Thompson Community Dietitians

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.

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 😀

If you're on Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro or any of the other GLP-1 medications, or you're thinking about starting one, nut...
01/05/2026

If you're on Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro or any of the other GLP-1 medications, or you're thinking about starting one, nutrition is a piece of the picture that doesn't get talked about enough.

The medication suppresses your appetite, which is the whole point. However you're eating half as much, the quality of what you eat matters a lot more, and recent research is showing that up to 40 per cent of the weight people lose can be muscle, not fat. That's a problem, especially as we get older.

I've put together a blog covering what to actually eat when food doesn't appeal, including some easy higher-protein meals (overnight oats, cottage cheese on toast with tomato and avocado, that kind of thing), how to manage the nausea without coming off the medication, why body composition scans like InBody and DEXA matter more than the bathroom scale, and how Medicare, private health, NDIS and DVA cover dietitian appointments here in QLD.

I'm an Accredited Practising Dietitian taking new clients across Logan, Ipswich and the Redlands right now with no waitlist. Telehealth, home visits, and clinic locations coming soon. If you've got questions, give me a call on 0474 724 189 or send a message. No obligations.
Link to the full post below:
https://thompsondietetics.com.au/glp-1-medications-why-do-i-still-need-to-see-a-dietitian/

I lost my sense of taste this week after being sick, and it's given me a real window into something a lot of clients hav...
17/04/2026

I lost my sense of taste this week after being sick, and it's given me a real window into something a lot of clients have to deal with long term.

First, I noticed how easy it is to accidentally skip meals. When you're not excited about food, I lost all drive to have breakfast and lunch. I got to about 3pm before realising that I was just running off one coffee, and the headache I was feeling was because I hadn’t eaten!

The second thing that surprised me was how my food choices shifted. There was no temptation for hot chips with our weekly takeaway meal, as it would taste the same as other vegetables. I also found that my portions decreased, there wasn’t that nice taste to keep pushing me to eat more!

Lastly, and most surprisingly, there was still food perception. I hate the taste of soy milk, and we ran out of my usual milk (skim) and only had soy. I found I was going to skip my morning caffeine boost entirely! While the taste wasn't even there to notice, my brain still said no.

Now I know this is temporary, but for people going through chemotherapy, long-term illness, or decreased taste with age, this could affect them for a few months or even permanently! I imagine when it goes on for weeks or months, the nutritional impact adds up fast. Muscle loss, unintentional weight loss, and malnutrition would happen before you knew it.

It makes me think of the strategies I've used with clients and how important it is: eating by the clock rather than waiting for hunger or interest, making every meal count nutritionally (especially protein), and keeping portions small and frequent rather than forcing three big meals. Again, this is the gap where dietitians are so valuable, a lot of the time people know that they should be eating, but the strategy to get there is often lacking.

I'm going to be posting a fortnightly blog covering some of the more common questions I've been asked by my clients. Thi...
13/04/2026

I'm going to be posting a fortnightly blog covering some of the more common questions I've been asked by my clients. This first one is the classic: what's the difference between a dietitian and a nutritionist?
I don't blame anyone for getting confused, the two titles get used interchangeably all the time, but they're actually quite different. In Australia, "dietitian" is a protected title, you need a uni degree, accreditation through Dietitians Australia, and ongoing professional development. "Nutritionist" on the other hand is a title anyone can use. That's why you'll see dietitians call themselves a dietitian/nutritionist, but not the other way around.
That's not a dig at nutritionists, plenty are excellent, but it does matter when you're looking at things like Medicare, NDIS, DVA, or some private health covers. Only an Accredited Practising Dietitian can provide services under these.
I've written the full breakdown on the blog including how funding works, and which professional you actually need. Have a read and if you've got questions, give me a call on 0474 724 189, no obligations.
https://thompsondietetics.com.au/dietitian-vs-nutritionist/

Hey all, I'm Andrew Thompson, an APD, and this is the page for Thompson Community Dietitians. It's the practice...
10/04/2026

Hey all, I'm Andrew Thompson, an APD, and this is the page for Thompson Community Dietitians. It's the practice I've recently opened after a few months of quietly building in the background. We cover Logan, Ipswich and the Redlands for home visits, plus telehealth anywhere in Australia. My expertise is around weight management, malnutrition, tube feeding, IBS and IBD, healthy ageing and dysphagia. NDIS, DVA, Medicare, NIISQ, private health, clients are all accepted, right now with no waitlist. I started TCD because I found there was a gap in high quality dietitian services in the area, who weren't booked out well in advanced. If you or someone you know has been waiting around for dietetic support, give us a call on 0474 724 189 or have a look at thompsondietetics.com.au. Give the page a follow if you want to see what we get up to!

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Beenleigh, QLD
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