Anthony Power Nutrition

23/03/2026

It’s not due to a lack of fibre.

It’s coming from inflammation.

Carbohydrates (become sugar in seconds upon being eaten).

Yes, all that high-fibre cereal, wholemeal breads, rice, pasta, juice, fruit, potato and sweet potato.

This sugar erodes and niggles the bowel lining over time.

Elevated blood sugar is also responsible for diverticulitis and constipation due to this erosion and constriction of the bowel.

It’s called the diabetic gut.

Millions have pre-diabetes, years before they are even aware of the condition.

The number one macronutrient that evokes a blood sugar and insulin response is carbohydrates.

Oh, you only have whole meal cereal/bread?

Whole meal cereal can be worse as the flour is ground so fine (like icing sugar), it causes a higher spike in blood sugar and insulin!

We sleepwalk into disease eating foods we are think are reducing the risk, but are increasing it!

Small amounts of fibre are important.

But don’t spike your blood sugar and worsen your diabetes risk in the process.

So small amounts of green-leafy vegetables, herbs like parsley, broccoli, cabbage, berries, seaweed, small amounts of nuts/seeds and psyllium.

Protect your bowel (and arteries/heart/brain!) from being eroded, by reducing carbohydrates in your diet.

22/03/2026

It’s a superpower….

To simplify eating choices day in, day out.

Don’t get too precious.

Masterchef did so much damage thinking every day we have to cook/eat to impress.

I’m a reformed sweet tooth and suffered from being hypoglycaemic and hangry for decades.

I’ve been free from that for 13 years now and I’m never going back.

I’m also not going back to being overweight and exhausted.

I’ve got a v busy day in clinic.

I made my protein pancake that I’ll eat at work (I’ll top it with yoghurt, berries and tahini). 50g of protein right there that is more than 1/3 of my daily needs.

Pork crackles are 60% protein so this packet at lunch gives me another 30g.

The nori gives me micronutrients, fibre and balances out the pork.

Most of my work colleagues will eat noodles, rice, fruit, potato etc with a pinch of protein-no wonder they have have to keep snacking through the day as they are hungry!

Look to stabilise blood sugars and quell hunger by being lateral with food.

This allows me to enjoy life more without panicking or over-thinking food choices as three meals a day for a lifetime creates food-stress.

21/03/2026

Please, no more….

‘Special supplement’.

The majority of these so -called’ longevity supplements will not help.

They what I call ‘one per-centers’.

They will not repair and prevent damage.

The correct food and nutrition will allow your body to repair itself.

Fatigue will lift, fat will fall off, skin will improve, digestion settles.

It’s human nature to buy and do more to ‘fix’ health.

Understanding we need to do less and eat less is a superpower.

If you have mountains of supplements at home, bring them in and I’ll prioritise them for you.

16/03/2026

Well we sent a man to the moon almost 60 years ago….

So surely we can measure the impact of different foods on our body?

Yes we can!

I’ve just started trialling a continuous glucose monitor and I’ll update you on the results.

Application is painless and the sensors give 10 days worth of blood glucose readings before they need to be replaced.

This is a game-changer for patients.

It will individualise which food and drinks increase glucose levels, and will show the effects exercise, mood, sleep may impact on levels too.

If you are interested, I have them in my practice.

I also have a continuous ketone monitor that I’ll use when I do my next fast.

Tools like these empower and educate patients, rather than taking yet another diet drug that disempower patients.

15/03/2026

It is criminal how food companies can get away with this.

This ‘sugar free, calorie free’ product is almost 100% sugar!

It is 99% dextrose that will fire up glucose levels, worsen diabetes, fatty liver, heart disease and weight-gain.

Dextrose is just a smidge away from pure glucose (rocket fuel)

Dextrose was the misguided sugar-free alternative that author David Gillespie touted in his book Sweet Poison.

When I pointed this error out to him many years ago, and that a revision was probably needed, he blocked me 🤷😆

The point is, if you are using an artificial sweetener, watch for added dextrose, starch, maltodextrin etc.

The carbohydrate column in the nutrition panel should be nil or close to zero.

I’ll give you a tip on the best artificial sweetener to use during the week 😊

14/03/2026

Don’t conflate weight-loss with ‘being healthy/health-knowledge’.

Yes of course weight-loss improves your metabolic health, reduces inflammation and helps with mental health frustrations.

But….

Please use an Ozempic reset to question a couple of things.

How to not go back to where you were, by understanding the current poor prevailing narrative on diet, health, lifestyle and mental health.

Realise that you have been on the ‘wrong road with the wrong map’ for decades.

There IS a contemporary, scientifically-robust road that you have never been on.

And hey, I was on the wrong road for 45 years as a former fat and tired nutritionist!

I lost my 20kg thirteen years ago, and overcame IBS, fatigue, pre-diabetes, crap skin, fogginess, migraines and debilitating hypoglycaemia (chronic hunger and hangryness).

I did it without Ozempic, by understanding that you can’t out-exercise diet and by understanding that being in charge of my food choices is a superpower (rather than being ruled by food/always hungry).

I’m now a 58yo who feels like a teen again, rather than a 45yo, going on 85.

So yes, use the reset to start again.

But please understand there is a health road you’ve never taken and it DOES exist and that there are experts to help guide and support you along this new road..

Signs you were on the wrong road??

Sayings like: counting calories is important, intuitive eating, health at every size, just eat in moderation, move more, plant-based, meat-free, gut health, snacking is important, carbohydrates are important, trust me I’m a dietitian.

And…

…just like the tooth fairy isn’t real, understand that eating more fibre, drinking more water, eating mountains of fruit and vegetables and trying to reduce your total cholesterol is NOT a priority.

Please join me and my peers on the new wide open, new road.

www.powernutrition.com.au

12/03/2026

It’s my number one ‘desert island supplement’.

Yet 80% of older patients were deficient in this vitamin, studies show.

It reduces inflammation and infections, protects and repairs our arteries/heart and can reduce the impact of increasing air pollution.

And it’s cheap!

It’s never mentioned by the spivs trying to sell you ‘the next best secret, overpriced nutrient’.

Sadly the ‘experts’ have nil training in this area but will advise you to take a laundry-list of prescription drugs.

This is a nutrient I’ve been taking for years, and the one nutrient I regularly advise family members to take ‘age optimally’.

The catch?

Dosage and when to take is important.

If you are confused by supplements?

And you have a cupboard full of them?

Bring them in to your next appointment, we can go through them together, I’ll prioritise them for you and talk you through the best assessments via blood tests.

In a world full of confusion and half-truths, living longer and healthier is becoming harder.

I don’t know about you, but I certainly want to optimise my health and life after 50.

www.powernutrition.com.au

10/03/2026

This could be a huge help regarding women’s health.

If blokes had periods, this would have been mandatory decades ago!

From endometriosis and cervical cancer, to diabetes, vitamin D deficiency and pollution exposure, scientists are finding period blood offers a window into women's wellbeing.

08/03/2026

When you come to see me in clinic or via Telehealth.

I’ll probably test for two things.

One is to see if a big hormonal ‘bully’ is elevated in your body.

If high, weight-loss and optimal health is impossible.

It’s an ‘ahhhh’ moment

The second is to measure what I call your ‘battery power’.

The good news, is both are inexpensive.

The fine print?

These tests will empower you with knowledge.

How will you use this knowledge to turn your health around?

www.powernutrition.com.au

07/03/2026

It’s how we get sick.

When we eat too much of what I call ‘blue-chip foods’.

When the ‘experts’ say…

These foods just MUST be good for us….

And we ‘invest’ and get stuck in.

Just like a stockbroker who puts us in a faded blue-chip stock, decades past its prime, and makes our super/savings look a bit sick.

We believe the experts when they say trust us….

They are looking at gravely flawed historical data rather than contemporary information.

Fruit is the perfect example of a flawed blue-chip food.

(Other faded stars include grains/cereals, legumes, potato/sweet potato,
rice and pasta) 😳

The main ingredients of fruit?

Sugar (glucose and fructose) and water.

It contains a ‘pinch’ of fibre, minerals and antioxidants.

It’s ‘fast fuel’, eaten to give us a huge shot of glucose and dopamine/serotonin to tide us over until we find the real blue-chip ‘slow fuel’ food like animal protein (meat, eggs, fish/seafood, dairy).

Fruit in excess:

Always hungry
High blood pressure
Inflammation and pain
Higher blood sugars/diabetes/insulin resistance
Fatty liver
Atrial fibrillation
Gestational diabetes
Higher cholesterol and triglycerides
Reflux
Gout
Can’t lose weight
Fatigue
Worsening menopausal symptoms
Prostate/bladder irritation
Eyesight and hearing decay
Skin ‘issues’
Autoimmune conditions

Oh….

So, it depends….

Is fruit really a blue-chip or speculative food for your body right now?

Assessment is the key.

As a modern nutritionist, I do contemporary assessment, I don’t do historical guesswork.

05/03/2026

To get better??

Maybe take a half-step back then you can leap forward.

To do this, assessment is key!

28/02/2026

Junk food in plain sight at your local chemist 🙄

Not just a little bit wrong….

A lot wrong.

It’s NOT high in protein (each one has less than a couple of eggs worth of protein)

And it’s going to make you fat, sick, hungry and inflamed.

Why?

Each tetra pack is a sugar bomb containing more than 10 teaspoons of sugar.

All the labelling is aimed to deceive.

Always check the carbohydrate content per 100g or 100ml BUT each of these servings or tetra packs is 250ml so you need to multiple the carbohydrate content by 2.5.

Sneaky buggers.

It’s exhausting isn’t it.

It’s why real superfoods like red meat, eggs, seafood, cheese aren’t sold in tetra packs