Don’t worry. This is not an episode about shaming foods or nutrients, like alcohol and sugar, and making you feel guilty about your food choices over the festive season. We’re not judgmental nor do we make you feel guilty about food at The Healthy Eating Hub. It’s not what we do. This episode is a compilation of traditional Christmas foods that are just plain gross. Foods that you know might be served on your family’s table but you avoid it at all costs, simply because you can’t stand it! To help me put this episode together I rallied the troops over on my Facebook page for their worst Christm ..read more

You may have good nutritional knowledge and be willing to make positive changes to your eating habits but without adequate kitchen skills you’ll be left feeling frustrated and bored. If you can’t translate that nutrition information into a meal on your plate, three times per day, seven days per week, 52 weeks per year, what’s the point? You don’t need to be a masterchef, or even like cooking, but you do need the ability to create tasty and enjoyable food without too much fuss. Otherwise, you’ll easily default back to tasty, convenient foods when you’re tired of plain chicken and boiled broccol ..read more

I’ve been helping people lose weight for a long time. After years of chatting to people about their health, their food, their exercise, their daily habits and all the factors that go into successful weight loss, not to mention losing weight myself, I’ve concluded a few things: Most people are not successful at losing weight. If people happen to be successful at losing weight, they’re not successful at keeping it off. Weight loss is super hard. Maintaining weight loss is even harder, for a whole bunch of different reasons. And if I were to get into the biochemistry of how our bodies function ..read more

“Please leave the nutritionist at home” is a common sentiment of my family whenever there’s a party involved. I mean, come on, let’s not ruin a good party by being too healthy. It’s a common social idea that healthy and fun can’t go together in the same sentence. We say things like “Let’s be evil and eat cheesecake” and “I was naughty last night and drank lots of wine”. Party, fun, alcohol, sugar. Party, fun, water, vegetables. Hmmmm…. It’s also becoming more common, however, that people are so obsessed with healthy eating that God forbid a piece of cake pass through their lips. They scrutinis ..read more

“Please leave the nutritionist at home” is a common sentiment of my family whenever there’s a party involved. I mean, come on, let’s not ruin a good party by being too healthy. It’s a common social idea that healthy and fun can’t go together in the same sentence. We say things like “Let’s be evil and eat cheesecake” and “I was naughty last night and drank lots of wine”. Party, fun, alcohol, sugar. Party, fun, water, vegetables. Hmmmm…. It’s also becoming more common, however, that people are so obsessed with healthy eating that God forbid a piece of cake pass through their lips. They scrutinis ..read more

How do I eat well and stay on track with my goals over the silly season? It’s a great question and one that I get asked regularly at this time of the year. Unfortunately, there isn’t a simple answer, because how you plan to eat over the next few weeks depends highly on your goals, your current health, your priorities, and your food preferences. And at the end of the day. You’re an adult and you can eat whatever you want. Remembering that is important, as it helps you focus on things that are in your control! If over the next few weeks of holiday season, you’d like to: maintain a healthy weigh ..read more

How do I eat well and stay on track with my goals over the silly season? It’s a great question and one that I get asked regularly at this time of the year. Unfortunately, there isn’t a simple answer, because how you plan to eat over the next few weeks depends highly on your goals, your current health, your priorities, and your food preferences. And at the end of the day. You’re an adult and you can eat whatever you want. Remembering that is important, as it helps you focus on things that are in your control! If over the next few weeks of holiday season, you’d like to: maintain a healthy weigh ..read more

A few years ago I asked Facebook what eating habit they wished they could break. The most common answer? Stop eating sweet foods after dinner. When it comes to changing an eating habit that has proven difficult to break, you’ve got to move beyond behaviour management and dig a little deeper into your psyche. In this episode I’m chatting about how to stop eating sweets after dinner and get back in control of your food choices. This podcast is proudly brought to you by the Capital Chemist. Australia's premiere community pharmacy where loyalty matters. The Daily Dollop podcast is created by The H ..read more

If simply knowing what to eat made us healthy eaters there would be absolutely no need for any of the diet plans or nutrition programs, we find on the market today. Unfortunately, we do have problems putting what we know about nutrition into practice which leads us to being inconsistent with our eating patterns day to day and often frustrated with ourselves and our subsequent lack of results. Your mindset – how you view the world, how you view yourself and the truths that you base your feelings and actions upon – will have a profound influence on your decision-making process when it comes to c ..read more

If simply knowing what to eat made us healthy eaters there would be absolutely no need for any of the diet plans or nutrition programs, we find on the market today. Unfortunately, we do have problems putting what we know about nutrition into practice which leads us to being inconsistent with our eating patterns day to day and often frustrated with ourselves and our subsequent lack of results. Your mindset – how you view the world, how you view yourself and the truths that you base your feelings and actions upon – will have a profound influence on your decision-making process when it comes to c ..read more