Dietitian Connection Podcast

While Exclusive Enteral Nutrition (EEN) is a first-line treatment for Crohn's disease in a paediatric setting, it is used less frequently in adults. To learn more about EEN in adults , DC's Jane Winter sat down with Advanced APD and Advanced Gastroenterology and ICU Team Leader, Liz Purcell. In the podcast, Liz pinpoints who is most likely to benefit from EEN , the considerations for a potential E...

As dietitians, we know that nutrition plays a critical role in cancer care - but nutrition is only one part of the clinical care puzzle . For our latest podcast, we're joined by Jenelle Loeliger, Louise Moodie and Lauren Atkins from the Clinical Oncology Society of Australia's (COSA) nutrition group. Jenelle, Louise and Lauren discuss screening, assessment and treatment of cancer-related malnutrit...

Dr Anne Voss has had nothing short of an incredible career : from starting out in a hospital and working her way into research , to completing her PhD and most recently, editing the 2nd edition of Oncology Nutrition for Clinical Practice . In this podcast, Maree Ferguson sits down with Anne to discuss her remarkable career journey … including a stint where they got to work together at a medical nu...

Can the food we eat truly influence our mental health and mood? In this podcast, DC's Jane Winter sits down with Dr Wolfgang Marx from The Food & Mood Centre at Deakin University to find out! In the episode, Wolfgang explores the latest on the influence of diet on the gut and brain . He touches on different buzz words in the world of gut health, like pre- and probiotics, polyphenols and fermented...

Can certain foods help  reduce depression and anxiety , while  improving overall mood ? Join us and NBC's Today Show nutrition and health expert Joy Bauer, RDN, to find out! In this accredited webinar, Joy speaks to psychiatric culinary-medicine specialist April Hackert, RDN, and Meghan Hockey, APD, from the Food and Mood Centre about the  impact of nutrition on emotional, psychological and social...

What does science say about  intermittent fasting ? Is it an  effective weight management tool ? Does it have applications in other health conditions? And how does it  impact those who suffer from disordered eating ? Join us and NBC's Today Show nutrition and health expert Joy Bauer, RDN, to find out! In this accredited webinar, Joy speaks to researcher  Dr Sofia Cienfuegos , RDN, and Cleveland Cl...

Leading Australian chef and restaurateur Luke Mangan has cooked in some interesting places over the course of his decades-long career, but it wasn't until recently that he could add 'hospitals' to that list. While it has been a learning curve, Luke says that it really isn't any different to the way in which he has always approached cooking – pick fresh produce, cook it simply and serve it well . S...

Chris Brady was a fit, healthy, hard-working exercise physiologist until five months ago when his life changed drastically within a five-day period. Chris was diagnosed with tongue cancer in a dentist appointment, and quickly went from being a clinician to a patient. In this podcast, Chris explains how the dietitians in his treatment team were far more than just a resource to help him with his foo...

Nine years after Dietitian Connection was born from a lightbulb moment, we now have a global audience of over 34,000 dietitians . Maree Ferguson was the one-woman driving force behind DC for its first few years, until Kate Agnew came along and worked under Maree's wing. Kate's first big project was to build the Dietitian Connection podcast – and now, 100 episodes later , Kate and Maree sit down to...

Lina Breik is a dietitian with a decade of dietetic experience under her belt. Most of her career has been spent in the Intensive Care Unit, but more recently, she's taken a step out of clinical work and into the world of management. Both of these experiences have given Lina great insight into the impact of malnutrition not only on patients themselves, but the entire hospital system. In this podca...

Rachel Hawkins is on a mission to shake up the healthcare industry. Through her podcast,  Naked Chats , 6-week online course,  Gramtini , and other online resources, Rachel helps allied health professionals navigate the ups and downs of  building a successful virtual clinic . After struggling to find her feet when she first graduated from university, Rachel has now found her 'why' in  helping busi...

Introducing  Dietitian To Dietitian  – a new accredited webinar series, hosted by  NBC's Today Show nutrition and health expert  Joy Bauer, which delves into different ideas and perspectives on some of the hottest topics in Dietetics. In this episode, we dive into the question:  Can traditional weight management and a Health At Every Size® approach coexist?  Join us as Joy explores this topic alon...

As dietitians, we are often not trained in the psychology of weight loss and therefore often only treat part of the puzzle . Unlike other disease-states, so much psychology is wrapped up in a weight loss journey and if clients are not seeing a psychologist, dietitians can play an essential role in this area. In this podcast, psychologist Glenn Mackintosh joins DC's Jane Winter to talk about how we...

Diabetes is the  leading cause of kidney failure in Australia . In this podcast, DC's Jane Winter chats to Anne-Marie Desai, a clinical specialist dietitian  who has worked in the area of kidney nutrition for over 20 years. We delve into  protein and energy requirements, potassium and phosphate basics, the importance of glycaemic control and a relatively new concept called NEAP  (Net Endogenous Ac...

Creating and maintaining great relationships is one of the best parts of the human experience, both personally  and  professionally – and that's exactly why mentoring should be on everybody's radar . Whether you're a mentor or a mentee, mentoring can foster special relationships that lead to growth, development and empowerment . In this podcast, we chat to Julie Meyer, founder of Eat Well Global ,...

One in four Australians (more than 6 million people) are affected by constipation  (1). As dietitians, we know that food and nutrition is central to solving the problem and so ask many questions about  bowel movements  and  fibre intake  – but there is  another consideration to make . Patients with digestive concerns often present with concurrent increase in pelvic floor muscle tension, which resu...

Early on in her career as a private practice dietitian, Gabrielle wasn't aware of the effectiveness of meal replacement diets. Now she is completing her PhD on the use of severely energy-restricted diets and uses Very Low Energy Diets (VLEDs) with patients regularly to help them safely lose significant weight to improve their health. In this podcast we sit down with Gabrielle to discuss current re...

When it came to choosing her career path, Jaime was tossing up between becoming a chef or a doctor . By chance, she stumbled upon the dietetic occupation while she was trawling through university courses – and that was her defining 'aha' moment . Fast forward a decade or so, Jaime is an established clinical dietitian who has dedicated a significant amount of time investigating the science behind i...

Did you know that Vitamin D deficiency rates surge to 40% during winter in Australia? 1 In this podcast with Dr Joanna McMillan, we cover all things Vitamin D, from its role in immunity, bone and brain health to deficiency rates across the country and natural food sources , including the humble egg. We also delve into the emerging body of evidence suggesting a link between vitamin D and COVID-19 s...

One in five Australians experience a mental health disorder - so can what we eat make a long term difference to our mental and brain health? In this podcast, we chat to Dr Joanna McMillan to learn the latest on nutrition, mood and brain health . Joanna delves into the science behind the brain-healthy components of the Mediterranean Diet and highlights the importance of focusing on dietary patterns...

Now a specialist eating disorders dietitian, Talia Cecchele openly admits at the start of her career, she had no interest in working in the field. Being in the right place at the right time in a new job, however, led her to discovering her passion of helping people to heal their relationship with food - and she's never looked back. Now working in one of London's top psychiatric hospitals and with...

' Unashamedly ambitious ' is how Catherine Itsiopoulos describes herself - and with a career that has spanned many parts of the country in all areas of dietetics, the proof is definitely in the pudding! In this podcast, we chat to Catherine about some of her most remarkable career moves , including diving into academia, studying the Mediterranean Diet and writing three books... and even starting h...

Did you know that Kakadu plum has the highest vitamin C content of any food on Earth? Or that wattleseed is a low-GI plant-based source of protein, iron and zinc? Or that lemon myrtle is a vegan source of calcium? Hayley Blieden is a get-up-and-go dietitian turned entrepreneur on a mission to shift the focus of Australian food culture from lamingtons and Vegemite to the native ingredients that sus...

Charity Spalding and Mark Brown are life-long friends whose lives are heavily involved in the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) - but on different sides of the fence. Charity is a dietitian working in the disability space, while Mark is an NDIS participant, having had a congenital neuromuscular disability since birth. In this podcast, Charity and Mark touch on how dietitians can work wit...

Here's an alarming statistic: the incidence of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) is projected to balloon by up to 25% in the next two years . In this podcast, AdvAPD Liz Purcell helps you upskill in the area of IBD, so you can better manage your patients with this complex life-long condition. With a focus on Exclusive Enteral Nutrition (EEN) , Liz explains the what, why and how of inducing remissio...