Health Professional

A health professional or health care provider is an individual who provides preventive, curative, promotional, or rehabilitative health care services in a systematic way to individuals, families or communities. A health care provider (also known as a health worker) may be a health care professional within medicine, nursing, or allied health professions.

Dietary Supplements

November 20, 2017 By Juhi Bhambhaney

What are supplements? A dietary supplement is a product that provides additional nutrients to someone who are not obtaining nutrients naturally from their diet. Examples include vitamin, mineral and fibre supplements. Who requires supplements? Pregnant or Breastfeeding women are recommended to take a folic acid supplement of 0.5 mg daily. It must be taken at least 1 month before conceiving and during the first 3 months of pregnancy. … [Read more...]

Extra virgin olive oil

October 31, 2017 By Juhi Bhambhaney

Extra virgin olive oil is the oil produced directly from the olive fruit. It is the most natural oil as it is produced using a method called cold pressing which does not involve the use of chemicals and heat. It is increasingly popular and for good reason. Olive oil contains monounsaturated fats which are less prone to oxidative damage as well as promotes healthy cholesterol profiles and the antioxidants are protective against cancer and … [Read more...]

Nutrition for athletic performance and exercise

September 19, 2017 By Juhi Bhambhaney

Good nutrition is essential for optimizing an athlete’s performance or to get the most out of an exercise routine. Although an athlete's diet is not very different from a normal healthy diet, the amount of protein, carbohydrates or fat that needs to be consumed is dependent on the type of sport or exercise routine, the amount of training you do and the amount of time you spend doing the activity or the exercise. Prior to exercise, the goal is … [Read more...]

It’s time to stop blaming gluten

October 19, 2016 By Belinda Elwin

Gluten can cause problems in those with Coeliac disease or with a gluten intolerance. It can cause damage to the lining of the bowel/ nutrient absorption and/ or it can result in very uncomfortable symptoms. However, it has been a growing trend over the past few years for people to label gluten as “bad”, or to label themselves as gluten intolerant when it in fact may be something completely different. Why it’s important to determine whether … [Read more...]

Indigenous Nutrition

August 10, 2016 By Belinda Elwin

Recently it was NAIDOC week and it presents a good opportunity to raise awareness about the nutrition related challenges facing Indigenous people. For a long time, the serious health problems facing Indigenous Australians went unrecognised. Unfortunately there has been a rise in lifestyle related diseases and conditions in Indigenous people including obesity, type 2 diabetes, heart disease and renal disease. Such chronic diseases are common … [Read more...]

Dietitian Day – How A Dietitian Can Help You

March 9, 2016 By Belinda Elwin

Dietitian Day is the 11th of March so I thought I would take this opportunity to discuss what a dietitian actually does. What is a dietitian? A dietitian is a university qualified specialist in nutrition. They can also go by the title ‘nutritionist’. They have undertaken a four year science based degree and learn only the most up to date, evidenced based information. It is compulsory to undertake continued professional development each year in … [Read more...]

How Much Water Do I Need

February 2, 2016 By Belinda Elwin

Almost every client I see drinks well below their daily fluid requirements – around 1 litre on average. The majority of your body is water and all functions rely on it to continue the efficient running of your body. Not only do most people have an inadequate fluid intake but there are many factors within Australia that can dehydrate people further – a big drinking culture, hot weather/ long periods of sun exposure, high sodium intakes, physical … [Read more...]

People Still Think Antibiotics Will Make A Cold And Flu Pass More Quickly

January 21, 2016 By @entwellbeing

The common cold is –well— pretty common. It is caused by a virus, lasts a few days and on occasions, can lead to an ongoing runny nose or cough. There was a time when antibiotics ruled supreme and they were given out like candy to every patient with a runny nose. How times have changed; antibiotics are now at the forefront of global healthcare campaigns to try and stop over-prescription. Cayla Dengate from HuffPost Australia discussed the … [Read more...]

23,000 People In The US End Up In ER Every Year Because Of Supplements

January 13, 2016 By @entwellbeing

Many doctors and dietitians will tell you that supplements are unnecessary and a balanced diet will provide you with all the nutrition you need and more. Supplements just don’t compare with a nutritional diet and don’t have the same protective effects against certain types of cancers and other lifestyle diseases. However, there are some cases where supplements can play a helping hand in managing a condition or making up for a deficit. For those … [Read more...]

Antibiotic use in food fuels drug resistance

January 12, 2016 By @entwellbeing

A review on antimicrobial resistance warns that antibiotic use on animals outweighs that on humans in many countries, posing health risk Antibiotic resistance has been a growing concern. However, it’s not just from people failing to complete their full course of antibiotics. Another issue is the use of antibiotics in agriculture which is occurring on a large scale and posing a huge risk to drug resistance in humans. ‘The use of antibiotics in … [Read more...]