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  • Menopause, retirement, returning to work, or simply deciding to prioirtise your health. Whether you’re changing or your circumstances are, CAYA can give you a road map for what matters and what works.

  • Going hard or going home and a diet optimised for minimum cost are getting tired. It’s time to adult and CAYA can tell you what will work and what’s a waste of time.

    Good habits started young are the best way to live a long and healthy life.

  • Do you have high blood pressure, high cholesterol, high blood-sugar, or perhaps you want to lose weight? It may be that you want to avoid the diseases that caused your parents to miss out on good years of their life in their old age.

    Health misinformation abounds, much of it attractively and assertively delivered. Based on your history and life-stage and current status, CAYA can tell you were your greatest chronic disease risk lies and the consensus scientific view on ho to minimise it.

  • You want to give your baby the best start in life and optimise your own nutrition at a time when the demands on your body can be great and there are no shortage of people willing to relieve you of your money when new life is involved. But what does science say you need to know at this stage? CAYA recognises that there can be a disconnect between your best intentions and the way things turn out and works with you where you’re at.

  • Vegetarian eating has many health benefits and a well-planned vegan diet can also be an extremely healthy choice for many people. Whether you’re plant curious, or want to go all in, CAYA can advise you on making sure you’re getting what you need with plant-based eating according to your sex and life stage. (It’s sometimes much easier than you might think)

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Hi, I’m Amanda, a nutritionist based in Sydney, and someone who understands how confusing the modern nutrition landscape has become. How has it become so difficult to do something that sounds so easy: Eat food that supports your health?

Even as a teenager, I began to see the gap between the science and what I read in magazines, not to mention the impracticality of following the magazines’ advice and continuing to enjoy life. But that was nothing! Moving forward to the age of social media, I became increasingly dismayed by the pervasive misinformation on offer and the damage it could cause. I even found myself questioning everything I understood and I knew I wasn’t alone.

Originally a veterinarian, I spent most of my career working as an equities analyst. With a naturally methodical approach to life’s issues, working as a vet also instilled the importance of compassion and ultimately pragmatism in the face of emotional and personal matters.

Seeking a new career direction where I could use my skills and interests to help people, and with my thinking on the state of nutrition communication front of mind, I decided to do something about it and went on to complete a Master of Nutrition at Deakin University, Australia’s top-ranked university for nutrition research.

CAYA Nutrition was born.