Category: nutrition

A quick 20 minute recipe for a calming lavender cookie.

Gluten free bread has come a long way! Here are my top five picks!

Is rice really the devils sidediosh?

Keen to try something new in the kitchen? Try this gluten free seed!

I’ve been trying to convince my mother to go gluten free for years. Years. Throughout these years, anytime I have stayed for a visit, or popped over for a meal I have brought some form of buckwheat with me. Be it kernels/groats. Buckinis (activated buckwheat). Buckwheat flour and pasta.  Almost every time my mother comments, … Continue reading “What the buck (wheat)? The gluten free grain game”

TYhinking of going on a gluten free diet? Read this.

Hold, up. Wait a minute. You don’t have to have a Bachelor’s in Nutrition, or even have completed high school PE/H/PD to know that there’s no such thing as the fourth macronutrient. Have I lost my mind? Am I trying to pull a fast one over the long-standing knowledge and understanding of science? Is this … Continue reading “The fourth macronutrient”

As you may already know, this month we’ve been taking a micro look at the macronutrients. So far, we have looked at dietary fats, protein and good foods sources of these macros. Previously, I mentioned that protein has recently been getting a bit of a bad rapt, but that’s nothing compared to the press the … Continue reading “Choose you CHO (carbohydrate)”

More than just the gorw macro, lets look at the macronutrient protein!

The macronutrient fat is often misunderstod; lets get the skinny on fat!

When counting calories counts, and when to count it ouit!

Last week, we looked at the terminology around ‘boosting’ the immune system. We looked at how I prefer to use the terms ‘optimising’ and ‘support’. Today’s blog we’re going to dive a deeper in the nutrients commonly used in immune support. One thing that’s interesting and important to remember is, some nutrients act to support … Continue reading “5 nutrients to support your immune system”

Immunity.  Boosting one’s immunity. Herd immunity. Acquired immunity. The word, and the idea of immunity is getting a whole lotta ‘love’ of late. We’ve all read the tweets/blogs/articles about how we can ‘boost’ our immune systems, and then we’ve all been slapped down by doctors and scientists saying that we can’t boost our immunity through … Continue reading “Immunity, can it be boosted?”

I’ve just spent the entire month of March celebrating Women’s History Month. I’ve given props to the women who’ve given me props; the women who are part of my history. My herstory. I’ve also shared some info about health problems which, whilst they can affect anyone of the gender spectrum, more commonly affect the women folk. … Continue reading “Raindrops. Roses. Whiskers. Kittens. Chocolate”

Iron. Just like ironing, it’s something which many folks seem to have a trouble with. Many female folks are told they have iron deficient anaemia at some point in their lives. On the rare occasion our men folk may have issues with it too. However, unlike ironing, problems with iron levels such as anaemia can … Continue reading “Let’s talk about the iron in the room.”

I work with both men and women alike. Some are athletes. Some are parents. All are adulting in their own special ways. One common theme for many of the folk I work with is, “I’m tired”. I’m tired. Don’t get me wrong, there are possibly a million reasons why we can be tired. Not enough … Continue reading “Thyroid? More like tired-oid”

“Easter time is the time for Eggs and the time for eggs is Easter time. Chocolate eggs, sugar candy eggs, and lots of coloured hard-boiled eggs.” Many Australian adults are familiar with this catchy little ditty. If you’re a parent, you may remember watching your kids sing this as they walk around on Easter Hat … Continue reading “don’t blow your hard work in the gym over Easter.”

Recently, the gym in which I work from, and work-out in, held a FebFast challenge for its members. There was a big, beautiful poster on the team wall, on which you could write what you were fasting from. Each week, we were encouraged to tick a box to confirm if we had successfully abstained from … Continue reading “forgotten days of FebFast”

Continuing on the theme of all things immune, here are five quick foods you can add to your diet to help boost your immune system this month! GARLIC Easy to incorporate into winter warmer stews and casseroles, to help give you immune system a bit of a boost! This powerful little bulb packs some serious … Continue reading “Five foods to eat more of to keep well this winter.”

Despite the occasional warm day, winter is still well and truly here. It’s  still dark when many of us leave the house in the morning on our way to work, uni, or starting the morning school drop. Likewise, by the time many of us are wrapping up at the office, or picking up the kids … Continue reading “A-Zinc of Immune Health for Winter”