Connected Care, When Needed
ISDG works alongside other healthcare professionals.
When appropriate, we may recommend additional care or refer you to another qualified professional, based on your individual needs or preferences.
Our priority is to help you access the right support at the right time.
The ISDG Advantage
Private Care
When you need it — or when you choose it.
ISDG is designed for people who need more than a standard consultation or who deliberately choose a more comprehensive, flexible and private model of care.
Flexible Consultation Formats
We offer flexibility in how and where your consultations take place.
The format can be adapted throughout your care when appropriate.
Dedicated Availability
ISDG deliberately works with a limited number of clients at a time to allow for continuity, individual attention and in-depth follow-up. When capacity is reached, new clients may join a waiting list and will be contacted as soon as we are able to welcome them into our care.
Privacy & Discretion
ISDG provides private care by appointment only, with privacy and discretion at the centre of every interaction.
For this reason, joint sessions are only arranged where appropriate and agreed in advance.
Direct Communication
Care does not necessarily stop when the consultation ends.
For applicable services and programmes, we provide support between sessions via Signal when needed.
Why ISDG?
From Emergency Care to Prevention
For over two decades, I have worked in healthcare, including emergency and critical care, where life and death are part of everyday reality.
But beyond the urgency of saving lives, one question stayed with me:
What could we have done earlier?
Later, working in patients’ homes taught me another essential lesson: medical advice that ignores a patient’s everyday reality is destined to fail, however sound the science behind it.
Good healthcare cannot end at the consultation room door.
That conviction became one of the foundations of ISDG.
— Medicine · Nutrition · Action · Origin
The Philosophy Behind ISDG
ISDG draws inspiration from the Japanese expression Ishoku Dōgen (医食同源):
“Medicine and food share the same origin.”
I deliberately replaced the character 同 (dō, meaning “same”) with 動 (dō, meaning “movement” or “action”).
“True medicine originates from nutrition and action.”
The Value of Extraordinary Care
Life is never fair.
We all have to play with the cards we’ve been dealt.
But what if we could turn those cards into something more powerful — perhaps even a super joker?
That is why I founded ISDG: to help people unleash their true potential.
Not only from inside, but also from outside: the environment.
ISDG was created for people who expect extraordinary healthcare and are willing to invest in their health: more expertise, more personal attention, more flexibility, and a professional who takes their needs as seriously as they do.
Exceptional care demands exceptional dedication.That dedication has value.
Yuki Tadokoro
FOUNDER & PRACTITIONER
A hands-on integrative clinical strategist, shaped by the field.
For more than two decades, I have worked across diverse healthcare settings, including frontline care for critically ill patients.
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My professional standards were forged where clinical judgement, resourcefulness and responsibility matter most.
Throughout my career, I have held myself to one question:
“If my life depended on it, would I trust myself
as the healthcare professional by my side?”
That question has driven me to continually challenge my knowledge, refine my clinical skills and hold myself to the highest professional standards.
Today, I bring that same rigorous clinical thinking, practical resourcefulness and uncompromising dedication to every person who entrusts their care to ISDG.
Who Is Behind ISDG?
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Protect Your Health
Understanding gives you choices. Action creates change.
Knowledge helps you understand your health, recognise your options and make informed decisions. But knowledge alone changes little.
It is through action that new possibilities emerge.
My role is not to create dependence on professional advice, but to help you develop the confidence and practical skills to take greater control of your health — while recognising when professional care is needed.
20+ Years of Clinical Experience
Clinical & Acute Care
- Intensive care
- Emergency care
- Coronary care and cardiac monitoring
- Post-Anesthesia Care & Recovery
- Haemodialysis
- Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
- General hospital nursing
- Home nursing
Diagnostics & Medical Technology
- Radiology
- Nuclear medicine
- Radiotherapy
- Operating theatre
- Endoscopy
Prevention & Long-Term Health
- Diabetes education
- Clinical nutrition and dietetics
- Sports nutrition
- Occupational healthcare
- Lifestyle and behavioural support
- Home and environmental assessment
Research & Evidence
- Clinical Trials
- Pharmaceutical Research Operations
- Clinical Research Standards (ICH-GCP)
- Critical Appraisal of Scientific Literature
Education & Qualifications
- Bachelor in Nutrition and Dietetics
- Bachelor in Hospital Nursing
- Bachelor-after-Bachelor in Intensive & Emergency Care
- Special Professional Title (BBT) in Intensive & Emergency Care Nursing
- Postgraduate Diabetes Education
- Special Professional Competence (BBK) in Diabetology
- Certificate in Sports Nutrition
- Certificate in Radiation Protection
Fields of Expertise
Clinical Nutrition & Care
- Malnutrition & Nutritional Risk Management
- Gastrointestinal Disorders & Digestive Symptoms
- Dysphagia & Texture Modification
- Enteral & Parenteral Nutrition
- Food Allergy & Intolerance Education & Training
- Oncology Nutrition & Care
- Inflammatory & Autoimmune Conditions
- Lymphedema & Lipedema
Sports Nutrition & Physical Performance
- Targeted Fueling Strategies & Energy Availability
- Muscle Gain & Body Composition Improvement
- Sports Injury Prevention & Risk Reduction
- Training Adaptation & Recovery
- Sports & Exercise in Chronic Conditions or Disabilities
Reproductive & Sexual Health
- Male & Female Fertility
- Menstrual & Hormonal Disorders
- Sexual Dysfunction & Intimate Concerns
- Menopause & Midlife Hormonal Symptoms
Metabolic & Endocrine Health
- Diabetes Education & Management
- Prediabetes & Insulin Resistance
- Cardiovascular Health & Dyslipidemia
- Overweight & Obesity
- Thyroid Disorders
Surgical & Rehabilitation Care
- Perioperative Nutrition & Care
- Functional Recovery & Rehabilitation Support
- Wound Care & Healing
- Stoma Care & Complication Management
Preventive Healthcare
- Nudging & Behavioural Skills Development
- Ergonomics & Environmental Assessment
- Fatigue Risk & Recovery Management
- Occupational Health & Safety
- Whole Food & Plant-Based Nutrition
International & Extended Healthcare
- Healthcare Coordination for International Relocation
- Medical Travel & Clinical Accompaniment
- Cross-Cultural Medical Communication
- Japanese-Language Medical Support
Continuing Professional Development
- October 2026
Auerbach Session: Heat — Outdoor Medicine
Lunteren, Netherlands
- September 2025
European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (ESPEN) Congress
Prague, Czech Republic
- February 2025
Occupational Health Summit — MediWorx
Antwerp, Belgium
- September 2024
European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (ESPEN) Congress
Milan, Italy
- November 2023
European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM) Congress
Milan, Italy
- September 2023
European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (ESPEN) Congress
Lyon, France
- November 2020, 2021 and 2022
Diabetes Symposium: Diabetes Mellitus Complications, Updates and Quality of Life
Ghent, Belgium
- November 2021
VBVD Autumn Study Day: Gut Health and Nutrition
Leuven, Belgium
- March 2021
Diabetes Fair: Glucose Monitoring, Insulin Pumps and Type 2 Diabetes
Online, Belgium
- November 2019
European Federation of the Associations of Dietitians (EFAD) Conference
Berlin, Germany
- November 2019
Nutrition and Health Congress
Brussels, Belgium
- September 2017
European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM) Congress
Vienna, Austria
- January 2017
Outdoor Medicine Conference: Medicine in Extreme Cold
Amsterdam, Netherlands
- November 2016
Annual Congress of the Flemish Association of Intensive Care Nurses
Ghent, Belgium
- October 2016
European Congress on Emergency Medicine (EUSEM)
Vienna, Austria
- October 2015
European Resuscitation Council (ERC) Guidelines Congress
Prague, Czech Republic
- October 2013
ICH-GCP in Clinical Research
Mechelen, Belgium
- September 2004
Test of English for International Communication (TOEIC)
Score: 920