The Healthy Exception

Vegetarian and Vegan diets are good for us and good for the planet right? Yes … and no, but mainly yes! They can be extremely therapeutic, nourishing and sustainable, but you need to know what you’re missing out on and where to get it instead. Listen in sweet spuds, because on this call you have two nutritionists (one far more experienced than the other … I’m in my final year of uni) that want to equip you with the most empowered h...

This is an important one spud muffins; if you are thinking of taking the pill, on the pill, know someone on the pill, or have simply heard of the pill, then this is a great episode to listen to. Find out the merits, the risks and everything in between as I interview the unofficial ‘period Listen In

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I’m back from my break spud muffins – and today, we’re talking digestion. Yeah, I know, been there done that, but today is different … we are literally walking through the digestive process step by step. It is so much easier to appreciate the gut and your food when you understand just how much work goes on when we digest, absorb, metabolize and eliminate. Let’s get our nerds on in an easy-to-understand, but still “sciency” enough s...

It’s time for this chicken to take a break. There’s been some recent upset in the family and life has been getting hectic. I can feel myself getting stressed, even over little things and I feel it’s time for me to take a break. In this little mini “podcast holiday” I’m going be networking with school counsellors, teachers, principles and youth workers to try and better reach my target audience of teenagers. I’m also going to still ...

It can be super-tricky to navigate all the “diets” out there, especially as a young, vulnerable teenager. We’re only just beginning to have control and choice around the foods we put into our body and we are bombarded with conflicting nutritional information. Let’s quieten the noise and start listening to our own cues. Your body, when given the chance to, is more than capable of letting you know what it needs. We often shut off the...

Steph Lowe is one of my favourite people to learn from – the work she does is thought-leading, educational and so very, very needed in this world (so thanks Steph – keep going you good thing). She’s one of Australia’s leading sports nutritionists, a lady that loves to get real on current research, debunk food myths and educate as many people as she can about how to just eat real food.

Today we talk about fuelling teenage athletes w...

Last fortnight we chatted with one of my fave ladies Jules Galloway, and we had a good ole’ chin wag about the world of naturopathy – debunking the myths of the profession and opening up many a discussion about all the potential ways in which a naturopath can help you, not just to heal and survive, but to THRIVE!

This week it’s just me behind the mic, and we switch the focus to nutritionists. I’m in my final year of uni before clin...

Today we are lucky enough to be joined again by one of my favourite health professionals (and one of my favourite kiddlets in general), naturopath Jules Galloway. Last time she was on the show, we talked about different eating styles and avoiding trends “just ’cause”. She’s got an awesome approach to health, practical, common sense living and is very switched on indeed. I definitely see her as a role model going into the natural me...

I am a sucker for some ace affirmations. I love dreaming big and jotting these ambitions down in my manifestation journal. I try to live mindfully for my own stress-levels and sanity and whilst I certainly can’t claim to religiously sit down and meditate everyday, I love getting into that flow state when I’m jogging, washing up or singing. There are so many health and wellness rituals that are surrounded by stereotypes and stigma g...

I’ve been wanting to do this episode for over a year now, but I’ve put it off because I thought “Rachie-bear, you really should get someone a bit more qualified on with you to nut this one out”. But then I figured, “hey, I’m almost a qualified clinical nutritionist myself, I can probably tackle the subject of fats by myself, after all I’ve been researching them like crazy since high school days”. So here we go. Let’s have a good ol...

Today is a quick but happy and bubbly podcast with one of my close friends Malissa. Malissa is one of the kindest, brightest and most genuinely confident (not to be confused with cocky – she’s very humble) people in my life. However for a short period at the end of high school, Malissa who had always been quite popular and happy, suddenly found herself without a close group of friends around her – she was starting to venture outsid...

Anorexia – what a huge topic, but an important one to start talking about. Sadly, it’s a poorly understood illness, even by those experiencing it. It’s confusing, overwhelming and the current treatment protocol; rapid weight gain (with assistance from highly processed items … I can’t bring myself to call them “foods”), counselling sessions revolving around body image and food intake, physical activity restriction and telling the pa...

This week I interview 15 year-old Chiara-Lee Soll. When she was 10 years old she was hyperactive. She distracted her classmates, she couldn’t concentrate on hew schoolwork and she struggled to stay focused enough to excel in her favourite sport; basketball. Her breaking point was when she didn’t get accepted into the same basketball team as her friends because she’d been too distracted to listen to the coach. She needed a massive c...

I recently asked one of the ladies that I did yoga teacher training with (she’s also a primary school teacher) to ask her grade 6 and 7 students what they wanted to know about health. I really want to stay relevant to what you guys want and I figured, what better way than to ask directly. So when she got back to me with their responses, Mamma Bear and I decided to have a go at answering them.

Covered today …

How much food can you e...