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Short Articles to help you Live Well, Now.THE RAVES APPROACH in recovery
What is RAVES? RAVES stands for Regularity, Adequacy, Variety, Eating Socially and with Spontaneity. The process of RAVES provides a format for how to develop an eating pattern that helps support a sustainable disordered eating or eating disorder recovery. The...

How dieting harms our health
Dieting advice should NEVER be given without full informed consent - that means we have recieved information about any benefits, risks and the expected outcome of a treatment. Too often healthcare practitioners don't share the known risks associated with dieting and...

The Hungry Brain: how diets fail
You've likely heard diets don't work, or perhaps you have experienced diet failure first hand. Sure, in the short term diets may achieve an initial weight loss, however our bodies are incredible and designed with one chief aim - to keep us alive! Dieting is the modern...
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THE RAVES APPROACH in recovery
What is RAVES? RAVES stands for Regularity, Adequacy, Variety, Eating Socially and with Spontaneity. The process of RAVES provides a format for how to develop an eating pattern that helps support a sustainable disordered eating or eating disorder recovery. The...
How dieting harms our health
Dieting advice should NEVER be given without full informed consent - that means we have recieved information about any benefits, risks and the expected outcome of a treatment. Too often healthcare practitioners don't share the known risks associated with dieting and...
The Hungry Brain: how diets fail
You've likely heard diets don't work, or perhaps you have experienced diet failure first hand. Sure, in the short term diets may achieve an initial weight loss, however our bodies are incredible and designed with one chief aim - to keep us alive! Dieting is the modern...
PCOS 101: Part 1
What is PCOS? Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a common endocrine disorder and is one of the more common causes of sub-fertility. PCOS is believed to affect 4-21% of people with ovaries depending on the population and criteria used to diagnose. Typically the...
Coeliac disease in children – why there is more to “treatment” than removing gluten from diet.
**The focus of this piece is on coeliac disease, there are similarities, but also differences, between managing various health conditions requiring food restrictions, please keep that in mind when reading** I am a dietitian and a mum of three girls. My nine-year old...
Why we’re not going Junk Free this June
It’s June the 1st and from the looks of social media the first day of Junk Free June for many! We recognise this fundraising month is for a great cause. The Cancer Society provides advocacy, education and support to patients throughout the country and we absolutely...
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