Savouring Nutrition

12/09/2023

25/05/2023

The secret to healthy eating is through the power of words and the magic of connection. It’s about rethinking the usual sorting of food using terms like “healthy” and “unhealthy”. It’s looking beyond the plate to the relationship we have with food.

31/01/2023

Since new year my IG feed is full of exercise routines, contouring, weight loss tips, meal prep ideas, skin pumping, fluffing and rolling….. and it’s annoying me!! It's actually beyond annoying. I'm not enjoying it at all.

Sure, some messages aim to motivate me to be healthy (or ) but the quantity of these messages I am seeing is not healthy! It's not balanced. It's not helpful.

I can only imagine how the monsoon of stereotyped beauty, photoshopped perfection and advertising would have affected me as a tween or teen. They are the most marketed to generation that has ever existed, and we must stand between and the money making tactics that drive the online world.

I'm currently spending a lot of time refining my newsfeed. Not sure how it got out of control so quickly. I've lost touch with some of my favs I used to follow! I'm once again reminded that if I don't control tech, it's sure to control me. Please help your tweens and teens do the same as much as you can. Their newsfeed should ideally be sunshine (not a hailstorm)!

03/05/2022

I am so glad these two amazing people have come together! For years I have loved how Janet's parenting expertise and advice has aligned so beautifully with how I help parents with feeding their child based on decades of research by Satter.

Janet’s guest is the world-renowned nutritionist, family therapist, and author Ellyn Satter. Throughout her long career, Ellyn has successfully addressed issues related to eating and feeding and taught parents how to transform meals into happy, healthful, struggle-free events. “There is so much ...

21/04/2022

YES to all of this.

NEW BLOG Post! Today’s post is a summary of our 50th podcast episode: 10 Truths We Wish All Parents Knew About Food And Bodies.
**10 Truths**
1. The dangers of “clean” eating and wellness culture
2. Kids and teens going vegetarian, vegan, or wanting to “eat healthier” can be a red flag.
3. The absence of menstruation for teen girls isn’t normal.
4. Casual comments on weight loss and other people’s bodies are harmful.
5. Normalizing compensatory behaviors can lead to disordered eating and disordered movement.
6. Fitness trackers are generally a bad idea, especially for kids.
7. It’s OK if your child doesn’t like to play a sport.
8. Nutrition education is often diet and weight focused.
9. Disease and body-related jokes are harmful.
10. “Health” warnings from well-meaning adults can send the wrong messages to kids and teens.

Visit us at www.sunnysideupnutrition.com to read the post.

31/03/2022

This is exciting. Lactase enzymes have been around for a while for those with lactose intolerance, and it makes life (ie. food enjoyment) in our house a lot easier. It’s so great to see the availability expand to those with other intolerances.

While a low-FODMAP diet can help identify your trigger foods, it can also be tricky to navigate without support from a dietitian.

We are excited to announce that FODZYME a novel enzyme supplement that addresses FODMAPs directly, has joined the family.

When sprinkled on or mixed with high-FODMAP meals, FODZYME’s enzyme powder blend integrates with your meal and helps to break down some into more digestible simple sugars, helping you enjoy your favorite foods with confidence.

What truly sets FODZYME apart is the - an enzyme that breaks down fructans, most commonly found in garlic, onion, wheat and many more delicious foods.

Learn more about FODZYME and try it for yourself and start enjoying your favorite dishes again!

Available at fodzyme.com and FodShop

26/03/2022

Little hands making birthday cake ♥️

21/03/2022

Couldn’t have said it better myself.

20/03/2022

Yes there is too much readily available food high in added sugar, but we need to stop blaming the sugar itself or placing all responsibility in people’s food choices, instead we need to target and change food industry. If it wasn’t so easy to access excess sugar in food, things might be quite different.

Recently I’ve seen a number of teenagers who believed sugar was truly bad for them. This belief has led some into disordered eating and others to an eating disorder, all feel terrible about themselves and express significant anxiety and fear around food.

The “sugar is bad” message comes from all angles, well-meaning parents, school teachers, diet culture and a certain popular documentary on sugar “that sugar film”.

I do not blame the parents or teachers, they are just doing what they think is best - we urgently need to change how our culture thinks about food.

Even if the adults and documentaries are not saying “sugar is toxic” or “sugar is bad” in so many words, the messages they carry are read by many kids as exactly that. This is exacerbated by a world that is obsessed with “health” and the notion that controlling body weight and avoiding certain foods, is a means to achieve not only this perception of “health”, but also self worth.

The message kids are getting are:
- Any amount of fatness is bad, wrong and unhealthy
- I will be more accepted, liked and confident if I look a certain way
- One must eat a certain way to achieve the “less fat” body and be “healthy”
- Sugar is bad and will lead to fatness and ill health

If you are concerned about your child, please contact  or  or an ED association near you.

Zoe 
Kerrie 

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We need to stop teaching kids that sugar is “toxic” or bad for you. They are ending up with eating disorders or highly disordered eating.

17/03/2022

😫It’s so frustrating to see kids filling up on just one food despite us serving a balanced meal!

But eating only accepted food and refusing to try other options is not bad behavior or a sign of bad parenting.

Accepted foods provide a lot more than calories and nutrition.🍇🥦

The main role of accepted foods is giving kinds the sense of security.

😦 When kids know that asking for more accepted food will lead to negotiations, it triggers worry. They worry that their basic need may not be met.

😊 But when they know that there is enough accepted food to fill their tummy, they feel relaxed, secure and confident.

When we feel relaxed, secure and confident, we are capable of challenging ourselves. 💪🏽

Kids can easily determine the level of challenge that’s right for them when we regularly sit down and eat together.

💡It may not always be eating a new food, because seeing the food, watching us eat, smelling the food, putting it on their plates and pushing it around with a spoon can be exactly what they need today.

Even if all they actually eat is 4 servings of rice. 😉

08/03/2022

See below for a research study I'm helping to promote on IBS and mental health. Any questions on it to the contact in the link below.
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Did you know IBS and common mental health disorders (like anxiety and depression) are strongly linked? In fact, more than 30% of people with IBS also have anxiety and more than 20% have depression.

That’s why researchers at The Food & Mood Centre at Deakin University are currently investigating a specific diet that may help target IBS and mental health symptoms.

Recruitment for this study is finishing soon! The 6 week study, available only for those located in Australia, will be conducted entirely online with weekly dietitian support. For more info:
www.foodandmoodcentre.com.au/thetandimstudy or email: tandimtrial@deakin.edu.au