Dietitian
I’m now officially two years into working with The Healthy Eating Clinic after graduating from university. During this time, I have also completed my sports accreditation, making me a qualified sports dietitian.
I’m excited to continue growing my experience in this area, as I’m passionate about helping athletes understand that sports nutrition is about far more than body composition. It’s about fuelling your body to train, recover, perform and achieve things you never thought possible.
Unfortunately, eating disorders and RED-S are quite common, especially among young athletes, which is why I’m particularly interested in supporting junior athletes to develop a positive relationship with food and understand the importance of adequate nutrition for performance, healthy growth, and long-term wellbeing.
If you are not looking for sports advice…fear not!
I have extensive experience working with clients who present with a wide range of health conditions and goals. I have a special interest in the psychology of eating, type two diabetes, gut health, and vegan/vegetarian diets. But my true passion lies in the practical side of nutrition, such as meal ideas and preparation skills.
I love helping clients fall in love with healthy cooking that also tastes insanely delicious. My aim is to cut through the buzzing food noise and information overload from social media and elsewhere, and break nutrition down into simple, manageable steps.
This approach has the long game in mind; it’s about lifelong change, not a fad diet that lasts two months.
What you can expect from me:
- I am not the food police! I’m here to support you in a way that works specifically for you
- I can provide education on the foundations of nutrition, tailored to your goals and health conditions
- I can help you understand how appetite works and how to regulate it using the right foods and systems
- I can help you find balance with food, improve your relationship with food, and get out of a restrictive mindset (my personal favourite)
- I can provide the basics of how to build healthy meals, with loads of ideas
- I can help you untangle the mess and break down the key priorities impacting your nutrition and health goals
- I’ll be your biggest cheerleader and supporter through it all
I pride myself on providing my clients with a warm, welcoming, and non-judgmental space. I aim to be someone you feel comfortable sharing your concerns with openly, and someone you can trust to support and facilitate your health journey in every way I can.
Anna can help you with:
Sports Nutrition – endurance sports performance (running, cycling, rowing, dancing, etc), power-based sports performance (weight lifting, soccer, football, netball, HIIT, etc), healthy strategies for making weight in weight category sports (boxing, weight lifting, wrestling, etc), race day and competition nutrition, training and recovery nutrition.
General Health and Wellbeing – healthy eating, weight maintenance, weight loss or weight gain through balanced and healthy habit changes, managing nutritional deficiencies, malnutrition, healthy ageing, HAES (healthy at every size) and weight neutral practice, and vegetarian and vegan eating.
Gut and Digestion – low FODMAP diet, food intolerances, food allergies, maximising and improving gut health, digestive issues (diarrhoea and constipation).
Chronic Disease – support for heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular disease, lowering cholesterol and/or blood pressure, osteoporosis/osteopenia, type 2 diabetes management, reducing insulin resistance, fatty liver and other liver conditions, and post-cancer nutrition support.
Women’s Health – PMOS (formally PCOS) & endometriosis
Anna’s Qualifications:
- Accredited Practicing Dietitian (APD) with the Dietitians Australia (DA).
- Bachelor of Nutrition and Dietetics, Flinders University, 2024
- Certificate III of Commercial Cookery, Le Cordon Bleu, 2020
Q&A with Anna!
What’s your favourite food?
Everything. All of it in my mouth now, please! My favourite part of any meal is the creative process, it’s the journey AND the ride.
What’s your favourite cooking method?
This is a bit left field…but I love cooking over a campfire when I in the middle of nowhere under the stars. The half charred smoke flavour is so comforting to me.
Why did you become a dietitian?
I fell in love with healthy cooking! I started experimenting with different ingredients and pushing boundaries with flavours and cooking techniques, all whilst prioritising healthy food. After pursuing my lifelong dream of going to culinary arts, I decided I wanted to push myself further academically and decided to study nutrition. It was here I realised I had been battling for years with an unhealthy relationship with food, and this was the catalyst that drove me to have a deep interest in the psychology of eating.