Reflections on a decade with MS
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Plant-based eating doesn’t have to be all or nothing: Cooking demo recap
Healthy comfort food you'll be excited to share with loved ones.[...]
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How our food choices affect the climate
What we eat plays a critical role in shaping our planet’s future, an[...]
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Lifestyle Medicine Global Alliance Leadership Forum
The 2nd Global Lifestyle Medicine Leadership Forum: Shaping the Future[...]
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Embracing a plant-based future: Understanding challenges, creating change
Each obstacle to a plant-based lifestyle can create an opportunity to [...]
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Melbourne Potluck Dinner with Prof Kim Williams
On 11 January 2025, Doctors For Nutrition and Melbourne Lifestyle Medi[...]
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Standing out at the Vegan Festival Adelaide
On the weekend of 7-8 December, Doctors For Nutrition hosted a stall a[...]
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Doctors For Nutrition 2024: Year In Review
As 2024 draws to a close, we’re excited to reflect on the year that [...]
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A call to end the ‘Discover Dairy’ program in Australian schools
Doctors For Nutrition’s Co-Founder and Chair of the Board, Dr Heleen[...]
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International Plant-Based Nutrition Healthcare Conference 2024
Dr Heleen Haijema, Co-founder and Chair of the Board and Rebecca Stono[...]
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Start your day right: A plant-based breakfast for health and vitality
Embrace the power of plants at breakfast to set the tone for a day ful[...]
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General Practice Conference and Medical Exhibition – Rotorua, New Zealand
Doctors For Nutrition were proud to exhibit at the General Practice Co[...]
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Dine with a Doc – Auckland, 2024
Doctors For Nutrition hosted a sustainability-focussed ‘Dine with a [...]
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Should we decrease red meat consumption to protect the planet?
Watch Dr. Heleen Haitjema, co-founder and board director of DFN, as s[...]
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From guidelines to greener plates: Australia’s necessary dietary shift
Sustainable diets under the microscope as part of the Australian Dieta[...]
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Free yourself from gluten fear
The gluten-free market is booming. Is it time you got on board? Should[...]
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Dine with a Doc – Melbourne, 2024
Doctors For Nutrition hosted a ‘Dine with a Doc’ dinner with Prof.[...]
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Doctors For Nutrition 2023: Year In Review
Nearing the end of another fulfilling year, we evaluate our achievemen[...]
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Inaugural Doctors Health Challenge
Throughout November, we ran our FREE Doctors Health Challenge. Over 20[...]
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Doctors For Nutrition’s call for change
The House of Representatives undertakes an inquiry into diabetes[...]
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WONCA 2023 Sydney World Conference
Doctors For Nutrition were proud sponsors of the World Organization of[...]
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Australasian Society of Lifestyle Medicine Conference 2023: BETTER HEALTH FOR ALL
Doctors For Nutrition were proud sponsors of the Australasian Society [...]
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2023 Australian Dietary Guidelines Review
Sustainable and plant-focused diets high priority for ADGs[...]
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Perimenopause: the changes before the change
Navigating haywire hormones when approaching menopause can be challeng[...]
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Foods with benefits
Wholefoods may just save your life, and at the very least, they will d[...]
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Nutrition in Healthcare Conference 2023
Over 2 full days, 24 local and international experts and more than 250[...]
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Doctors For Nutrition 2022: Year In Review
We review the highlights and look ahead to growing our impact in 2023.[...]
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Is plant-based for you?
Making the transition can seem a little overwhelming, but we’re here[...]
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A snack for every season
Pay attention to seasonal eating, your health and back pocket will tha[...]
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Unbreakable bones
While bone health is critical for healthy ageing, it's the bones you b[...]
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DFN successfully upskills doctors on prescribing nutrition
During April, Doctors For Nutrition launched an online course, ‘Pres[...]
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Hormone harmony
A look at some common health issues related to hormonal balance, and w[...]
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Fast facts: the ins and outs of fasting
What you need to know if you are thinking of fasting.[...]
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Medical students lead the way by replacing sausages with a plant-based lunch
Adelaide Medical Students’ Society O’Week celebrations kicked off [...]
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A doctor’s advice to help kids enjoy more fruit and vegetables
Dr Taisia Cech shares 7 top tips to help your kids have the best start[...]
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The heart of the matter
Heart disease is an everyone disease. Thankfully, your lifestyle has t[...]
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Doctors For Nutrition: 2021 in review and outlook for 2022
There is no doubt the last two years have left a profound mark on soci[...]
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5 best plant-based present ideas: Christmas gifts for the plant-curious to the plant-obsessed
Why not consider one of the many fantastic whole food plant-based (WFP[...]
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WFPB: Restrictive or Intuitive?
Is it possible to align a wholefood, plant-based approach with intuiti[...]
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United Nations Food Systems Summit
Opening conversations about our broken food system.[...]
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Global greenhouse gas emissions from animal-based foods double that of plant-based foods
Our food system accounts for 35 percent of all human-made greenhouse g[...]
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Simplify and Nutrify
The four fundamentals of healthy eating aren’t complicated at all.[...]
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The role of national dietary guidelines in attaining a healthy and sustainable food system
DFN brought together experts from a range of healthcare and food-relat[...]
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AMSA Global Health Conference 2021
Why improving nutrition education in medical schools is a key step to [...]
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NZ’s updated Eating and Activity Guidelines allow for “totally plant-based”
The Ministry of Health of Aotearoa New Zealand announced an update to [...]
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Staying plant strong
Changing your diet can present the odd challenge as your body adjusts [...]
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FODMAP fact drop
Most people have heard of the low FODMAP diet, but how well do we unde[...]
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A Doctor and a Chef: Healthy plant-based cooking class
Healthy plant-based cooking class[...]
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Cooking for nutrition
Introducing our recipes and dietitian-designed meal plan[...]
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Growing gains, not pains!
Setting kids and teens up with good nutrition is central to lifelong h[...]
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Australian Dietary Guidelines review scoping survey
Get involved in the Australian Dietary Guidelines review.[...]
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Protein needs are easily met among plant-based eaters
New research highlights protein quality of plant-based dietary pattern[...]
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DFN wins Change Maker of the Year Award!
Doctors For Nutrition are honoured to have won Change Maker of the yea[...]
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DFN’s 2020 year in review and 2021 plans
We outline the key achievements of 2020 and preview the year ahead[...]
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Planning your plant-based holiday feast
We have the plant-based holiday feast for you![...]
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DFN joins health organisations’ call for a healthy, regenerative and just future
29 health organisations call on the government to take urgent policy a[...]
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Full of beans: toddler nutrition
When it’s time for your toddler’s first foods, you want the very b[...]
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Clear up carbohydrate confusion to improve diabetes outcomes
Contrary to popular belief, it isn’t carbohydrates or sugar that cau[...]
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COVID-19: a tipping point for a change in dietary behaviour
The pandemic increased the focus on new opportunities to efficiently m[...]
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Ironing out the facts
Many women have low iron stores, but it’s not due to a lack of meat.[...]
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Nutrition in the time of COVID-19
As the world grapples with the novel coronavirus pandemic, Doctors For[...]
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South Pacific Society of Lifestyle Medicine Conference 2020: Turning the tide on NCDs
Reporting back from the inaugural South Pacific Society of Lifestyle M[...]
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Diets debunked
Fad diets are a fail, how do you achieve a healthy body weight?[...]
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US psychologist Dr Doug Lisle shares insights about ‘the Pleasure Trap’
Canberra heard from prominent US evolutionary psychologist Doug Lisle [...]
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First Peoples’ food wisdom
For more than sixty thousand years, Aboriginal peoples used their own [...]
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The Heart of the Matter – Adelaide Nutrition in Healthcare Symposium
Adelaide Nutrition in Healthcare Symposium with international keynote [...]
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Media release: What role does nutrition play in cardiovascular disease?
At a Symposium in Adelaide this weekend, eminent US cardiologist Dr Ki[...]
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Doctors For Nutrition year end wrap-up and outlook to 2020
As 2019 draws to a close, we review the highlights from our first full[...]
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Recovering from Multiple Sclerosis with dietary and lifestyle changes
Lifestyle changes should be at the centre of MS patient care.[...]
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The plant prescription
These days we have access to thousands of valuable pharmaceutical comp[...]
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Are plant-based pregnancies safe?
A well-planned plant-based diet from pre-conception onwards sets your [...]
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World Food Day 2019: plant-based diet shift vital to solving nutrition crisis
Doctors For Nutrition welcomes the theme of this year’s World Food D[...]
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Highlights from the 2019 International Plant-Based Nutrition Healthcare Conference
From September 22-25, one of the world's leading medical conferences o[...]
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World Mental Health Day: Diet plays a key role for mental health
A diet high in fats, sugars, junk foods and processed meats is contrib[...]
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Wellington health professionals ready to transform health through nutrition
Presentation to 50 clinical colleagues at a professional workshop.[...]
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New Zealanders flock to learn about Plant-Based Lifestyle
A crowd of over 100 attended the recent Picton Food Frontiers event to[...]
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Media release: Prostate deaths can be reduced
The high numbers of Australian men dying from prostate cancer could be[...]
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Media release: Plant-based meals must be a focus in Australian hospitals and aged care facilities
The Victorian government’s initiative to improve the taste, enjoymen[...]
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Media release: New Heart Foundation Nutrition Guidelines should promote plant-based diets
The healthiest diet for our heart, and indeed human and environmental [...]
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Media release: NZ Ministry of Health is right to urge reduced meat and dairy in hospitals
The New Zealand Climate & Health Council and health promotion charity [...]
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Immunity boost
DFN's Queensland Lead Dietitian Emma Strutt APD explains why what we e[...]
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Media release: Australasian doctors agree with EAT-Lancet: plant-based diet shift is vital
The recently-established health promotion charity Doctors For Nutritio[...]
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Media release: Leading plant-based nutrition experts to address NZ health symposiums
Two of the world’s leading plant-based nutrition experts will addres[...]
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Can a plant-based diet help Australians live longer?
Read about DFNs Nutrition in Healthcare Conference 2019[...]
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‘Eat Whole Foods, Mostly Plant-Based’: What Does This Actually Mean?
DFN Board member Dr Luke Wilson digs into the importance of eating who[...]
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Type 2 diabetes and nutrition
Separating myth from the fact about diet and diabetes.[...]
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Creating a lifestyle intervention for your community
Dr Luke Wilson describes the key ingredients of a successful community[...]
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