Polycystic Ovary Syndrome is the name for a collection of hormonal symptoms that affect 10 to 20% of biologically female people to varying degrees. It isn’t always easy to have an accurate diagnosis and the advice given for treatment is often limited. People can have a difficult time trying to sort this out so this…

It is very confusing deciding which ‘superfood’ is going to change your life at the moment – everyone is an expert and each week there is a new one. One week it is blueberries and then acai, chia or goji. All at a price and driven in the background by clever niche marketing. ‘Health’ and…

I listened recently to two intelligent young mothers in a coffee shop discussing how great it was they have access to vitamin supplements for their children.  They truly believed their children are healthier and will have better lives than they did because of this. The same day I saw a young mother who wanted to…

It can be a challenge to cope with body and health change over time and not to see this as solely a weight gain issue to be ‘fixed’ with a diet. The current western culture is confusing re food and health advice and choices –  and with busy, demanding lives, time for you to sort…

Lifestyle, eating and physical activity guidelines are the first treatment for this common hormonal condition that affects about 20% of women. Unfortunately  this can become ‘lose weight’ – which is often not even relevant. About 40 % of women with PCOS don’t even have a weight issue, but they still need to reduce their risk…

When it comes to nutrition, health for the individual reflects food and drink choices made over time and occurs where food and eating meets with that persons genetics, life stage, environment, culture and lifestyle choices.

Someone asked me a few days ago if I truly didn’t think about the kilojoules in the food I eat, how much exercise I have done, or how to manage my weight. The answer is that in spite of being a dietitian I have never believed that this is a necessary or desirable way to live with yourself and your body.

I have decided after many years of talking to people that about half the community can’t function without breakfast and the other half can’t have breakfast very easily.  In the perfect world we would all have breakfast when our body told us to after waking up – for some this would be straight away and…

Practicing more mindful eating is a way of reconnecting to our own bodies wisdom about the food we eat at the time we are eating it. It is part of the bigger concept of Intuitive eating.  With it we don’t need to measure and calculate or have all the ‘shoulds’ and head rules about food….