The Tarlo Record
Tarlo was established in London by a team of qualified nutrition professionals whose practice began not in commercial wellness, but in the systematic documentation of how ordinary people build and break food habits. The question the practice returns to consistently: not what to eat, but how consistent eating patterns are formed and maintained.
Why food habits, not food plans
The distinction between a meal plan and a food habit is more significant than it first appears. A meal plan is a document. A food habit is a recurring behaviour embedded in the structure of daily life. Tarlo was built on the observation that long-term nutritional outcomes are determined almost entirely by the latter, and yet the majority of nutritionist guidance resources focus on producing the former.
The founding team spent several years reviewing intake records from individuals who had followed structured meal plans with documented short-term results, only to return to baseline patterns within months. The consistent finding was that habit formation had not been addressed — only meal content. Tarlo was built specifically to address that gap.
The practice operates from 91 Brick Lane in London's Marylebone district. Sessions are conducted in person and via scheduled remote consultation. All intake records, habit protocols, and revision histories are maintained in a documented archive, accessible to each individual throughout their engagement with Tarlo.
The nutrition professionals at Tarlo hold qualifications in nutritional science, dietary assessment, and behaviour-informed habit design. We recommend speaking with a qualified wellness or nutrition professional before introducing any significant change to your daily routine, particularly if you have specific dietary requirements.
What the practice holds constant
Documentation over guideline
Every recommendation at Tarlo is preceded by documented intake assessment. No protocol is issued without a traceable record of the individual's current food choices, meal timing, and activity baseline.
Real food as baseline
The nutritional reference point at Tarlo is the minimally processed ingredient in its closest-to-origin state. No recommendation substitutes a whole food with a processed equivalent for convenience.
Habit formation over rapid change
Short-term restriction protocols are not offered. Every engagement at Tarlo is structured around incremental habit adjustment over a defined timeline, with scheduled review and revision.
Seasonal composition standards
Meal plans reference the UK seasonal produce calendar. Ingredient selections are updated quarterly to maintain alignment with current harvest cycles and optimum micronutrient profiles.
Qualified nutrition professionals
Fourteen years of intake documentation and habit protocol design, specialising in weight management through compositional food frameworks rather than restriction.
Focuses on gut-friendly recipe design and the integration of sport and fitness requirements into daily meal composition frameworks.
Maintains the Tarlo seasonal ingredient catalogue and oversees the quarterly update of all meal composition standards to align with current UK harvest cycles.