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Carrie Reedy Functional Nutrition

Locality: Canning Vale, Western Australia

Phone: +61 416 104 745

Address: 14 The Haven 6155 Canning Vale, WA, Australia

Website: https://carriereedy.com/

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25.01.2022 Here is a great article from the BBC on the role of diet and mental health.

24.01.2022 I laughed out loud when I saw these pinata’s at Woolies today. Who else is feeling like celebrating the end of this particular year?

24.01.2022 What a glorious day here in Perth! To make the most of the sunshine, I started the day with a long walk - just what I needed after the rain last week! Then I spent time in my veggie garden. I'm not much of a green thumb, but super excited about my haul! 3 cauliflowers, a cabbage, broccolini, 2 eggplants, radish and lots of snow peas. ... Not so excited about the snail that crawled out of my cauliflower though - but that's organic gardening for you! All that early morning sunshine will do wonders for my circadian rhythm. Bet I will sleep well tonight!

23.01.2022 The first of my 'Food as Medicine' webinars, supported by the City of Canning, will be on Saturday 28th November at 3pm. Learn about the many ways our diet can either positively or negatively impact our mental health. This will be an information packed webinar with plenty of practical tips to help support people experiencing more low moods than they would like. I hope you can join me!... Learn more about the webinar, and to register, go to: https://my.demio.com/ref/191f0qoeW4gkxzpE

23.01.2022 As opposed to refined grains such as white flour, which is linked to health issues, whole grains have been linked to a variety of health benefits, such as a reduced risk for type 2 diabetes, heart disease and cancer. Whole grains are great sources of fibre, minerals such as zinc, magnesium and manganese, and B vitamins. Read the labels of products you are purchasing and check they are made from whole grains. For bread, check the ingredients and whether it says whole grains o...r refined grains. Having seeds and whole grains visible is a good clue. For pasta look for wholegrain. The least processed the better! For porridge, I recommend steel cut or rolled oats rather than quick oats. For those avoiding gluten, look for brown rice, wild rice, quinoa and buckwheat.

23.01.2022 Our lifestyle choices can also impact the gut-immune interface. Any form of stress will impact the integrity of the gut lining, which is why healing the gut must involve steps to address stress. Stress also contributes to inflammation due to the release of cortisol. When cortisol is continuously being released, it can be disruptive for your hormones, immune function, digestive processes and the balance of bacteria in the gut all of which can exacerbate the symptoms of many ...chronic diseases. A few options for reducing the effects of stress include: Prioritizing self-care - It’s definitely not selfish to focus on self-care when you’re living with a chronic health condition. Making time for YOU can be a real game-changer for reducing the severity of symptoms. Becoming aware of how your body reacts when you’re under stress - This helps us respond to stress more quickly than we may otherwise. Engage in breathing practices that help us cope with stress, and signal to the body that it can relax - When we are stressed, we trigger the sympathetic (fight or flight) part of our nervous systems to kick in. Deep breathing is a quick and simple way to tell the body we don’t need to remain in the fight or flight state, allowing for the return to the parasympathetic (rest and digest) state. In addition to lowering stress levels, getting regular exercise, sufficient sleep and staying well hydrated are important lifestyle practices that positively impact our gut microbiome and improve our health and wellbeing.

19.01.2022 Nutrient density is more important in my eyes than counting calories. You know why? Because we could eat a Tim Tam or a handful of nuts that are equal in calories. Which is going to give you more nutrients? ... You know the answer, right! Might not be what we want to hear but the nuts will give us protein, healthy fats, vitamins, minerals and phytochemicals. The Tim Tam? Not so much!

19.01.2022 A confirmation of what we have seen clinically for a long time - inflammation in the thyroid gland (even with normal thyroid hormone levels on pathology testing) can contribute to signs and symptoms far and wide in the body. Not sure about the recommendation for ibuprofen, but the research shows an interesting result from lowering inflammation and it’s positive impacts on anxiety. This is why it’s good to know your thyroid antibody status even with normal TSH levels if you have thyroid symptoms.

18.01.2022 Inflammation refers to your body’s healing response to infections, injuries, toxins (and even emotional stress), by activating your immune system to release antibodies and proteins, as well as increasing blood flow to the impacted area. In the case of acute inflammation, the whole process usually resolves within a few days but in the case of chronic inflammation, your body can stay stuck in a constant state of alert which in turn leads to a host of problems affecting many... of your tissues and organs, driving a range of health conditions If you don’t deal with chronic inflammation, you’ll basically stay in the red zone all the time and put yourself on the fast track toward chronic disease. So many people these days are experiencing chronic inflammation leaving them feeling ‘sub par’ without any idea what is actually driving this but it’s the immune system being stuck in overdrive. Imagine how much damage would be done to a car if it was stuck in overdrive. Same with us! We live in a world that is highly polluted, our food is missing nutrients, we are exposed to toxins in our cosmetics and cleaning products on a daily basis, and stress is a common companion for many of us. It’s no wonder we are dealing with inflammation on a constant basis. I often refer to this situation in terms of an inflammation bucket. There are so many factors that are adding to the bucket, but my question to you is this - what practices are you incorporating to lessen the load within the inflammation bucket? Using a ‘food as medicine’ approach, our food choices certainly make a difference, but so too do practices to balance blood sugar, taking in more healthy omega 3 oils, upping our intake of phytochemicals from plant materials, and lowering our exposure to toxins in all their varieties. If you want to learn more about inflammation, It’s not too late to join me tomorrow at 3pm for my 3rd Supercharge your Health and Wellbeing webinar. This week we will be talking all about inflammation and its role in health challenges. Get more details here: https://my.demio.com/ref/mSCNorHEJ6FqyuBh

17.01.2022 Wow! Where has this been all my life? Just heading out for a walk and needed a quick ‘on the go’ breaky so tried out one of the food ideas on my new Metabolic Balance plan. I’ve known for a long time me and cow’s dairy ain’t good friends but resisted trying anything else. I mixed sheep yogurt with my allocation of fruit (mango-yum!!!), blended it, and it was amazing! Who would have thought sheep’s yogurt could be so good? Wonder what other delicacies I’ll discover over t...he next few weeks? If you are curious what metabolic balance is - get more info here: https://carriereedy.com/metabolic-balance/

15.01.2022 Staying well hydrated can improve our daytime energy levels. Be aware that getting the majority of fluid intake from tea, coffee, soft drinks and sugary juices can lead to a state of dehydration, of which fatigue is one of the hallmark symptoms. Try getting good levels of hydration for 30 days in a row. You will be surprised by the health benefits.

15.01.2022 This coming Saturday in my Supercharge your Health and Well-being webinar series I'm talking all about GUT HEALTH. Research suggests that the greater the diversity of microbes in a person's gut, the greater their health. And the best way to increase diversity of microbes is by eating a diverse diet. ... It's not too late to register to join the webinars and learn more about the best ways to improve health and well-being. Click here for more details: https://my.demio.com/ref/mSCNorHEJ6FqyuBh

14.01.2022 Gratitude is the antidote for many of the pains of life. It is also the fuel for happiness, health and a sense of well-being. Creating a gratitude journal is a key lifestyle practice I suggest to many of my clients. It is as simple as looking for a few specific things each day that you are grateful for, and noting them down in a journal. The first few days are easy. You can jot down obvious, like 'family' and 'having a job', but over time I suggest getting a little more detailed in your description by noting down specifics about people, places, experiences and things in your life that you are grateful for. You'll find you spend more time during the day noticing these seemingly little things, creating a mindset of seeing the glass half-full, rather than half-empty, and that certainly impacts our health and well-being.

14.01.2022 Last chance to sign up. Only a few spots left. What a great chance to do a DEEP DIVE into the factors that can improve your health and well-being. Click on the 'tickets' link to learn more and to register.

13.01.2022 I had a gorgeous new client today that reminded me of something really important. I like to explain my therapeutic process by having people imagine a tree, and then I suggest that the leaves and branches of the tree are all the signs and symptoms of poor health (and diagnoses) they experience. I then have them think about the roots of the tree, which are our genes, our gut health and our general level of inflammation. I remind them that the leaves and branches (symptoms we... see or experience) are determined by the roots. But I also like to remind people that these roots don't exist in isolation, they exist in the soil of our everyday choices, things like the food we choose to eat, our level of hydration, whether we have helpful stress management techniques, how well we sleep and whether we exercise and move our bodies. I was sharing this today and my client said "oh, so it's like tending to a bonsai". I'm not much of a gardener, but what a great addition to my analogy! When we tend to the roots and terrain below, we get a much smaller display of leaves and branches, that is, signs and symptoms of dysfunction. Isn't this what we all want?

12.01.2022 Did you know that impaired gut health is often one of the key factors involved in wide range of symptoms and health issues? I’ve seen it range from unexplained weight gain to skin problems, brain fog, chronic stomach issues, fatigue and more! As a Functional Nutrition and Lifestyle Practitioner, I firmly believe that healing your gut can make the biggest impact on your overall health, including how you take in nutrients, how strong your immunity is and even how well your horm...Continue reading

12.01.2022 I shared this earliler today in my Facebook group. Who loves these? Um? Not me! Lucky if you do, because they are incredibly high in zinc. But if you don't, not to worry, there are plenty of other foods with a good level of zinc. ... The recommended daily intake for men is 12 mg and for women is 6.5 mg. How to get this? By eating a diverse foods you can easily get to your daily ideal.contain reasonable levels of zinc. Their yield ranges from 3-4 mg per 50 grams, so a typical dinner serving of meat would cover the minimum zinc needs of most men and awomen. But there are other foods that have high yields of zinc too: Look at the yield from 50 grams of these foods: Cashews - 3mg Almonds - 2 mg Pepitas - 4 mg Sesame seeds - 3.6 mg (tahini is a great way to use sesame seeds) Hemp seeds - 4.7 mg Pine nuts - 2.4 mg Chia seeds - 2.25 mg Wild rice - 2.6 mg By eating a diverse array of foods you can easily get to your daily requirements. Many of these foods are high in magnesium too. Those same 50 grams of cashews yield 150 mg of magnesium and 3.4 mg of iron! Those same 50 grams of pepitias yield 296 mg of magnesium and 4 mg of iron.

11.01.2022 Less than a week to go for my webinar on the connection between diet and mental health. I'll be sharing lots of great information on the connection between what we eat and how we feel, and the practices to start implementing now to make a difference. I hope you can join me! Learn more, and register to attend at: https://my.demio.com/ref/191f0qoeW4gkxzpE

11.01.2022 I’m not much of an activist. That is, I don’t go out and protest or actively promote causes so it might seem odd that I am drawing attention to Plastic Free July. I’ve actually been pleasantly surprised when working at my retail job how well we have adopted the practice of bringing our own bags to the shops here in WA. As a society we are becoming more aware of the consequences of single use plastic in its many forms. This is all really good news for cleaner oceans and fo...r cleaner communities. BUT are we becoming equally aware of the HEALTH consequences of all the plastic in our world? I’m not sure this message is being shared as much as the environmental one. Let me explain: Bisphenol-A is a synthetic plasticiser, and it is believed to be an endocrine disruptor, which means that it totally messes with our hormone balance Not good at all. Bisphenol-A, or BPA is its nicknamed, is an industrial chemical found in many common products that use plastic, such as food and drink can linings, polycarbonate plastic products like water bottles, plastic food wraps, and even thermal papers like till receipts. So how disruptive is it? Not only does it imitate the body’s hormones, it can interfere with the production, secretion, transport, action, function and elimination of natural hormones. BPA behaves in the body in a similar way to how oestrogen does. It basically hijacks normal oestrogen function. There isn’t a lot of human research trials showing how much BPA exposure is too much, but in animals it has been found to: - Decrease testosterone and impact fertility in male species - Impact hormonal balance in female species - Alter immune function - Lead to behavioural changes such as hyperactivity and hostility Here are some great ways to lower your level of exposure to BPA (and all its plasticiser friends because even plastic products that say BPA free have other potentially troublesome plasticisers now being used in its place): Drink from a glass, steel or ceramic water bottle (bonus points if it’s filled with filtered water) Reduce how much canned food you eat Avoid handling till receipts as much as possible Swap plastic storage containers for glass ones Minimise or eliminate the use of plastic wrap If you're interested in learning more about toxin exposure, and why it is so important to lower our exposure to BPA and other potential toxicants, you can read more at www.carriereedy.com/low-tox-living

11.01.2022 Would you answer this question with 'diet and lifestyle practices'? What we eat and the way we live are keys to positive health outcomes. And yet, often they are considered last, rather than first, when trying to improve our health or in our quest to simply maintain good health. That’s why I love teaching people about how to use FOOD AS MEDICINE (along with ensuring great sleep, movement, adequate hydration and stress management techniques). This is what Functional Nutriti...on is all about! If you want to learn more about this approach, click on link here: https://carriereedy.com/how-is-a-functional-nutrition-appr/

11.01.2022 Got dodgy genes? Then listen in.

10.01.2022 If only we had to choose between 2 good choices. But it's more common these days that we are making choices like these: Should I or shouldn’t I eat gluten? Should I or shouldn’t I eat dairy? Should I or shouldn’t I eat carbs?... As a Nutritionist, I hear these sort of questions all the time. There is so much conflicting advise out there about what to eat and what to avoid for good health. With all this information overload, It can be a real challenge to work out what the right foods are for you to help ease health concerns. I remember years ago being told to avoid gluten, but it seriously took me 2 years to try out that advise, and what a world of difference it made for me when I finally did. Maybe it could be the same for you with particular foods - maybe some aren't serving you so well anymore... Rather than using guesswork, what if you could learn through scientific methods what the right foods are for you? This is exactly what the Metabolic Balance program does. Metabolic Balance is an amazing health and well-being program that uses 36 pathology markers, along with a detailed personal history to create individualised food plans that promote weight loss, hormonal balance and reduces the risk for chronic diseases such as diabetes, cardiovascular issues, and gut troubles. Take my quiz now to see if Metabolic Balance could help you >>> carriereedy.info/mb-quiz

10.01.2022 It is important to slow down and take time to enjoy your meals. Think of food as NOURISHMENT, rather than something to be gulped down between meetings or running to pick up the kids. Research tells us it takes up to 20 minutes for the brain to register that you have eaten enough and are full, so if you eat fast, you are likely to eat more. ... My recommendation: Eat slowly and stop eating before you are feeling full.

10.01.2022 Tired of getting different prescriptions for various aches and pains and never understanding WHY you feel this way? The current medical approach focusses on HOW to treat a certain set of symptoms, but I know from my practice that it’s much more important to figure out WHY you have a particular symptom in the first place and how your body arrived there. What causes the same symptoms (and sometimes erroneously a diagnosis ughhh) for example a regularly upset stomach, weigh...t gain, fatigue, or brain fog can actually have very different underlying causes based on the individual. We all have different gut bugs, different genetics, are exposed to different environmental factors, have different lifestyle habits. This is why treating symptoms really doesn’t make sense especially since different underlying conditions can have the exact same symptoms! When you understand the underlying causes of your observed symptoms, functional nutrition is a powerful tool that can actually help to resolve these symptoms for good. Why? Because nothing has the ability to balance your body like diet and lifestyle changes, no matter your health condition. One of the key reasons is that so many of the lifestyle diseases prevalent today stem from poor diet and subsequent under nutrition. When you eat foods that have a negative impact on your gut and the microbes that reside in there, you are playing roulette with your health. Your gut bacteria play a profound role in the health of your immune system. Plus, these friendly microbes are involved in the transformation of B vitamins that keep the nervous system working well, neurotransmitters that allow the brain to communicate well with your body and regulate mood, as well as carrying out a protective role in keeping other yeasts, parasites, and bacteria in check. So, improving the health of your gut with the right nutritional advice can improve a multitude of symptoms, plus rebuild your ability to absorb nutrients in the way your gut was meant to. Win, win!! Do you have any questions about how good food choices can naturally improve health symptoms? If so, let me know in the comments below

10.01.2022 Interesting research released just a few days ago on the role environmental chemicals play in menopausal symptoms, especially the phthalate family of chemicals. More research is needed on the mechanisms, but minimising exposure can only benefit us.

09.01.2022 I jumped in the car this morning and Affirmations by Savage Garden was playing on the radio. The first line I heard said ‘Junk food tastes so good because it’s bad for you’ Sparked an interesting conversation with my kiddo’s.

08.01.2022 I'm lost for words! Not quite your typical Gingerbread house for Christmas.

08.01.2022 Who else is loving the cherries this time of year?

07.01.2022 I received some great news this week. After the successful 'Supercharge your Health and Well-being' webinar series earlier this year, The City of Canning are supporting me to run a number of health related webinars over the next 6 months. The topics this time will include: Using Food as Medicine to Support Mental Health Using Food as Medicine to Support Women's Health Concerns... Using Food as Medicine to Support Healthy Ageing Using Food as Medicine to Support Blood Sugar Balance (and why it matters!) and Using Food as Medicine to Support Energy Levels I'll also be re-running the 'Supercharge your Health and Well-being" series in February next year. Stay tuned for more details....

07.01.2022 Potatoes are a staple in many households. That said, the way in which we prepare them largely determines their health effects. When they are deep fried as potato chips or fries, they contain far more calories, but even more troubling than calories, they have an increased amount of aldehydes and trans fats when fried. My recommendation: Bake or boil your potatoes, and keep the skin on. There are plenty of nutrients in the skin too.

07.01.2022 You can soothe inflammation and start to repair your gut with supplements that support healing. Aloe Vera juice and slippery elm powder can be particularly beneficial. Digestive enzymes taken with meals can help to break down proteins, starches and sugars that could otherwise be undigested and pass through to the intestinal lining leading to an immune system response, which increases the level of inflammation both in the gut and the rest of the body. Supporting the digestive system to breakdown the food we eat into their smallest components can be very beneficial for supporting gut healing. Here is where probiotics come in too, as well as other gut soothing and healing nutrients such as glutamine and prebiotic fibres. But remember, these aren't the first step, work on diet first!

05.01.2022 Fearful of carbs? Whenever you hear the word ‘carbs,’ chances are, your outlook is less than favorable. After all, the current buzz around ‘dieting’ is KETO, which advocates a high protein/low carb approach to eating. If you picture carbs in your mind you might be thinking bread, pasta, sugar and starchy vegetables, right? All of the things we’ve been told to stay far away from.... But surprise! Our bodies actually need carbs. The problem isn’t carbs, it’s the type of carbs that we are consuming. The ones best avoided are found in white flours, processed sugars, and white rice. The ones we should be consuming, however, are found in foods like oatmeal, whole grains, and brown rice. These types of carbs are called complex carbohydrates. Here are some easy ways to incorporate complex carbohydrates into your daily diet. Oats: We’ve become accustomed to using quick oats for a super-fast breakfast, but rolled oats and steel-cut oats are better because they’re not as heavily processed. As a bonus, the high fibre content makes them a perfect candidate to help manage high cholesterol levels and to improve blood sugar levels. Best way to eat oats is to ENHANCE them with nuts, seeds, fruit and spices like cinnamon and vanilla best to skip the brown sugar and maple syrup . Lentils: If you’re a vegetarian and looking for more plant-based protein, or are just looking to ease up on eating so much meat, then lentils are a must. Not only are they also full of fibre, but they’re also loaded with cancer-fighting polyphenols and folate, which helps to combat heart disease. Plus, there are so many ways to enjoy lentils. Just search the internet for some simple lentil recipe ideas! Lentils: If you’re a vegetarian and looking for more plant-based protein, or are just looking to ease up on eating so much meat, then lentils are a must. Not only are they also full of fibre, they’re loaded with cancer-fighting polyphenols and folate, which helps to combat heart disease. Plus, there are so many ways to enjoy lentils. Just search the internet for some simple lentil recipe ideas! So, the next time you hear someone put down carbs, remind yourself about the importance of complex carbohydrates!

05.01.2022 Once medical causes of daytime fatigue have been ruled out, it's important to consider diet and lifestyle factors that can contribute to low energy levels. Any of these ring true for you?

04.01.2022 It is easy to think we can sacrifice sleep when life is busy, but it catches up with us, one way or another. Being chronically sleep-impaired makes it hard to live healthy, energetic lives. A good measure to know whether you are getting enough sleep is to consider whether you wake feeling refreshed in the morning, and whether you regularly wake around the same time each day without an alarm. If not, then you may want to prioritise getting to bed earlier. You can learn mor...e about getting better sleep, and other important lifestyle practices to help with health and well-being through my upcoming webinar series. Learn more about the webinar series at www.carriereedy.info/supercharge.

03.01.2022 Why a picture of my daughter and I doing a puzzle on a health post? Because it reminded me of something. People often come to me because they feel as though they have tried everything to regain their health. It certainly can feel like that, and it was for me too many years ago when my health was not where I wanted it to be. ... What I’ve learned through my own health journey, and now as a Functional Nutritionist working with clients in my own clinic, is that returning to health is like a putting a jigsaw puzzle together. Whether it’s a 48-piece puzzle or a 1000-piece puzzle, you need to start the same way, right?! You need to get the edge pieces (the foundations) in place first, then fill in the rest working on this bit, then that bit, until the picture emerges. In terms of our health, success comes from the same approach. Get the foundations right, then work on the rest, a little here and a little there until health re-emerges. This is how a Functional Nutrition approach can help with you. If you feel like you have your health puzzle pieces spread out all over the table, and you're working on this part and then on that part, but don’t feel like your efforts are paying off, then it might be that some of the puzzle pieces are missing. (Argh, there’s nothing worse!!) Or it may be that the foundations aren't quite in place. A Functional Nutrition approach provides a systematic plan to get the foundations in place FIRST, and then to make sure none of the rest of the pieces are missing. Take my quiz now to see how your health picture is looking & receive your results instantly >>> https://www.tryinteract.com/share//5f265fd69e09aa0014d23fdd

02.01.2022 Diabetes doesn't have to be your future. It's not a great one but taking control of your health by learning to eat well can have an incredible impact in changin...g your course. Make the right choices by eating well and live a good life of energy and ease. Make the choice to change your future. Get in touch to get your Metabolic Balance personalised nutrition plan. You'll never look back! #personalnutrition #weightloss #diabetesawareness #metabolicbalance

02.01.2022 It is important to consider the health of the gastrointestinal tract in the development and maintenance of chronic health conditions, including auto-immune conditions. Removing foods that are inflammatory and introducing more gut-healing foods can improve the state of the digestive tract. Targeted supplements can speed up the healing process. Lifestyle practices such as managing and modulating stress will be a part of a long-term strategy to improve health and lower the risk of chronic health conditions. Just working on one of these steps may not provide sufficient benefits, but the more you 'layer' together these practices, the more likely healing is. This is what Functional Nutrition is all about!

02.01.2022 Bit harsh, but as a Nutritionist, I often worry when people tell me they're on a NO CARB diet. Veggies are a type of CARB! And we need VEGGIES!

02.01.2022 It's my birthday and I was born 51 years ago today! The very best gift next to the ones my gorgeous family are giving me (wink wink) is that my brand spanking new, wiz bang bioimpedance analysis scales I just got for my clinic tell me my metabolic age is 38. Woo hoo!!! Happy 38th birthday to me!! Is this called un-ageing?