“About eighty percent of the food on shelves of supermarkets today didn’t exist 100 years ago.” ― Larry McCleary, Feed Your Brain, Lose Your Belly: A Brain Surgeon Reveals the Weight-Loss Secrets of the Brain-Belly Connection
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Super Smoothies (and why they’re so super)!
Super Smoothies I know better than most, just how easy it is to make the wrong food choices! It’s how I got to 100kg, it was far easier to grab a packet of chips or chocolate than to get excited about eating my daily servings of fruit. Not to mention, how hard it […]
One’s true path…
“Find out what you love. Do it because you love it. Stick with it. Start now.” – Barbara Sher
Megyn’s Fruit Fizz
The Teddy Bears Picnic was a huge success! All the children held on tight to their Fruit Fizz and there was an ongoing battle at home as to who got the last bottle the day after. It was so simple to make: *Organic Fruit Juice with no extra sugar, *Seasonal Berries (your choice, frozen if […]
Serving Sizes for Mumma’s to Be
Keep an eye on portions during pregnancy. As we move further into your second trimester, make sure you are eating right every day. Here’s a reminder of what – and how much – you should be eating daily: •3 cups of calcium-rich foods: Including low-fat milk, yogurt, and cottage cheese. •3 cups of vegetables: At […]
Pregnancy Exercise
Exercising throughout pregnancy has been proven to raise a woman’s odds of staying fit, and slash her risk of heart trouble later in life, according to a study published in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology. The women who exercised through pregnancy had gained less weight and fat since, and were more fit with a […]
About the Nutritionista
Megyn Hayes – Nutritionista’s
Nutritional Biochemist, Senior Clinical Nutritionist & Postpartum Doula.
As a scientist, nutritionist and postpartum doula with extensive university education complete with multiple masters degrees, Megyn is a passionate advocate for women’s health, nutrition and medicine.
Megyn is able to approach each and every case from the most complex biochemical level, made easy to understand for all in order to understand the root cause to conquer their concerns and achieve optimum health & wellbeing.
Megyn’s core values as a clinician and educator are to assist her patients to start their families, balance their hormones, support a healthy pregnancy and postpartum period, lose weight, gain weight, manage chronic illness and to overcome a range of unresolved health issues.