What shapes the nutrition advice we hear every day? In this thought-provoking conversation, Belinda Fettke explores the historical, cultural and commercial influences that have helped shape modern dietary guidelines and public health messaging.

With food allergies continuing to rise - now affecting more than 1.5 million Australians - many families are navigating how to nourish their children with both confidence and care.

This Food Allergy Week, we’re sharing a practical and grounded perspective from Jill Cooper FNTP, on what children truly need to thrive - returning to simple, real foods that support growth, resilience, and a healthy relationship with food.

While awareness and safety are essential, so too is building a strong nutritional foundation - one that supports the body’s innate intelligence over time.

For World Lupus Day, we pause to raise awareness of Lupus - a complex autoimmune condition affecting millions of people worldwide and often having a profound impact on energy, pain levels, and everyday quality of life.

In this week’s article, Fionna Bacon shares her personal journey with Lupus and the foundational steps that helped her move from exhaustion and pain toward greater resilience and wellbeing.

In today’s fast-paced world, stress wears many faces. From lack of sleep to emotional overwhelm, environmental toxins to nutrient-depleted meals, stress has become a silent thread running through modern life.

But what if we could untangle that thread? What if we could peel back the layers and begin to reweave our vitality with food, intention, and aligned lifestyle?

In this week’s article Dr Sara Fieschi, FNTP of Food Spirit Wellness shares an invitation to understand the multi-dimensional nature of stress—and how to heal from the inside out.

In this weeks article written by Donna Beech FNTP, she shares how our relationship with food runs far deeper than nutrition—it shapes how we comfort, reward, connect, and care for ourselves and others.

The latest health research news from around the world, compiled by Lead Instructor and Program Director Leanne Scott, FNTP.

Most quit breakthrough weight-loss drug within a year. Time Spent in Nature Doesn’t Just Feel Good - It Heals. Studies Show Its Possible to Regulate Our Biochemistry and Facilitate Healing

Katie Hinde is an evolutionary anthropologist who has made some previously unknown discoveries about breast milk and has been on a mission since 2008 to share these far and wide.

The latest health research news from around the world, compiled by Lead Instructor and Program Director Leanne Scott, FNTP.

Most quit breakthrough weight-loss drug within a year. Time Spent in Nature Doesn’t Just Feel Good - It Heals. Studies Show Its Possible to Regulate Our Biochemistry and Facilitate Healing

Andre Obradovic, ICF PCC-level Leadership Coach, Primal Health Coach, Certified Low-Carb Healthy-Fat Coach, and Certified Personal Trainer, provides some timely questions to ponder about alcohol. Is is just a couple of beers? Can you stop anytime? Is it just social? Dive in for a honest and confronting look at all the aspects of drinking, from how it affects your physical performance, sleep and hormones, as well as the cost to our kids.

Have you ever had a complete moment of clarity about who you are and then totally denied it or ignored it because it didn't fit our expectations?

Maybe it required either too much change or maybe even too much acceptance?

We have had those moments and I love how our journey reveals what is true for us in so many ways. However parts of our personal journey are and should be unique. And so as we wrap up 2025 and embark on new beginnings, just like how Functional Nutritional Therapy is bio-individual, this is in no way a generic prescription.

I hope this article helps to inspire and guide you (ok all of us) as you enter 2026 and are possibly pondering New Years Resolutions:

As we in the southern hemisphere get closer to the summer solstice, Kat Nouata FNTP brings to our awareness a different perspective on light. Kat shares how the right light absorbed at the right time, can have positive effects on our health and could be considered a foundation for wellness just as much as food.