How much sleep do I really need?
I get asked this question by my clients a lot. And sleep related issues were coming up so often in my monthly Ask Robyn calls (part of the membership benefits of my EmpowerEd program) that I decided to do an in-depth webinar on sleep. You can watch the webinar ‘Secrets of Superior Sleep’ and all…
Looking for health in all the wrong places
Yet another drug that medical researchers hoped would be a godsend for people at high risk of cardiovascular disease has bitten the dust before it even hit the market, its major pre-licensing trial, which had enrolled over 12 000 patients at high risk for serious cardiovascular problems in 540 health centres around the world, abandoned by…
Roasted Chick Peas
Bet you can’t eat just one of these delicious roasted chick peas… but no need to feel guilty if you can’t, because chick peas are an amazingly nutritious food! They’re packed full of fibre and resistant starch that feed your friendly gut bacteria, and are also high in iron. Ingredients: 3 cups cooked chick peas…
Flu vaccination and faith-based medicine
I have to tell you, I am having an absolute ball with the EmpowerEd membership program (and thankfully, the members seem to enjoying it too ;-))! Answering members’ health and nutrition-related questions in the monthly Ask Robyn call, and researching interesting topics to produce Deep Dive webinars that inform members about how to live healthier…
The Biggest Losers lose out – big time
A study recently published in the medical journal Obesity (1) presented a sobering perspective on the long term weight loss achieved by participants in the high-rating reality TV series, The Biggest Loser. Spoiler alert: 6 years down the track, all but one of the 14 former contestants studied had regained a significant amount of the…
Eggplant, Kale and Mushroom Burgers
This recipe began life as one of those ‘throw it all together and see if it works’ ideas, but my daughter Imogen loved them so much, she insisted that I make them again… and write down the recipe this time ;-). A Thermomix makes this recipe really easy, but if you don’t have one, scroll…
Hearty Ratatouille-Style Stew
This delicious meal-in-a-bowl can be made even more hearty by serving over wholemeal couscous, brown rice or quinoa. Ingredients: I medium onion, diced 1 clove garlic, minced 2 medium eggplants, diced 1 bunch kale, leaves stripped off stems and finely shredded 2 small or 1 large zucchini, diced 1 red capsicum, seeded and diced 1…
Anti-depressants increase your risk of bone fracture
2 May 2016 Last Tuesday, I held an in-depth, 90-minute webinar on bone health and osteoporosis for members of EmpowerEd. (You can view this webinar and all previous Deep Dive webinars and Ask Robyn sessions that are part of the EmpowerEd program by joining here.) In the webinar I traced the history of osteoporosis, from…
What if everything you think you know about change is wrong?
Downside of being a university student (again!): an endless stream of lectures, textbook and literature readings and assignments to cram into an already overstuffed schedule. Down time? What’s that??? Upside of being a student (for those of you who don’t know, I’m enrolled in an Honours program in preparation for doing a PhD in nutrition…
Do you have what it takes to get healthy?
On Tuesday 12 April 2016, I had the enormous pleasure of attending the seminar ‘How to Reverse Rheumatoid Arthritis Symptoms’, which featured the inspirational plant-based doctor Michael Klaper and Clint Paddison, developer of The Paddison Program. Dr Klaper has been a hero of mine since I watched his video – yes, video, as in VHS!!!…