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.

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.

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.

Jess Wilson FNTP gives us the real scoop on saunas and ice baths. Did you know that a lot of the research on these therapies focused on men? Jess unpacks all the pros and cons relating to women’s hormones and some important considerations to ensure you are fully informed.

Nore Hoogstad FNTP, helps us unpack why sometimes all the good food in the world won’t overcome stress and negativity, so that your body can begin to heal. She discusses how emotions, the mind and the resulting stress hormones can shut off your body’s normal processes.

Jess Wilson FNTP, dives into the world of how your body absorbs nutrients and why whole foods are the better choice. She explores whole food nutrition and provides a super handy table that provides whole food alternatives to common supplements.

In our fast-paced world, it's easy to feel disconnected from ourselves. This post invites functional nutrition and wellness seekers to take just 10 minutes a day to tune into their innate intelligence—reconnecting with the needs of the mind, body, and soul. Discover a simple yet powerful practice to move from overwhelm to clarity and create space for deeper healing.

In a world where even holistic healthcare is leaning toward allopathic, symptom-focused approaches, it's time to bring the "Whole Being" back into focus. This article explores how many natural health schools have unknowingly shifted to a model of Green Allopathy—treating symptoms with herbs and supplements—rather than restoring true health. Learn how NTA AU/NZ is preserving the integrity of functional, whole-person care rooted in ancestral wisdom.