Lauren Saurbrey - Dietitian

21/05/2023

This study aims to evaluate an innovative smartphone app-based intervention (SEED) to reduce symptoms of disordered eating in adult men and women

07/05/2023

I have teamed up with The Olive Branch Balhannah to provide pre-made High Energy and High Protein (HEHP) meals.

Reasons you may need HEHP meals include:
- Struggle to maintain your weight / underweight.
- Suffer from poor appetite, nausea and early satiety.

- The recipes have been developed and taste tested by myself and Nicole the chef.
- Each meal is a small to medium size, but very high in energy and protein.
- Made on site and available for purchase at The Olive Branch Café at Balhannah. Address: Junction Shopping Centre, 84 Main Road, Balhannah.

Orders are placed by contacting myself on:
Mobile: 0480 151 858
Email: info@camillagaetanapd.com.au.

Any questions for the chef you can contact the café on:
Phone: (08) 8398 0009
Email: info@olivebranchcafe.com.au

14/04/2023

31/08/2022

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Food gives our bodies the energy and nutrients it needs to function, no doubt about that! But it also does so much more...

Having a healthy relationship with food is allowing yourself to be in tune with your body and listening to hunger cues. Trust yourself and eat what you want when you want.

09/10/2021

If your diet is becoming more anymore limited, your gut will suffer.

Did you know that you have about 2kg of bacteria 🦠 living in your gut? What’s more, there are more different kinds of them in your own gut than there are stars ✨ in the sky! While science still has a lot to learn about gut microbiome, there are two things we are sure of:
1️⃣ A lot of gut bacteria (abundance) is a good thing.
2️⃣ A lot of different kinds (diversity) of bacteria is a good thing.

❓So how do you get an abundant & diverse gut microbiome? Well the American Gut Project is researching just that and its surprisingly simple: Eat. More. Plants.

🤓 Research released in mid 2018 showed that the number of plant foods 🌱a person ate in a week had a significant impact on gut microbiome. They found that eating 3️⃣0️⃣ or more different plant foods a week is correlated with a more abundant and diverse microbiome than eating 10 or less different plant foods.

If you're struggling with variety, hit us up for a consult. Wow specialise in pinpointing triggers so that you can expand your diet and keep your gut comfortable at the sometime

07/10/2021

30/06/2021

Take the survey now.

26/06/2021

25/06/2021

This week is Grains & Legumes Nutrition Council
Get involved by taking the and making the SWAP to whole grains!

*Healthy Food Guide is association with Grains & Legumes Nutrition Council

20/05/2021

https://www.facebook.com/120057388004298/posts/4441654852511175/?sfnsn=mo

As I unlocked our front door on Tuesday night, balancing a crying toddler on one arm, a paper bag of takeaway in the other, and another toddler screaming behind me, I was reminded of how much within this life I am still living & discovering.

I took a moment to think ‘F, this image {insert a dishevelled, exhausted mum who’s day of work had started at 4.45am}, could easily be one of the cliche ads you see for a fast food chain - you know the ones!

& that’s where we need to reconsider our definition of health or the ‘healthiest option’.

The healthiest option for me and my family, in that moment, was the chicken & chips.

It was the removal of pressure and overwhelm of yet one more thing I had to consider or cope with - within a week that was already being filled with early starts, work travel and late night meetings.

The healthiest option needs context.

It needs to consider not only nutrients but also mental health, environmental pressure, financial stress, social support and individual capability.

When we over simplify health to only considering nutrients or movement; or when we use the term ‘no excuses’; or hold food choices with a sense of morality (good vs bad) - we forget that there is a person behind these actions.

A person that is doing their best and acting with their highest intention with the capacity, capability & strength they have in that moment.

So if you are currently in the depths of depression and unable to even consider the thought of shopping or cooking - your healthiest option may be to simply eat - something, anything.

If you are in financial stress and finding it hard to keep a roof over your head and your kids clothed, your healthiest option may be to embrace whatever the food bank has to offer.

If you are moving through trauma and find yourself simply aiming to survive the days, the healthiest option may be to use food to offer escape and comfort right now.

Health, by its very definition, is ‘a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or fragility’.

& with this in mind, our food choices can align to this also - holding a space not only for nutrients or numbers.