Our body composition changes as we age, and so do our nutritional requirements.  The great news is that we are now living longer lives, and good nutritional habits can help make sure that this longer life is as healthy as possible.  Tracy can help you understand the metabolic changes that occur as we age and help you to establish and maintain nutritional and lifestyle habits to support health.

There is a lot of confusion about what to eat when you have an allergy or intolerance, and indeed what the difference is between the two.  Tracy is able to help you best maintain nutritional status when affected by either.  Consultations can help educate about which foods may be problematic, and how best to ensure you maintain health with minimal restrictions, and how to alter what you like to eat to fit in with what you tolerate. Tracy is experienced and trained in management of:

• IBS
• FODMAP (Monash trained)
  
• Food intolerances including RPAH & Failsafe diet.
• Coeliac Disease
• Restrictive diets and nutritional adequacy & gut health.

Nutritional adequacy is important for both mother and baby during pregnancy and breastfeeding to provide for health and growth. A nutritionist can help to prepare a woman for pregnancy, support enjoyment of a healthy pregnancy with adequate weight gain, and assist with morning sickness symptom management. Finally during breastfeeding Tracy can consult as to the requirements of both mother and baby, and to assist with any issues if required.

Tracy can help support you with information about what is required for a healthy diet for infants and children. She can assist with establishing healthy eating habits for the whole family for life.  This can start with the introduction of an infants first solid foods, through to those fussy habits that can develop over time. As a parent herself she understands the challenges of homelife routines, and the complexity of the food environment that children and families face and can help you negotiate this to provide the kind of guidance your children need for good health and growth.

Adolescence is a time when children experience their largest growth since infancy, this combined with all those other physical changes as they mature and increasing independence can be challenging to their nutritional habits. This is a time when they need extra support to ensure health, and Tracy can provide assistance to families, with plenty of strategies to keep healthy habits on track, and bodies growing well.

Tracy has been cooking up a storm for many years now, and the skills she has acquired together with her nutritional expertise makes her a fantastic resource for enabling you to best cook for health.  She is a wealth of information when it comes to easy meals and recipes to cater for you and your family.  She knows the tricks and tips to help you modify all of your favourite recipes to allow for your nutritional needs. Check out some of the recipes in the resources section if you'd like to cook what Tracy and her family are enjoying at the moment.

Individuals & families seem to be busier than ever and it can be a juggle to try and provide healthy meals and snacks for everyone multiple times per day. Tracy works through this herself everyday, and has lots of insight and experience in developing ideas that can work in the context of varying routines, and short timelines. She can help you work through the challenges your family faces to keep everyone healthy and enjoying the foods you provide. With a well developed sense of empathy and in the spirit of a collaborative approach Tracy will work through your likes and dislikes with you to help you find what works best for your family.