Nutrition IQ

I am absolutely thrilled and honoured to have recently been awarded this scholarship to commence a fellowship in integrative nutritional medicine through ACNEM.

Calorie restriction - I am asked about this topic almost daily.

The diet industry has pushed the “calorie in vs calorie out" restriction model for so long and it just doesn’t work. We can do so much better to improve metabolic health.

Do I need to restrict my calorie intake? This is a question I am asked every day. We live in a completely diet obsessed culture where for years calorie restriction has been viewed as the only way of controlling weight and reaching that point of ‘ideal thinness.’ The old ‘eat less, move more’ paradigm that we have no doubt all encou...

A little piece about how we approach your first session.

The First Step Sarah had always struggled with her weight. For as long as she can remember she has been on a diet of some sort. When she was 10 years old her mother took her to her first Weight Watchers' clinic. She still remembers standing there while the ‘experts’ told her that she needed to lose weight and ...

New blog out today!

Can you just write me out a meal plan? This is a question I am regularly asked in clinic, very often from the most motivated of clients who are pumped and ready to make a difference to their health. My typical response to these clients is this: “Has anyone ever written you a meal plan before? Tell me about this process?” Nine times o...

Recently, I've had a few people asking about why I started using Metabolic Testing in my clinic.

I feel inspired to share my story.

Metabolic Health Solutions

My Journey to a Functional Metabolism I’m driving home from swimming on a normal Friday morning when my dad calls: “Nic, I have something exciting to tell you about. We have been asked to be involved in a project that I think you might be really interested in. It’s a metabolic testing machine.” I am tired and hungry, and my imme...