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Top Tips on How to Pack a Real Food Lunchbox

With the kids back at school and the working year in full swing, it's time to prioritise preparing and packing your own lunchbox daily. Your lunchbox is an opportunity to provide the fuel which you need for optimal nutrients, performance and energy to last the afternoon, as well as helping...

New Recipe: Chicken Abundance Bowl

Here at The Natural Nutritionist we advocate eating an abundance of vegetables with the aim to try and eat as many different colours as possible. Eating a rainbow of vegetables is a great way to ensure your palate is never bored as well as providing your body with the variety...

New Recipe: School Friendly Trail Mix

With the return of school lunchboxes we've used Tigernuts to create a nut-free, school friendly trail mix, a perfect snack to optimise energy and minimise blood sugar crashes. Tigernuts are a gluten, dairy and nut free product high in resistant starch and good fats. You can read our review here. ...

Why Motivation Is Not Enough

We live in a world where information is just the push of a button away.  Want to lose weight? Dr Google will tell you how. Need a training plan? Print one off the world wide web.  With such a range of resources at our fingertips you’d assume it was enough...

New Recipe: Beetroot & Tahini Dip

Looking for something to take along to your next barbeque? Why not team our seed crackers or your favourite vegie sticks with this Beetroot & Tahini Dip to impress your family and friends this Australia Day? Ingredients (Serves 4-6) 300g raw beetroot 1 teaspoon extra virgin olive oil 1 garlic...

Cook Once, Eat Twice

One of the easiest ways to stay on track with a balanced and healthy eating regime is to batch cook or as we like to call it, “cook once, eat twice”. This real food hack is not only an efficient use of your time, but also a great way to...

New Recipe: Healthy MCT Hot Chocolate

If you are trying to curb your night-time snacking, then you need to try our Healthy MCT Hot Chocolate! Made with plenty of healthy fats it will assist with your satiety whilst providing the sweetness you are after.  Ingredients (Serves 1) 1 heaped teaspoon raw cacao 80ml boiling water plus...

Oregano Oil & Your Gut

As you may or may not be aware, the over prescription of antibiotics can have damaging effects within the body including the destruction of bacteria (aka probiotics) and damage to the gastrointestinal lining as a result (hello leaky gut), antibiotic resistance and reduced vitamin and mineral absorption capacity, just to...

New Recipe: Simple Prawn Salad

With the festive season behind us and long summer days still ahead of us to enjoy, we look to meals which are quick, nutritious and tasty. Our Simple Prawn Salad ticks all the boxes and is a crowd pleaser. Ingredients (Serves 2) 300g fresh prawns, peeled and deveined 1 red...