Updated 24 June 2024 Back in school, you probably learned that your tongue has receptors ('taste

22 April 2024 In my February Open Thread for paid Substack subscribers, dentist extraordinaire Dr

Nutritional reductionism is getting us nowhere. Let's look at the big picture. 11 March 2024 I

4 March 2024 Let's pick up where I left off in Part 1 of this mini-series dissecting claims made

Is Dr Paul Mason a disruptive genius, a dissembling showman, or... something else? 26 February 2

20 November 2023 In my monthly Ask Robyn sessions (a feature of my EmpowerEd membership program),

30 November 2020; updated 23 October 2023 In Part 1 of this series on the gut microbiome, I discu

23 November 2020; updated 23 October 2023 H.G. Wells opened his 1898 science fiction classic The

17 June 2023 Of all the diseases that humans fear most as they grow older, Alzheimer's and other

Updated 26 December 2022 It's that time of year again. Christmas carols blaring from the stores t

18 December 2023 'Tis the season to be jolly, so the Christmas carol tells us, but not everyone i

5 July 2021 Ever since Dr David Perlmutter, a neurologist and - according to his Wikipedia profil

As the COVID-19 saga continues, I'm having more and more conversations with clients whose healthy ea

On Saturday 19 October 2019, I presented a talk at the Brisbane Vegan Expo called ‘Love Your Guts:

In this, my second report on the 5th International Plant-Based Nutrition Healthcare Conference (

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote an article and made a video, both called ‘A Matter of Trust’, on

Walk into any health food store and you'll see packets of 'activated' nuts selling for up to 3 times

    In this, my fourth report on the 5th International Plant-Based Nutrition Hea

In this, my third update on the 5th International Plant-Based Nutrition Healthcare Conference (P

Clients often ask me whether they should give up coffee. It's not always an easy question to giv

Last week I gave a presentation on wholefood plant-based eating at an employee wellness event. A

'Gut health' has become the darling of the wellness movement. A Google search for the phrase threw u

I've written extensively about the link, documented in research published in peer-reviewed medical j

In my last several blog posts, I've been focusing on the fascinating and burgeoning field of microbi

The widely-held stereotype of vegans as pale and anaemic doesn’t fit with the research, which clea

  You've probably heard the saying, "Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food"

It's nearly the end of January... and for most people, that means their New Year's Resolutions to ea

Updated 21 November 2022 Listen to the Influential Wellnesspreneur podcast interview with me on k

Listen to the Influential Wellnesspreneur podcast interview with me on ketogenic diets: Part 1

Today, March 12, marks the beginning of Brain Awareness Week, a global campaign to increase public a

A US study has shed light on which foods to eat, and which to avoid, if you don't want to die of hea

Listen to the Influential Wellnesspreneur podcast interview with me on ketogenic diets: Part 1

Listen to the Influential Wellnesspreneur podcast interview with me on ketogenic diets: Part 1

Listen to the Influential Wellnesspreneur podcast interview with me on ketogenic diets: Part 1

Listen to the Influential Wellnesspreneur podcast interview with me on ketogenic diets: Part 1

  As I always do when preparing to give a seminar or workshop, I've been delving deep in

One of the most common concerns that I hear from people who are contemplating adopting a plant-based

Most people who come to see me as a client, or a participant in my cooking classes, can wrap their h

Serving on the expert panel at the Canberra premiere of the enlightening new documentary, What the H

There are many myths about nutrition and health that swirl around the Internet, and regularly po

  On Thursday 4 May, I had the great privilege of attending a lecture by David Robinson

28 June 2021 Research on the effects of obesity on the human brain has made significant progress

One of the questions I'm most often asked by my clients is, "How important is it to buy organic prod

18 June 2018 June has been designated Bowel Cancer Awareness Month by Bowel Cancer Australia, whi

Many people are inspired to try a wholefood plant-based diet by the plethora of anecdotes about the

I'm devoting this, my fifth update on the 5th International Plant-Based Nutrition Healthcare Confe

One of the most disturbing trends I've witnessed in recent years is the number of vegans who hav

Updated 24 June 2024 Back in school, you probably learned that your tongue has receptors ('taste

Updated 26 December 2022 It's that time of year again. Christmas carols blaring from the stores t

If you’ve been reading my articles for a while, you’ll have gathered by now that I’m a total n

The average Australian gains between 0.8 and 1.5 kg over the Christmas period, according to Nutritio

10 December 2018 Here's some cheery news for you to savour during the festive season: heart-relat

When was the last time you had a good night's sleep, and woke up feeling fully restored and ready to

As a health practitioner, I see two broad groupings of people: those who adopted a vegan diet fo

Every parent wants their child to have the best chance at success in life, and like it or not, h

  A month or so ago, freelance journalist Alison Waters approached me to contribute to a