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...
by Jordan | Oct 2, 2018 | Chemicals In Food, Diets, Food Labelling |
We all know that refined sugar isn’t healthy and increased awareness about the damaging effects of its consumption has led to the development and use of many different sugar substitutes. However, some of these sugar substitutes are also harmful and have a host of ill...
by Jordan | Aug 21, 2018 | Chemicals In Food, Diets, Education, Fats, Food Labelling |
There is so much information out there about what we should and should not be eating that it can get quite confusing at times! Here, we take some of the most common nutrition ‘myths’ and explain how they have been debunked by scientific research.1. Myth...
