What is a Nutritionist?

Nutritionists are trained allied health professionals who provide safe, evidence-based dietary and nutritional advice to assist in the management of health and prevention of disease. Poor diet, the ingestion of harsh chemicals and eating foods with a low nutritional value can have a detrimental effect on health, however through correct nutritional advice more diseases can easily be prevented, treated and even cured. It also involves providing advice to clients based on the physiological responses of their body to diet through metabolic pathways (how the energy and nutrients from food is absorbed and used in the human in the body).

Nutrition is focused on the science of nutrients and how they are digested, absorbed, transported, metabolized, stored, and eliminated by the body. Besides studying how food works in the body, nutritionists are interested in how the environment affects the quality and safety of foods, and what influence these factors have on health and disease.

At Naed Nutrition, we know that everyone is different and as such are passionate about personalised nutrition. There is no one size fits all for clean eating, what works for one doesn’t work for some.

Each person has their own goal, their own likes and dislikes with foods, has a different lifestyle, and different health concerns whether it be past or present.

This means that each person receives the nutrition service that will fit them.

Consults will consist of a variety of health, diet and lifestyle related questions with the upmost confidentiality and privacy

We offer a range of personalised services from consults right through to meal plans including as much or as little accountability as required.

Naed Nutrition endeavours to go above and beyond for our clients. For more information of how we can help you achieve your goal simply pop on our website www.naednutrition.com.au or email admin@naednutrition.com.au

2015 - How to Make It YOUR Year

It’s a New Year & you want a to be a fitter, healthier & better version of you but with all these goals & aspirations to achieve in 2015 how do you get started?

Set a Goal

Sounds easy enough but I don’t just want you to set a goal to achieve by the end of 2015, I want you to set a goal for each month. If you want to lose 20kg by the end of 2015 you need to break it down, look at the big 2 0 is very frightening, but breaking it down to a monthly goal is just under 1.7kg a month…now how much better does that look!

Now that you have your monthly weight loss goal we need to set weekly goals based around your food and training. 

For example

Week 1 – Walk 3 x per week and drink 2 L of water

Week 2 – Walk 4 x per week and drink 3L of water

(Ensure you have a fitness & food goal for each week)

Creating a new habit each week is the best way to ensure you are creating long term habits that will not only allow to achieve your goal but stay at your goal weight

Be Accountable

There are MANY ways to do this including

• Food and exercise diaries
• Training buddy
• Friend of confident
• Personal trainer
• Nutritionist
• Life Coach
• Etc.

No matter what support your need ensure you start your journey with support and make your goals known to whoever is keeping you accountable so they can check in on you

Stay Committed 

It’s the begging of the year & your all excited about your health kick but 2 weeks in you’ve had a stressful day at work and you binge on your kryptonite (i.e chocolate). Don’t stress. Remember your WHY – why you started, why you want to achieve your goal so much, why you are going to stick to it this time.

It helps to have a piece of clothing as a motivational piece as a reminder & hang it up where you can see it every day. Remember your why & remember you’re human. You are only the next meal away from getting back on track so accept it & move on from it

Further down the track it is great to reflect on your progress so be sure to take a starting picture and reflect on how far you have come – it is great motivation

Re-evaluate

Don’t be afraid to re-evaluate your goals every week or every month if you want to add something to the list of things you want to achieve that is FANTASTIC. Be sure to discuss this with your accountability support to help you decide the best way to fit that into your plan

Set a Solid Foundation

The most important part of setting a new goal is to create a good foundation whether it is food or exercise. Seek the support you need to get you started on the right track in understanding what foods, when & how much you need to be having, what training, when & how much you need to be exercising & so forth. Creating a strong foundation of health habits will ensure (more than anything else) you can achieve your goal & sustain it.

Do It for You

Don’t do it because your ex said you had thunder thighs. 

Do it for....

• Feeling better about yourself
• Having more energy
• Feeling fit
• Feeling healthy
• Being happier
• Getting the most out of every day
• That feeling of self-achievement

Naed Nutrition 

 

www.naednutrition.com.au

 

Holiday Without the Weight Gain

So you’re going on holiday…and you’re about undoing your hard work from the past 6months to get your body in pristine condition specifically for your holiday. Never fear, simply follow these guidelines & you will ensure that you won’t come back with an extra 7 kgs in excess body weight! (7kg of extra Luggage of course is ok :))

Do’s

· 2L water daily – bring bottle everywhere

· Find your nearest supermarket to buy supplies i.e breakfast/snacks/water

· Take snacks from the buffet breakfast  to do you for during the day

· Stick to your normal portions sizes as much as possible

· Share main meals and get a side of salad/vegetables

· Alcohol free nights every week

· Find a gym/park for you to exercise

· Plan active outings and day trips

· Eat regularly

· Have as much fresh produce as possible

Don’ts

· Over eat at the buffet breakfast every morning

· Fill up on bread at every meal

· Skip a meal

· Consume alot of high salt foods i.e pickles 

· Increase sugar and carbohydrate intake i.e chocolate and pasta

· Starters and desserts every night

· All you can eat breakfast, lunch, dinner

· Avoid veg

· Avoid exercise

· Alcohol with every meal

· Coffee with every meal 

· Have a lot of high saturated fat foods – i.e pastries 

For a more personalised approach to your eating simply email sinead@imperiumpt.com.au to find out how to get an eating plan creating for you & your goals.

Clean Up Your Recipes

Do you struggle finding clean, healthy recipes to cook? Don’t know whether it’s actually good or not? Never fear! Here are some simple tips of how to clean up some everyday recipes.

Breakfast Recipe Example: Blueberry Pankcakes

Ingredients – Serves 4	What to Swap to
150g (1 cup) self-raising flour 1 egg, lightly whisked 500ml (2 cups) buttermilk  Melted butter, to grease 125g punnet fresh blueberries  Pure maple syrup, to serve	½  cup Buckwheat flour ½ cup almond meal or protein powder Don’t swap 500mL A2 light or Almond milk Coconut butter Don’t Swap Low fat pot set yoghurt

Lunch Recipe Example: Classic turkey club sandwich

Ingredients – Serves 2	What to Swap to
6 rashers short-cut bacon 6 slices multigrain bread 1/4 cup whole-egg mayonnaise 4 small iceberg lettuce leaves 125g shaved turkey breast 1 tomato, sliced	3 x boiled eggs 2 Wraps 1/3 Avocado Don’t swap but add spinach Don’t swap Don’t swap but add cucumber, carrot, beetroot and capsicum

Dinner Recipe Example: Tuna Pasta

Ingredients – Serves 4	What to Swap to
300g dried fusilli pasta 2 tsp extra virgin olive oil 4 spring onions (shallots), thinly sliced 40g pitted  kalamata olives, 400g punnet tomato 1 tbs red wine vinegar 2 x 95g Tuna in Spring water 1/4 cup fresh basil leaves, torn 40g baby rocket leaves	300g Slim Spaghetti/Kelp Noodles Don’t swap Don’t Swap 40g Salt reduce kalamatas Don’t Swap 1 tbs apple cider vinegar 2 x 95g Tuna in Olive Oil Don’t Swap Don’t swap, add spinach, tomato, mushroom , pine nuts and reduced fat feta

Snack Recipe Example

Ingredients – Serves 12	What to Swap to
2 cups self-raising flour 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/2 cup caster sugar 1/3 cup all-bran cereal 125g light margarine 1 cup buttermilk 2 eggs, lightly beaten 3/4 cup frozen raspberries, thawed	1 cup of wholemeal self-raising flour 1 cup of buckwheat flour Don’t swap 1 tsp Stevia 1/3 cup Psyllium 100g coconut butter 1 cup A2 light/ almond milk Don’t swap Don’t swap

Don’t want to spend the time interpretting and change recipes? Find clean eating to fuel your body with Imperium Nutrition’s ‘Food For Fuel’ Recipe e-book. Get you copy here: Imperium Online Store