by Cyndi | May 25, 2020 | Body and Mind, Changing Habits Programs, Changing Habits Real Foods, Diets, Health, Health Foods, Healthy Eating |
I studied Dietetics at Deakin University in the early 1980’s. Looking back I learnt nothing that is appropriate for today’s health debacle. What I learnt about was low-fat diets, the food pyramid, nutritional labels, calorie counting, recommended daily allowances, and...
by Cyndi | Mar 10, 2020 | Diets, Health, Health Foods, Healthy Eating, Weight Issues |
Many people try, and fail at, diets. A common story is people sticking to a diet for six weeks or so, losing some weight, and then going back to their old ways, believing that they won’t regain the weight. Delusion sets in thinking that they can do the same...
by Cyndi | Jan 14, 2020 | Changing Habits Programs, Children's Health, Diets, Education, Health, Healthy Eating, Weight Issues |
I spoke at a public event recently and afterwards, there were a lot of people who came to ask for help. I could have been there for hours consulting people.The last two people I met were sisters. One of the sisters had dragged the other to the event. The first sister...
by Cyndi | Dec 10, 2019 | Allergies/Food Sensitivities, Auto-Immune Diseases, Body and Mind, Chemicals In Food, Diets, Education, Fats, Food Labelling, Health Foods, Vitamins/minerals |
I studied at Deakin University in the early 1980’s to become a dietitian. After completing my BSc majoring in Nutrition to be able to do a diploma in Dietetics, I decided not to proceed as I didn’t agree with what I was taught. Nearly four decades later and many of...
by Cyndi | Dec 4, 2018 | Changing Habits Programs, Diets, Healthy Eating, Weight Issues |
I was at a party recently. There were many women there around my age. This is the time when the middle-age spread sets in, and for many at the party, it had begun. There were also complaints of sore knees and hips, as well as not having enough energy and other...
by Cyndi | Nov 27, 2018 | Changing Habits Programs, Diets, Fats, Health, Healthy Eating |
At The Nutrition Academy we base the nutrition course on two overarching principles; the first is taking an historical and anthropological perspective of nutrition, and the second is the philosophy of vitalism (as opposed to mechanism). I’d like to address the...
