by Alessandra | Jun 9, 2025 | Blog
It’s 4.55am and I’m boarding a shuttle to the start line of Coastrek 2025: a 50km endurance walk in support of Beyond Blue. I’ve packed six sandwiches, a first aid kit, high-protein snacks, a quinoa and kale cup, 2x packets of salted chips, dark chocolate,...
by Alessandra | May 26, 2025 | Blog
In 1944, at the height of WWII, 36 young men in Minnesota volunteered for an experiment that would later become infamous in the world of nutrition science. They weren’t soldiers—they were conscientious objectors—and they agreed to be semi-starved under medical...
by Alessandra | May 9, 2025 | Blog
Have you ever bought a meal replacement shake or a “healthy” green powder, confidently tossing it into your morning routine, thinking you’re winning at life? You’re not alone. In my 17 years of clinical practice, I’ve reviewed countless...
by Alessandra | Apr 22, 2025 | Blog
When life feels overwhelming, the solution isn’t always to do less. Sometimes, it’s to feel smaller. Not in a powerless way—but in a cosmic, grounding way. I recently read a BBC article about the growing practice of star bathing—lying under a dark sky and simply...
by Alessandra | Apr 7, 2025 | Blog
There’s an old saying: “Give someone a fish, and you feed them for a day. Teach them to batch cook, and you might just stop them from losing their mind at 6pm.” Okay, maybe that’s not how it goes—but it should be. If our hunter-gatherer ancestors had chest freezers,...
