Sitting is the new smoking
After hearing me speak at a conference recently, a member of the audience asked if I would write a letter to their employer encouraging them to invest in stand-up desks for the workplace. So I [...]
My Father’s Answer to everything
Not long ago, I asked my father for his most important life advice. My first question was: ‘What’s the key to a lasting happy relationship?’ He answered: ‘Find someone you can laugh with and cry [...]
How to stop stress-eating
Sally Obermeder and Ryan Phelan from Channel 7’s The Daily Edition asked Dr Helena to provide some answers. Here is a transcript of their conversation. 1. Why do we eat in response to stress? [...]
Not all Calories are equal
The average person extracts 6 Calories from eating a medium-sized piece of raw celery. If you cook that same piece of celery, you begin to break down the cellulose (indigestible fibre) and end up [...]
The key to a fulfilling life
Welcome to the new year! Do you set goals, make resolutions or plan how you’d like the coming year to unfold? We can’t control outcomes but we can make daily decisions that align with our [...]
The brightest of Christmas lights
On Christmas Eve my father and I are doing the Gold Coast Christmas lights bus tour. Every year hundreds of households and businesses compete for thousands of dollars worth of prize money for the [...]
How to rewire your brain to shed excess body fat
The world is drowning in information on health, nutrition and exercise. From liver cleansing to lentils, leotards to lycra, low cal to lavage and portion size to paleo, new weight loss trends are [...]
What is hidden from you?
Ebor is a small town in northern NSW with a population of 166 people. It has one café, one hotel and one waterfall. I stopped there for lunch during my 5 hour drive home from Armidale where I had [...]
How to raise children who love eating vegetables
Does the title of this HEB sound like science fiction? Then read on. If there’s one thing all nutrition experts agree on, it’s that we need to eat more plant food – especially cruciferous [...]
Help your children develop a healthy relationship with food
Following my recent Health-e-Byte, many people have asked how they can best help their children and grandchildren avoid comfort eating. Here are some practical suggestions. Make mealtimes as [...]
