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Thompson Community Dietitians Accredited Practising Dietitian offering telehealth and home visits in Logan, Ipswich and Redlands. NDIS, DVA, Medicare, NIISQ, private. No waitlist.

Weight management, malnutrition, enteral feeding, IBS/IBD, healthy ageing, and dysphagia.

09/10/2026

Creatine for brain ❌
Creatine for gym ✅

05/10/2026

Very happy to welcome Shayan to our team, bringing an expertise in Cardiovascular health, type 2 diabetes, and healthy eating!

Here's how he breaks down why fish oil supplements are not as effective as eating actual fish. Here is why.

Whole food sources of omega-3 — salmon, sardines, mackerel, anchovies — come packaged with protein, vitamin D, selenium, and other nutrients that work synergistically. A fish oil capsule delivers isolated omega-3 and nothing else.

The evidence backs this up. Large trials on standard over-the-counter fish oil supplements have shown inconsistent and modest cardiovascular benefits at best. Dietary omega-3 from whole food sources consistently outperforms the supplement in population studies.

This does not mean fish oil is useless. High dose prescription omega-3 has shown significant cardiovascular benefit in high risk patients in some trials. And for people who genuinely cannot eat fish regularly a supplement is better than nothing.

But if you are taking a fish oil capsule every morning and eating very little actual fish — you are doing it the hard way.

Food first. Always. 🫀

13/07/2026

Lot's of client's have been coming in lately looking to manage their Low FODMAP diet or IBS symptoms, but most are surprised to find out there are other options out there! It has great evidence, but it's a second-line, short-term, dietitian-led tool, not a forever diet (Some clients I've seen have been left on stage 1 for over 5 years!)

One thing about being a dietitian is that we tend to notice the stuff most people would walk straight past. Things like ...
24/06/2026

One thing about being a dietitian is that we tend to notice the stuff most people would walk straight past. Things like malnutrition or someone losing their strength, often from the moment we step inside their home.

So here are five signs I look for, or that I hear about when someone's telling me about their mum or dad. They're usually what leads me to the harder question. Is your parent actually getting enough nutrition?

Not sure if it's a concern? Send us a message and we'll help you work out the next step.

Clinics throughout Logan, Ipswich and the Redlands!

Last but not least, Logan! I'll be consulting in person at Rochedale Doctors on Thursdays, working closely with a GP te...
11/06/2026

Last but not least, Logan! I'll be consulting in person at Rochedale Doctors on Thursdays, working closely with a GP team that has a strong focus on chronic disease management and gut health. The location is also fantastic, sitting just off the motorway, it's often a ten minute drive for half of Logan.

A few words on why we're opening clinic rooms at all. Home visits are great for some people, but I wanted to give clients the option to come in too. There's something about stepping out of your own environment and sitting down with a professional in a space set up for exactly that. It works really well for a lot of people, the same way home visits and telehealth work for others. The goal was never to replace anything, just to have enough options that how you're seen actually suits you.

Now that's the lot, we're not looking to expand past these three locations. Being in the same rooms every week also means I'll be talking with your doctors and allied health team regularly, so we're all pulling in the same direction with your care.

Some more news to share: I'll be working alongside the team at Every Bodies Physio in the Redlands!What drew me to this ...
10/06/2026

Some more news to share: I'll be working alongside the team at Every Bodies Physio in the Redlands!

What drew me to this clinic is that the physio team share a lot of the same core beliefs I have about health and rehabilitation. With exercise physiology, massage therapy, podiatry, and psychology all under the one roof, clients and participants have a real one stop shop for their rehab and health changes.

Dietetics works best when it's connected to the rest of your care, and being part of a multidisciplinary team means we can work together on your goals rather than sending you between clinics that never get a chance to talk with each other.

If you're in the Redlands and want some practical nutrition support as part of the bigger picture, I'd love to help.

Excited to share that I'll be starting at Winston Glades Family Practice in Ipswich! 🌱What drew me to this team is their...
05/06/2026

Excited to share that I'll be starting at Winston Glades Family Practice in Ipswich! 🌱

What drew me to this team is their proactive approach to care, focusing on prevention rather than just treatment. That really aligns with how I practise as a dietitian: building sustainable habits and long-term strategies that actually last for my clients.

I'm really happy to be serving the Ipswich region and looking forward to working alongside a GP team that shares this philosophy. Whether you're managing a chronic condition, working towards a health goal, or just want some practical nutrition support, I'd love to help.

Yesterday I shared why I became a dietitian. Today I want to share some insights into working as one, because a lot of p...
12/05/2026

Yesterday I shared why I became a dietitian. Today I want to share some insights into working as one, because a lot of people (clinicians and clients alike) still have no clue what we do as a profession.

Dietetics is a fundamental part of the care team, and the part that often gets forgotten in NDIS plans and Medicare sessions.

A lot of clients put off seeing a dietitian because they think we're the food police. They expect us to turn up, judge what they're eating, and tell them how naughty they are! Or they change their eating patterns the week before they book in.
I haven't actually met any dietitians who fit that reputation. What we're really assessing is whether your diet is nutritious, and what the barriers are to getting there. I spend a lot of time in sessions focusing on the "why" behind a barrier rather than just the health goal. If we address both together we can make long-standing progress.

GPs and practice nurses often think of us for diabetes management and weight loss. Dietetics does much more. With those services it's usually clear what the client should be doing, but breaking down the barriers to actually doing it is where the real work sits. It's also where our Medicare system falls short. Five subsidised sessions across the entire allied health team often isn't enough. Take diabetes. Gold standard care might be four podiatry reviews a year, three to five dietetic sessions for food behaviour change, and a few exercise physiology sessions. You're well above the cap before you've started.

You'd also be surprised how many health practitioners don't know we can be involved in texture-modified diets. I see the same thing with disability, where someone hasn't had a dietitian to help with healthy eating and they've gone on to develop lifestyle-modifiable diseases. All because a dietitian wasn't there from the start of their care.

It's Dietitians Week, and with an unlikely career pathway I thought I'd share why I actually became one.I've always want...
11/05/2026

It's Dietitians Week, and with an unlikely career pathway I thought I'd share why I actually became one.

I've always wanted to do something active and health related. Growing up I played soccer, rugby and just about every sport each school term. In my teenage years I had enough trips to the physio to think that's what I wanted to be after school!

What no one ever told me was how much anatomy sucked. Not the body, just the textbook side of it, memorising origins and insertions for hours on end. It wasn't for me.

I'd already started a Bachelor of Exercise and Nutrition Science, so I kept going along with my degree a bit lost. In third year nutrition is where it clicked, I really fell in love with the science of food and how much more important eating was than just calories in/out and protein.

During my Masters degree I found my real passion which was the counselling side. Sitting down with someone, understanding what was actually getting in the way for them, and building a strategy together that fit their life.

When I was coming through uni I realised that you can never be as smart as Dr Google. I'm sure my colleagues before me were always battling the latest textbook, and now it's battling the latest AI.

That's not a fight worth picking, and it's not really the point. What an APD does is communicate in a way none of those tools can. We counsel, we adjust as we go, and we work on meaningful change rather than just handing over the right answer.

That's what I'm celebrating this Dietitians Week. The collective impact of dietitians isn't in the information, it's in the conversation.

This week I'll be sharing daily about how I actually work and why seeing an APD might be different to what you expect, hopefully providing some advocacy for our profession as well as what it's like working as one!

I was talking to a family friend last weekend who had a few questions about fibre. He said that everyone keeps telling h...
08/05/2026

I was talking to a family friend last weekend who had a few questions about fibre. He said that everyone keeps telling him to eat more fibre, but no one really tells you what 25 to 30 grams looks like across a normal day.

Did you know the average intake for men is 21g, and 17g for women? We know fibre has a variety of benefits such as feeding your gut bacteria, helping with cholesterol, smoothing out blood sugar swings, and keeping your bowels moving.

I put together a few high fibre options for breakfast through to dinner! With one or two of these it should help the average person hit their fibre goals 😀

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Logan/Ipswich/Redlands
Beenleigh, QLD
4207

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Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
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