Which Low Carb Fruits & Vegetables are in season in December.

Know ahead of time before picking up your weekly groceries by checking out what low carb fruit and vegetables are at their best in December. Low Carb Vegetables in Season in December Asparagus...

What is the Mediterranean Diet?

The Mediterranean Diet reflects the dietary choices and patterns of the countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea. The fundamentals of this diet are very similar to the Australian Dietary Guidelin...

The Difference Between Net Carbs and Total Carbs

Between net carbs and total carbs, insoluble and soluble fibre, sugars and sugar alcohols, getting your macros right on a low carb diet can seem complicated. When it comes to carbs, there's somet...

Fuelling Your Body for Weight Loss

When it comes to weight loss, we often think about what we are not going to eat – what foods we might need to say good bye to and how many calories we are going to restrict. How does this process o...

What is Lupin?

We use lupin as a key ingredient in all our products – so if you've been eating our pancakes, muffins, bread, pizza bases, cookies, carrot cake and banana bread, you've already had a taste of lupin...

Foods to Limit (That We Can All Agree On)

These days it is rare to find two dietitians, nutritionists or food fanatics who agree on the same thing - particularly when it comes to what to eat for optimising health. Social media has foster...

Low Carb Diets and Fibre – The Real Deal

A common criticism of low-carbohydrate diets is that they fall short when it comes to micronutrients, such as low carb diets and fibre needs. As a dietitian, and a firm believer of the many potenti...

Carrot Cake Nutrition

Who remembers having a slice of mum or grandma’s homemade carrot cake with thick cream cheese icing? Carrot cake has been an all-time favourite for decades and we love it – but even though it has c...

Why Fats Aren't Bad

When I started writing this, I didn’t know where to start because there is SO MUCH evidence these days showing that fats really aren’t as bad as we once thought. Fats are essential to life The t...

How to use an Egg Replacer with our Plant Based Range

Eggs are commonly used in most baking recipes. However, what do we do if we can't eat them, don’t like them, or make the choice not include them in our diet? How can you still enjoy the joys of b...

What is the Difference Between a Plant-Based and Vegan diet?

Both a Plant Based and Vegan diet can at times sound a little similar. Unsurprisingly it's not hard to get mixed up between the two at first sight. A Plant Based and Vegan diet involve eating lots ...

Plant Based Foods that are High in Iron

Iron is important in any diet – and you probably know this, but may not know why. I feel like so many people are iron deficient (purely based on the fact that a number of friends have recently been...

Our Top 10 Plant Based Recipes

Whether you’re a newbie to the Plant Based diet, or someone who has been on a Plant Based diet for a while, it’s always nice to have some new go-to Plant Based recipes. I am a huge vegetable lover ...

How to be Keto and Plant Based

My motto in life is that anything is possible – if you want something badly enough then you can make it happen. In this case, if you want to combine the Keto and Plant Based diets – then of course ...

Top 20 Plant Based Whole Foods

Whether you’re following a plant based diet (If you unsure what a plant based diet is, we have you covered) or just opting to try and eat more whole foods over the processed stuff, then this list o...

How to get enough Protein on a Plant Based Diet?

We all love protein, which is why it’s in our name. Eating a diet rich in high protein foods can provide us with many benefits. These benefits include helping to keep our bodies functioning on a da...

The Benefits of a Plant Based Diet

There are many benefits of a plant based diet. This comes as no surprise as the number of people adopting this style of eating increases. After reading my previous article, about what a plant based...

What is a Plant Based Diet? – The Low Down

‘Plant based diets’ are something that you see dropped into Instagram posts and promoted on many bloggers sites. But exactly what is a plant based diet? And does it mean vegetarian? Or does it mean...

What to do with leftover Christmas Ham

The holiday season bring lots of surprises; great presents, terrible presents, exciting news and inappropriate things your drunk uncle says haha. One thing is certain though amongst most households...

When Do I Know If I’m In Ketosis?

Those on a Keto diet eat foods high in fat, moderate in protein and low in carbs in order to get the process of Ketosis to kick into place. When Do I Know If I’m In Ketosis? Ketosis occurs when you...

How does Ketosis work?

The Keto Diet is a diet that focuses on eating foods high in fat, moderate in protein and low in carbs. The diet is said to help with rapid weight loss by forcing your body into a deprived state wh...

Is Keto a long term diet?

You may have recently read a lot about the Keto Diet as it’s increasing in popularity and having ‘it’s day’ across media. After reading about it, you may be wondering if it is for you. As with all ...

Best Keto Diet Apps and Trackers

For any diet or lifestyle choice, apps and trackers can be a great tool to help keep us on track and to also help monitor our progress and portion control. Apps are constantly developing and it alw...

7 Side Effects of the Keto Diet

The Keto Diet seems to be having its day, with many people turning opting to live a Keto lifestyle. It’s similar to a lot of the other diets out there at the moment e.g. The Paleo Diet, in the sens...

7 Benefits of the Keto Diet

When considering a diet or change in lifestyle, it’s important to consider the benefits and pitfalls. If the diet isn’t going to benefit you – what’s the point? But also, if the side effects are un...

When is the best time to have protein for muscle gain?

Studies show the best time to have protein for muscle gain is within 1 hour of finishing your workout to assist in the rebuilding of damaged muscle fibres. Muscle growth doesn't necessarily happen ...

Whey Protein Isolate vs. Whey Protein Concentrate

Whey protein is probably the most well known type of protein on the market and it’s therefore no surprise that is has been around for years. ‘Whey’ is the bi-product that is derived when making che...

Protein for Lunch

For me, lunch is probably the least favourite of my three meals a day (of course I have snacks too) probably because it requires a lot of pre-thought effort and preparation the night/weekend before...

Protein For Dinner

You’re home from work, and you're starving, so how do you make something that is really satisfying? And how do you stay full until the morning? We all know there is nothing worse than going to bed ...

Pea Protein - The Low Down

When we hear about protein powders, the most commons forms we might be aware of are Whey Protein and Soy protein. On the rise, and one of the newer proteins on the market, here we take a look at Pe...