Whenever clients know they need to make improvements in their diet they first suggest cutting back on junk food, take-away food, soft drink and and the other usual culprits well known to be not very nutritious. However very few times are they willing to suggest they should cut back on coffee,

Kombucha is all the rage at the moment and I felt compelled to write this article after hearing a lot of people say they have swapped alcohol for kombucha during their Feb fast - which worries me! 

Should we drink? How much should we drink? what should we drink?

Detoxification is a very natural and necessary process that is happening within our body every day. In an ideal world, where all we ate was the perfect balance of wholefoods and we weren’t exposed to any toxins, this process would be very efficient.

It’s fair to say the amount of nutrition advice available to us today is absolutely insane and it’s understandable that many of us – myself included – find it difficult to know whether you are eating the right foods for your body.

It's not news to anyone that organic food is more expensive and I'm sure most of you laugh at the idea of eating a 100% organic diet. You might be wondering if organic food is really that superior to non organic food and how on earth you are meant to afford to buy everything organic!?

A detox is something I do once - twice a year as a means to flush the unavoidable toxins in our world today and to help revitalise my digestive system and energy levels (did you know the average Aussie has 3-5kg of toxic waste in their bowels?!).

There is something special about a homemade gift and even though they say it's the thought that counts, when someone has gone to the effort to make something for me I always appreciate it more.

There’s no denying that weight loss is the most common goal of my clients. However most clients come in worrying about what foods they should be excluding/not eating to lose weight. I’ve heard everything from carbs, fat, sugar, alcohol, legumes, beans, dairy, red meat, all meat – you name it.

There's no denying that even if you feel you have a good relationship with food, it is not fine and dandy 100% of the time.