Mary Collis Nutrition in Windsor, New South Wales | Nutritionist

Mary Collis Nutrition

Locality: Windsor, New South Wales

Phone: +61 2 4577 6215

Address: 1 New St. 2756 Windsor, NSW, Australia

Website: http://www.marycollis.net

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25.01.2022 A kilogram a year is all most of us gain long term, but by our 40s and beyond, it is all adding up. Read at my post how those holidays meals and snacks cause health and weight problems and how to change things. https://marycollis.net/avoiding-holiday-weight-gain/... #weightloss #health #fitness

25.01.2022 These cells produce substances which regulate blood pressure and blood clotting. So if you finish eating such a meal at 12.30 pm, then eat some cheese at crackers at 4.30 pm, these cells have barely had time to recover before the next onslaught. It's no surprise heart disease is our biggest killer. See what else such a meal does to our blood at my post: https://marycollis.net/avoiding-holiday-weight-gain/ ... #weightloss #health #fitness

24.01.2022 There are so many tips for healthy eating that it can be hard to know what to focus on. Don't major on minors; you can start applying these four tips that will get big results, today. Read more at my blog post: https://marycollis.net/four-keys-to-establishing-a-healthy/ #cleaneating #healthyfood #wholefoods

24.01.2022 81% of Westerners snack at home, as distinct from only 31% snacking at work. If this is you, try and plan activities between meals that take you out of the house or away from the kitchen. Read more about avoiding snacking at my post: https://marycollis.net/avoiding-holiday-weight-gain/... #weightloss #health #fitness

23.01.2022 I know Spring is really here when our Chinese fringe flower bushes are blooming. I bless the people who planned our garden before we moved here. What visionaries they were!

23.01.2022 I'm talking about Nurofen, Advil and Voltaren here. Find out how these over-the-counter meds damage your gut badly, and read about a whole new approach to calming down inflammation so your body can actually heal properly. See my blog post: https://marycollis.net/how-to-stop-inflammation/ ... #healing #digestion #healthychoices

22.01.2022 So excited to get my new midi keyboard. 88 keys, weighs only 6.5kg - perfect for transporting to church and Carols practices. All the way from the UK in only 2 weeks! And yes - we can now all sing at Carols in Australia - with masks! #m-audio #keyboardplayer #sundaysounds #christmascarols

22.01.2022 Not the kind of virus that gives you the flu, but the kind that messes up the computer and causes malfunctions. One malfunction leads to another and bodies slowly but surely break down. Find out how to install the anti-viral 'software' at my blog post: https://marycollis.net/food-is-information/... #knowledge #motivation #healthy

22.01.2022 These are the government guidelines, supported by respected dietetics organisations. The government does not recommend more carbohydrates because they are trying to drive up wheat and vegetable sales, but because that is what the science shows is necessary for a properly functioning body. High protein diets typically recommend restricting carbohydrates ("carbs") to between 10% and 30% of calories. ... Go ahead - if you want these proven repercussions! Read more about the effects of eating a high protein diet at my post: https://marycollis.net/high-protein-diet-faqs/ #lowcarb #protein #nutrition

20.01.2022 Want to know more about how food addiction influences weight? And more importantly - which foods trigger the addictive response. Read at my blog post: https://marycollis.net/four-keys-to-establishing-a-healthy/ ... #cleaneating #healthyfood #wholefoods

20.01.2022 A diet high in whole plants has the building blocks for the body to fix itself in a remarkable number of cases, but it also allows it to move down (or up) towards its optimal size. This is not about eating a fad diet, but about common sense and science. Read more about the 4 keys to a healthy diet at my post: https://marycollis.net/four-keys-to-establishing-a-healthy/ ... #cleaneating #healthyfood #wholefoods

19.01.2022 A body clock regulates the day-night cycles of all mammals and is largely responsive to light. Jet lag and night shift mess it up entirely, making you feel like rubbish. If you just follow how you feel, the best you can do is that for every hour difference from the time zone you started your journey at, it will take a day to adjust. 8 yrs time difference = 8 days to recover.... You can speed the process with the tips found at my blog post: https://marycollis.net/health-and-our-body-clock/ #circadianrhythm #sleep #internalclock

18.01.2022 Look at these cute little packets of seeds to sprout that came in the mail, all the way from Perth. #perthhillsveggieco #superfoods #eatyourgreens

18.01.2022 The drugs actually CAUSE the problem they were supposed to cure. This imbalance is the key reason getting OFF the drugs causes more pain than the original problem; it is why so few people succeed. In fact, mass shootings in the USA are being more and more frequently linked to medication with various anti-psychotic and anti-depressive drugs. A large number of the shooters are either on the drugs or have recently taken themselves off them. ... Read more about the misinformation - and what is actually going on in depression - at my blog post: https://marycollis.net/depression-an-inflammatory-disease/ #depression #anxiety #mentalhealth

18.01.2022 It's this Saturday. I'm playing in it and it's going to be great! COVID rules mean only 300 allowed in the outside space each session (the venue won't fit 500 safely), it's filling up fast, so get in while you can. Food trucks between sessions. If you're under 12 - no masks needed for singing. If you're over 12, you have to wear a mask to sing, because that virus sure is clever - it can tell your age apparently!... MUST REGISTER AHEAD, to save time lining up and scanning there. Register at website, or DM me for a direct link. #christmascarols #communitycarols #besttimeofyear #christmastime

18.01.2022 Weight gained over a holiday is rarely lost by the next year. And it accrues with increasing health risks. Read how to avoid this happening to you this year. See it at my blog post: https://marycollis.net/avoiding-holiday-weight-gain/ #weightloss #health #askanutritionist

17.01.2022 These body healing and mental healing jobs require deep sleep. We need time to reach this state and the ability to remain in it long enough. Lower concentrations of melatonin at night have been linked to breast cancer in a number of studies. Melatonin supplementation and better sleep hygiene are therapeutic strategies that are improving the prognoses and quality of life of cancer sufferers.... Read more at my blog post: https://marycollis.net/health-and-our-body-clock/ #circadianrhythm #sleep #internalclock

16.01.2022 That's because overindulging as in holiday meals can be hazardous to our hearts. Already damaged blood vessels get more damaged by a large fatty meal, and sometimes it is the last straw for the body as plaque is rushed in to shore up the damaged artery - and ends up blocking it. Christmas is over, but there is still New Year's. We get warned to not overdo it with alcohol, but few know the risk of overdoing it with food. ... Read and see what happens to our blood vessels after a fatty rich meal at https://marycollis.net/avoiding-holiday-weight-gain/ #weightloss #health #fitness

16.01.2022 One problem today is that hardly anyone knows anymore what foods give the right information to make us healthy; which foods contain the nutrients that are essential to life. Few people actually knew in the past either, but they had access to so few varieties of food that they just ate the same things all the time. Whatever was readily available. Whether those foods kept you healthy or not past the age of childbearing and the passing on of genes was of no concern that was a...ll there was to eat. But we’ve got choice today too much choice. So we have to KNOW more in order to choose correctly. Find what you have to KNOW at my post: https://marycollis.net/food-is-information/ #knowledge #healthy #nutrition

15.01.2022 Most anthropologists actually agree today that early man ate more like the apes a plant-based diet. Most hunter-gatherer societies of recent years are actually more ‘gatherer’, with only a little ‘hunter’. Many such societies eat up to 80% root vegetables, green vegetables or fruit, with only small amounts of animal foods such as insects, lizards, small trapped fish and the very occasional large hunting catch. The idea that early man ate mostly mammoth steaks is really j...ust a myth. Humans are better suited for plant-foods. Read more here: https://marycollis.net/high-protein-diet-faqs/ . . #lowcarb #protein #eatclean See more

15.01.2022 Organic or grass-fed meat contains the same protein and iron and the same lack of fibre, antioxidants and phytonutrients as non-organic. High iron is one of red meat’s primary marketing points. But excess iron causes oxidative stress (this means that it ‘rusts’), requiring more anti-oxidants to mop up the resulting free radicals before they damage DNA. And we know where damaged DNA leads!... Harvard Chair of Nutrition, Walter Willett, says, There is no safe level of red meat, the same as there is no safe level of radiation. Find out more facts about high protein diets at my post: https://marycollis.net/high-protein-diet-faqs/ #lowcarb #protein #fitness

15.01.2022 What’s the big issue with HAM and BACON? Find out here how healthy plant substances break down under processed meat-making conditions to form the WORST chemicals we all love to eat. This is so important that I especially posted it before Christmas. See it here: https://marycollis.net/whats-so-bad-about-bacon/... #breakfast #delicious #paleo

15.01.2022 We get used to always being full in our culture, but giving our bodies breaks from digestion means they can start the catabolic phase of ‘cleaning out’ waste products from cell respiration. Just like you can’t clean your car while driving, we need to STOP to allow this phase to happen properly and several times a day is best. Read how to do this practically, at my post https://marycollis.net/four-keys-to-establishing-a-healthy/ ... #cleaneating #healthyfood #wholefoods

15.01.2022 Anyone on a thyroid hormone or on insulin knows how hard it is to get these hormone levels right and how bad it feels to have them wrong (not to mention how dangerous). It is impossible to regulate hormones as well as our body can do altering levels minute by minute, day and night to keep us in a state of balance, or, homeostasis. Altering our natural sex hormones by introducing a strong synthetic hormone into the mix (the contraceptive Pill) does not just affect those ...hormones and the organs they control; our entire endocrine (hormonal) system is affected. Read more on why this is just a dumb idea that hurts women at my post: https://marycollis.net/why-the-pill-hurts-women/ #birthcontrol #contraception #womenshealth

14.01.2022 I'm all for people putting in 100% effort to get well - if they have the lifestyle to sustain the effort. Otherwise, they will lose heart and give up. Worse, they'll tell others that "Nutrition and diet didn't work for me. I already tried it." But you may not NEED to put in 100% effort. Maybe 90% will be enough, maybe 75%!... There is a common saying that you only have to do an 80/20 diet. 80% strict, 20% off plan. To this, I say, "Rubbish!" That's just a feel-good, tickle the ears, don't upset anyone and withhold the truth cliche. It's a reasonable way for an already healthy person to maintain their health. But it's not usually much good for an UNhealthy person to RECOVER their health. Don't believe it! The other thing I hate to hear is `'Eat anything in moderation!" Arghhhh! I want to scream when I hear this. Here again, it's the stroking of well-meaning but ignorant people. There is often room for compromise in the journey of getting well. But what that is and to what extent is not something that can be applied across the board to everyone. It is individual, based on your own life - now and prior to now. That's what a nutritionist can help you figure out. So you CAN get results, and don't have to go away saying "dietary change didn't work for me". #askanutritionist #nutritionworks #healthyeating #healthylife #makeachange #health #healthy #wellness #cleaneating #weightloss #motivation #lifestyle #healthylifestyle #healthyliving #healthfood #WFPB #plantbased #vegan #makeachange See more

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13.01.2022 It's because the nitrates added to the meat (in order to greatly reduce the risk of deadly botulism) end up undergoing a chemical transformation into 'nitrosamines' - which are known carcinogens. And these chemicals are in higher amounts in processed meats than they are in cigarettes! So here are your choices:... Don't add nitrates to meat in order to stop this chemical transformation. Increase your risk of getting botulism bacteria - which leads to paralysis and death. or DO add nitrates to meat to stop botulism, but instead - increase your risk of particularly childhood leukaemia & brain tumours, or adult stomach and kidney cancer. or Stop eating any processed meats once and for all! They are Class One carcinogens, equal to plutonium & asbestos. #bacon #ham #smokedmeat

12.01.2022 When we see images daily of celebrities who are 50 with figures like 20-year-olds, it's tempting to redouble our efforts for weight loss by cutting an already low-calorie level even lower. But unfortunately, instead of rewarding our steely will power and reaching our target weight, this actually serves to slow weight loss down. How often have I heard people tell me, "I eat way less than so and so, but keep putting on weight!" If you haven't read my last "Weight L...oss Wednesday" post, it explains how the fat-muscle ratio affects weight loss success. Here we see it at play in another way. Yes, you can lose weight - without exercising - to a point. But there's not much evidence of long term success. Putting AS MUCH commitment into an exercise programme as into eating is going to make weight loss a lot easier and more successful. It's not just about burning calories - but about the need for muscle mass to assist your more controlled eating efforts. That's the problem with starvation diets - the body switches to cannibalising muscle instead of burning fat. And the lower your muscle mass, the less successful your long term weight loss efforts will be. Your local gym or a personal trainer can help you put together a programme. But remember - it's not just cardio you want - it's strength or resistance training. Inexpensive programmes you can do at home are Arena Strength or 12 minute athlete HIIT workouts on YouTube - both have apps too. If you have injuries, an exercise physiologist can help get you exercise-ready. #weightloss #fitness #health #motivation #goals #nutrition #weightlossjourney #askanutritionist #nutritionworks #healthyeating #healthylife #makeachange #health #healthy #wellness #cleaneating #lifestyle #healthylifestyle #healthyliving #healing #nutrition #wellnessadvocate #naturalsolutions See more

12.01.2022 This study showed they could get heart disease down to only 3% of the group! That's amazing! But we can get it even lower - and it's been done thousands of times, written up in reputable medical journals. Read more here at my blog post: https://marycollis.net/becoming-heart-healthy/... #hearthealth #health #stroke

10.01.2022 If someone is ill and unable to produce sufficient hormones to be well, it is understandable that we should attempt to add hormones to try to bring about normal function. But to give hormones to otherwise healthy people seems to me, to be nothing short of arrogant stupidity. Altering the entire interlinked hormonal system, usually without their knowledge, is one way that the Pill hurts women. ... Read more at my post https://marycollis.net/why-the-pill-hurts-women/ #birthcontrol #contraception #womenshealth

10.01.2022 The nutrients in our foods are mainly -carbohydrates -fats and -protein. ... But there is also -fibre and -water. Moreover, there are -vitamins and -minerals, as well as -phytochemicals. Our diet should be made up of a mix of foods that supplies all the necessary nutrients in the right amount. Find out what each of these nutrients do at my post: https://marycollis.net/food-is-information/ #knowledge #healthy #nutrition

10.01.2022 Nitrates convert to nitric oxide which powerfully affects blood pressure - but the conversion doesn't happen if you are eating a (saturated) fatty diet. This is one reason why a high saturated fat diet causes heart disease. Because it means you get no heart benefits from eating any vegetables - or even from exercising. You can do all the Cross Fit in the world and add all the vegetables you like to your meaty diet - but it won't do you any good - because the fat in that d...iet cancels out the other good things. It stops the chemical conversion that would allow those veggies to help you. Read more at my blog post: https://marycollis.net/whats-so-bad-about-bacon/ #smoked #bacon #crossfit

09.01.2022 Last babysitting day of the year was this week. Chris' favourite game is where grandma chases him around the house - and up till now, it's been both of us crawling as that was all he could do. Now that he can walk, he can fit into better hiding spots - such as this one behind the fireplace. The squeals and peels of laughter are well worth the effort.

09.01.2022 Many genes in our cells get extra busy in the hours before dawn and on dusk. They are busy "expressing' themselves - that is - doing their jobs. If we are not asleep (in the first case) or slowing down for the day (in the second place) they can fail to ramp up, resulting in a failure to produce health-promoting actions, or an excess of health-hurting actions. Read more what happens at my post: https://marycollis.net/health-and-our-body-clock/... #circadianrhythm #sleep #internalclock

09.01.2022 Certain plants contain substances that control how chemical messengers outside the cells can speak to the genes inside, regulating how those genes act. These substances are called 'phytonutrients' and they are all found in plants. Eating these particular plants is almost like eating a microchip and having the computer message start regulating our body! In this way, these plant foods can step in and get our inflammatory response under control. Find out more about how you can... help yourself get well at my blog post: https://marycollis.net/how-to-stop-inflammation/ #foodismedicine #nutritionworks #askanutritionist

08.01.2022 On the front page of my website I have a quotation that says: "Moderation brings mediocre outcomes, relapses or no benefit at all. It is not effective treatment it is the worst of both worlds. Give healing all you’ve got." Once a person truly understands this fact, I know their health is going to improve more than they thought possible. ... Read more about the 4 main food rules to adopt to get the biggest benefits at my post: https://marycollis.net/four-keys-to-establishing-a-healthy/ #cleaneating #healthyfood #wholefoods

07.01.2022 Just as coloured flowers attract bees so the colours, textures, smells, tastes and memories of different foods tempt US to the table, ensuring our bodies get the nutrients that are essential for life. These nutrients are the information bytes that direct the various systems of the body. They cause our organs to function. It's all part of a grand design to make sure we get what we need. ... Read how it works at my post: https://marycollis.net/food-is-information/ #knowledge #motivation #healthy

05.01.2022 Mischief! Babysitting duties currently involve putting decorations back on the Christmas tree. #merrychristmas

05.01.2022 Plant foods are high carbohydrate foods. They contain the densest amounts of vitamins and minerals on the planet. On a low carbohydrate diet, you restrict the most unhealthy foods (the processed foods). This makes a person feel good as the body can start cleaning junk out. But in time, reducing those carbohydrate foods in the diet begins to tell. ... Reader more at my post: https://marycollis.net/high-protein-diet-faqs/ #lowcarb #weightloss #nutrition

05.01.2022 Obesity is not caused by eating starchy foods. These civilisations had starchy foods as their main source of calories: Asian civilisations rice... Rome wheat and barley Arab Empires of the Middle Ages barley and lentils Northern European civilisations rye and wheat. Central American (Aztecs) beans and pumpkin South America potatoes North American Indians corn, beans, pumpkin African cassava, plantain, teff, beans, barley Find out here https://marycollis.net/high-protein-diet-faqs/ why these foods are healthy, despite what high-protein diet promoters say. #glutenfree #lowcarb #protein

05.01.2022 Plant-based eating has now become a trend in the West, and that’s a good thing. As well as a bad thing. It needs to not be a passing fad, but rather, something that embeds itself deep into Western thinking that a diet based around whole plants is absolutely and unavoidably necessary for health. Read more about the 4 keys to establishing a healthy diet at my blog post: https://marycollis.net/four-keys-to-establishing-a-healthy/ ... #cleaneating #healthyfood #wholefoods See more

04.01.2022 Zoloft, Prozac and Paxil, Pristiq, Effexor and Cymbalta, Tofranil and Tryptanol. For a start. They are targeting the wrong thing - and that's why they won't give you your life back - they're based on a theory that has too many gaps in it. You think you 'have your life back' in that you're more 'normal' than you were when you started them - but is it the life others have? You know it's not. ... There's a better way - read about it at my blog post: https://marycollis.net/depression-an-inflammatory-disease/ #depression #anxiety #mentalhealth

04.01.2022 Bookshops are full of vegan recipe books these days. In this post are some tips on how to choose the healthiest and tastiest recipes, and some of my own favourites. Great gift ideas too for the veg eater in your life. https://marycollis.net/my-favourite-plant-based-recipes/ ... #healthyfood #nutritionworks #healthyeating

03.01.2022 Few people know they can actually halt and then reverse most forms of heart disease - by their diet and lifestyle. It is infinitely Do-able. Read the key steps and how they were discovered here at my post: https://marycollis.net/becoming-heart-healthy/ #hearthealth #health #stroke

03.01.2022 Robert Whitaker, a Pulitzer prizewinning medical and science journalist, points out in his book, 'Anatomy of an Epidemic', that psychopharmacological (antidepressant-type) drugs work well to curb acute symptoms. However, patients receiving prolonged treatment courses often end up more disabled than they started. But there is an answer. Read about it at my blog post - https://marycollis.net/depression-an-inflammatory-disease/... #depression #anxiety #mentalhealth

03.01.2022 This has been known for many years. Once you see the chemical journey they go on once you eat them, it’s easy to understand why bacon is just as bad as you have heard and no amount of low-carb propaganda will ever change your mind. Read what happens to these foods once you eat them - at my blog post: https://marycollis.net/whats-so-bad-about-bacon/... #paleo #sandwich #smoked #bacon #ham #smokedmeat #lowcarb #protein #fitness #eatclean #weightloss #nutrition #bodybuilding #primal #grainfree #keto #crossfit #lchf #lowcarbhighfat #ketosis #lowcarbdiet #ketogenicdiet #weightlossjourney #atkinsdiet #losingweight #traditionaldiet #ancestraldiet #cancer #nutrition

01.01.2022 When we have guests over, I love to find something beautiful to put in the centre of the table. This always reminds me of my mother, who did this at each meal for our family. #kangaroopaws #australianbush #hawkesburyvalley

01.01.2022 When we eat above the Recommended Daily Intake (RDI) of protein, the body has extra building blocks. IGF-1 hormone sends the cells messages to start using those building blocks to grow and some of that growing has been shown to be tumours growing. High protein diets commonly have people eating animal protein at levels of 50% and even 70% of their diet or 2 3x the RDI. This is a huge risk factor for cancer. ... Read more at my post: https://marycollis.net/high-protein-diet-faqs/ #lowcarb #protein #weightloss