Weekly columnist and Food writer - Body and Soul, www.womansday.com.au, Everyday Food, Healthy Life magazine
Author of The Food Coach Cookbook - Viking Books

Judy Davie founded The Food Coach in 2001.

After studies in psychology, food as medicine, macrobiotic cooking she identified a gap in the market beyond what was offered by nutritionists and dieticians. Through education mentoring and hands on coaching to improve kitchen skills, the system provides a personal training service in healthy eating - whether it be one on one or on line.

Judy holds a certificate in Nutritional and Environmental medicine

Her philosophy is "life's better when you eat well".

Contact details
Phone/Fax: +61 (0)2 9362 0269
Mobile: +61 (0)413 831 697
Email: j u d y @ t h e f o o d c o a c h . c o m . a u

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Author of Reality Food - ABC Books
Columnist - Slimming magazine

Joanna is a dietitian and qualified fitness leader with a PhD in nutrition science from the University of Sydney. She continues to work in research at the university with the Glycaemic Index group. Joanna is a popular media spokesperson, including regular appearances on the Today show (channel 9), is a health writer for Life etc (ABC magazines) and consultant dietitian to Slimming and Health, the author of Reality Food (ABC), co-author of Gut Reactions (ABC), and co-author of The Low GI Diet and The Low GI Diet Cookbook (Hachette Livre). Amongst her many accomplishments she developed BodyRevolution (Les Mills International), a 12-week weight loss program incorporating personal training and good nutrition. Joanna is also the Australian Fitness Network's Presenter of the Year 2006.

Judy and Joanna and currently co-writing a book with ABC books due for publication November this year.

Contact details
Mobile: +61 (0)438 287 072
Email: j m r p r i c e @ b i g p o n d . n e t . a u

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Kimberley Norton has been directly involved in the field of Chinese Dietetics since 1994.

Kimberley completed her training in Macrobiotic and Medicinal cooking, Macrobiotic counselling, Home Remedies and Order of Nature Studies in 1994 and since this time has been involved in furthering her understanding, knowledge and expertise in the direct relationship between the energetic and medicinal qualities of food and the recovery of health.

Kimberley currently lectures in Chinese Dietetics at Nature Care College, Sydney integrating this subject into the Advanced Diploma of Oriental Health Sciences, which blends together the 8 Limbs of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Her skills lie in encouraging her students to take an active role in their own recovery of health, using food as the key ingredient to rediscovering wholeness for themselves.

Kimberley consults privately in Chinese Dietetics, assisting her clients in learning about the energy of food and the impact that it has on their physical, mental, emotional and spiritual beings, thereby enabling them to practically incorporate whole food into their lives in creative and simple ways.

Kimberley lives in Sydney and is the mother of 4 year old Bronte.

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Leah has qualifications in Naturopathy, Clinical Nutrition, Herbal Medicine and several other modalities. She is a senior lecturer, researcher, presenter and industry consultant for various companies within the natural medicine industry.

She maintains clinical practice in Hornsby, NSW where she specialises in women's and children's health. Her greatest clinical passions are helping couples conceive healthy and happy children and then assisting families to lead their best lives possible.

She believes that life is meant to be enjoyed to the fullest and that ill-health is merely a stepping stone to help one reclaim their true state of being. Her philosophy is that education is the key to health and that true empowerment is the best gift you can inspire in another.

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A dedicated nutritionist, Amy is a firm believer that true health can be created through optimum nutrition. After studying for four years at the Australasian College of Natural Therapies, she graduated with an Advanced Diploma of Applied Science and Nutrition. Amy is aware that everyone's body is different and needs to be treated accordingly, and specialises in designing meal plans and addressing health conditions using nutrition and supplement advice.

Amy also has qualifications in Iridology and Bush Flower Essence therapy, using these modalities to further explore the link between the body, food and emotional wellbeing.

With a passion for writing, Amy completed a Bachelor of Arts degree majoring in English at the University of New South Wales. Working for The Food Coach for the past three years she has researched and written countless articles about whole foods, specific nutrients and their effect on the body; distributed throughout Australia and internationally via the online newsletter. Amy believes that "we are what we eat," and by making the right diet and lifestyle choices we can increase the wellbeing of body, mind and spirit.

Amy practices in Sydney online for The Food Coach, in clinic at Zenkai Fitness First Bondi Platinum and also conducts private nutrition consultations.

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Bach Nat Therapies, Dip Nutrition, Cert Ayurveda, MATMS

Cherie Lyden is a qualified and registered Nutritionist, Food Coach and Ayurvedic Lifestyle practitioner with 16 years experience in the food industry. Cherie lectures at seminars as well as contributes to women's magazines such as Madison, Harpers Bazaar, InStyle, OK and UK's Zest.

Cherie offers nutrition consultations and recipe development to corporate companies, as well as their catering department. Cherie also offers food coaching for the individual i.e. personal shopping trips and hands on cooking lessons in your own home.

With Cherie's extensive food knowledge, love of whole foods and cooking, she is able to educate, guide and inspire you on everyday foods, and how it can work best for your body, for life!

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Catriona Macmillan has been an advocate of organics and wholefoods for over 25 years ago. Since 1997, Catriona has published "The Organics Directory" and is co-founder of "The Organic Traders and Consumers Network" (OTACnet). Other published titles include "The True Price of Food" (2003) and "All You Wanted To Know About Organics But Did Not Know Who To Ask" (2002). She has organised many conferences, events and exhibits for the organic industry, including The Organics the Future Exhibits at the Sydney Royal Easter Show and The Organic Table.

Catriona is available to give presentations and talks on the Organic industry.

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Jock Gammon has been passionate about our natural environment since a young boy. Hence a move to landscaping some 6 years ago was a natural step for him and one that he has not looked back from since. While providing Jock an opportunity to help create wonderful outdoor spaces for his clients, directing his own landscaping company has allowed Jock also to incorporate his passion for sustainability into his work. Green Rooms is the only prominent landscaping practice in Sydney with a true green focus and offers strong expertise in areas of sustainable landscaping, vegetable gardens and green walls and roofs.

In addition to its private residential clients, Green Rooms is also involved in helping the community by offering its expertise to community and school projects. The company’s core fundamentals reflect very much of those of Jock’s personal ones and include operating in an environmentally and socially conscious manner while creating top notch landscapes for its clients. It holds itself responsible for educating people about sustainable choices available to them and emphasises that a stunning look for an outdoor space need not to be compromised by taking such choices but that this time you can have the cake and eat it all!

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Chris Masuak is a practicing Naturopath, Massage Therapist, Herbalist, lecturer in Natural Therapies and a musician recently inducted into the Australian Music Hall of Fame.

Chris's passion is to bring a common-sense, hands-on approach to the dilemma of integrating Medical Science with Holistic esotericism. Science, mind, body and spirit are not mutually exclusive but care must be taken to integrate those elements in a way that is accessible, safe and appropriate to the individual needs of each client.

His simple and sensible approach to Natural Therapies has resulted in particular success in the treatment of chronic conditions which typically exhibit the symptoms of headaches, reproductive and digestive disorders, and the aches and pains related to daily life and stress.

We have a choice. To remain in this "sleep state" or take a more active, self-perceptive role in our lives. This, of course, is more easily said than done.

Chris practices at:
Equilibrium Bowral
347 Bong Bong St. Bowral 2575
Ph +61 (0)2 4861 6333
Email: m a s u a k @ o p t u s n e t . c o m . a u

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