12 Aug 2024
GUT HEALTH MONTH: PROBIOTICS
Probiotics can help to improve overall health and wellbeing, including reducing symptoms of IBS and improving mood.
Category Archives: dietitian
15 Jul 2024
Carbs are not bad for you.
Despite current conversations around diet, carbohydrates (AKA carbs) are a very important part of healthy, balanced diets. Including the right types of carbohydrate foods in your diet is the key to maintaining energy levels throughout the day, which can improve your focus and overall health and wellbeing.
20 Nov 2023
Alcohol and Health
Everyone is affected by alcohol differently. Additionally, drinking is never completely without risks. For this reason it is good to have an understanding of recommendations around alcohol intake to make an informed choice. This article summarises Australian guidelines around alcohol consumption.
26 Sep 2023
Low Carbohydrate Diets and Type 2 Diabetes
If you have diabetes chances are you’ve heard of a low carb diet before. This article will discuss the premise behind this diet and some important considerations before trying it. Carbohydrates and Blood Sugar Level It’s not just sugar that impacts our blood sugar level. Any carbohydrate food, when eaten and digested, is broken down…
07 Aug 2023
What to eat for PCOS
If you have PCOS it’s quite possible you have pondered how your diet may influence your condition. Here we look at the evidenced based approach to what to eat to manage your PCOS.
16 Mar 2023
Nutrition for endometriosis
Endometriosis is a condition in which the tissue which lines the uterus grows outside the uterus. This can lead to various symptoms including pain, irregular periods, subfertility, fatigue, mood changes. Below are a few tips on what to eat if you have endometriosis.
25 Jul 2022
What’s the best dietary approach for Diabetes management?
Keto, paleo, low carb, low glycaemic index (GI), vegetarian, Mediterranean… if you search for dietary approaches to manage blood sugar levels or diabetes you will probably end up rather confused about the best approach to take. This is because what will work for one person may not work for someone else. Things that impact…
16 May 2022
7 Ways to Increase Your Legume Intake (And Why You Will Benefit!)
Legumes are often associated with vegan and vegetarian diets however, in the average human diet, legumes aren’t consumed frequently and don’t commonly appear on the dining table (when they really should). What are legumes? Legumes (or pulses) are a family of plants including beans like kidney, black & soy, chickpeas, peas, lupins, lentils and peanuts. Why…
08 Mar 2022
How well do you know your 5 main food groups?
Variety is the spice of life The Australian Government recommends we eat a variety of nutritious foods from the five main food groups every day. By doing this we’re fueling our body with the variety of nutrients essential for optimum health and vitality. The foods are grouped because they share similar key nutrients and…