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Clinical Nutritionist (BHSc Nutritional and Dietetic Medicine, CPN AAPRN) based in Mandurah; with a deep understanding of women's health issues, my practice is dedicated to supporting women through life's various stages through personalised treatment.

31/03/2026

Rabbit is just lean protein? Actually it's one of the most micronutrient-dense proteins available.
Everyone dismisses rabbit as boring, bland, low-fat. But research shows rabbit meat has a superior amino acid profile and micronutrient density compared to chicken, beef, even fish in specific nutrients.
Lysine, leucine, phenylalanine — amino acids critical for muscle protein synthesis. B vitamins (B12, niacin, B6) at concentrations often higher than conventional proteins. Trace minerals: iron, zinc, copper — all in highly bioavailable heme form.
Here's the overlooked part: rabbit is naturally low-histamine. For people with histamine sensitivities or MCAS, it's the rare protein that doesn't trigger symptoms. That's therapeutically significant, not just a side benefit.
Studies on rabbit meat as a functional food show anti-inflammatory amino acid ratios and micronutrient synergies that support recovery, immune function, and tissue repair better than more celebrated proteins.
It's not trendy. It's not expensive where sourced properly. But the nutritional reality contradicts the myth that it's "just lean."
I'm Deb from XLR8 Your Health Clinical Nutrition. Forgotten foods often have the best nutrient profiles.
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30/03/2026

Easter's coming. Here's the science-based strategy so you don't derail.
Not about restriction. It's about metabolic preparation. Research shows pre-holiday metabolic adaptation protocols actually reduce post-holiday weight regain.
Your menstrual cycle phase matters. If you're in follicular phase, your thermogenesis is naturally higher — your body manages indulgence better. Luteal phase? Leptin sensitivity drops, ghrelin spikes, cravings amplify. Same Easter meal hits completely differently depending on your cycle.
Leptin/ghrelin management week-of matters: adequate sleep resets hunger hormones. Protein intake protects against metabolic shift. Movement maintains insulin sensitivity. These aren't restrictions — they're metabolic buffers.
Then approach Easter meals consciously, not guiltily. Enjoy full-fat foods (satiety signals). Eat slowly (ghrelin takes 20 minutes to register). Choose quality chocolate over cheap candy (polyphenol benefit).
You're not "being good" or "being bad." You're managing your metabolic and hormonal context intelligently.
I'm Liza from XLR8 Your Health Clinical Nutrition. Our weight loss programme includes Easter preparation. Smart indulgence, not deprivation.
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29/03/2026

Four foods that work hard for your health — not just taste good.
Sunday meal prep isn't about willpower. It's about nutrient density. Strategically chosen foods that actively repair, reduce inflammation, and support your microbiota through the week.
Bone broth: simmered 12+ hours with acid (vinegar). Collagen hydrolysed into absorbable amino acids. Gelatin supports intestinal lining. Amino acid profile triggers SCFA production in your microbiota. Not just flavour — active healing.
Pasture-raised eggs: higher choline, lutein, omega-3 EPA. Nutrient density 3x higher than conventional. The yolk colour tells you micronutrient content. Dark orange = astaxanthin and lutein. That's therapeutic, not accidental.
Fatty fish: EPA/DHA in anti-inflammatory doses. Preparation matters — gentle poaching preserves omega-3s. High-heat cooking oxidises them. Same food, opposite effect.
Organ meats if you tolerate them: nutrient density highest in the body. Liver, bone marrow — ancestral strength foods.
Batch cook these Sunday. Eat them all week. Your body rebuilds on actual nutrition.
I'm Deb from XLR8 Your Health Clinical Nutrition. Strategic meal prep transforms your health baseline.
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28/03/2026

Autumn means less outdoor activity. Your dog's muscles are already compensating.
Temperatures drop, you stay inside more, your dog's outdoor time shrinks. Within weeks, muscle tone decreases. Without noticing, your dog starts compensating — shifting weight, moving differently, tightening through the shoulders and hips.
Research shows decreased activity causes rapid muscle fibre atrophy. But compensation patterns are sneakier — your dog seems fine until suddenly they're limping or stiff.
I assess dogs before they show symptoms. Muscle tension through the iliopsoas, restricted movement in the neck, spinal tightness. These aren't obvious mobility problems yet — they're compensation patterns setting up for injury.
Autumn is perfect timing for assessment. Find tension NOW, release it through Bowen therapy, keep your dog strong through winter. Prevents the mobility crisis that hits when cold weather fully arrives.
Small interventions prevent big problems.
I'm Liza from XLR8 Your Health. Canine Bowen Therapy assesses whole-body tension before symptoms appear. Book an autumn assessment.
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27/03/2026

Easter gift ideas that actually support health instead of derail it.
Everyone's buying chocolate. Family dinners happen. Holiday happens. But what if your gift was something that prevents the pain, inflammation, or weight struggles after Easter?
The pain book costs $35 and explains why you hurt after stress/poor sleep/inflammatory meals. That's a gift that keeps giving — actual understanding, not temporary indulgence.
Or support someone's chronic disease management with a consultation voucher. Help them assess what's actually driving their inflammation before Easter eating sets them back weeks.
Maybe it's a Bowen therapy session for tension they didn't know they had. Maybe it's a gut health assessment. Maybe it's a weight loss programme starting April so they enter Easter prepared, not guilty.
Gifts that support preventive health cost less than premium chocolate and actually change lives.
The holiday indulgence happens anyway. Give them the tools to move through it wisely.
I'm Deb from XLR8 Your Health Clinical Nutrition. Easter gift ideas available. Health-focused alternatives to sugar and guilt.
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26/03/2026

Stress literally rewires your gut barrier. Here's the exact mechanism.
When you're stressed, your HPA axis cranks out corticosterone. That's not just a feeling — it's biochemistry. Elevated corticosterone directly binds to receptors on your intestinal stem cells, suppressing their ability to repair the gut lining.
Research shows chronic psychological stress reduces short-chain fatty acid production — specifically butyrate — which is what maintains gut barrier integrity. Less butyrate, increased zonulin (the protein that opens tight junctions), increased permeability. Your gut literally becomes more porous under stress.
This isn't metaphorical. Studies measured it: increased calprotectin, elevated secretory IgA, compromised intestinal barrier markers. The dysbiosis follows. The inflammation follows. Then pain sensitisation follows.
So your chronic pain might not be food, injury, or deficiency — it might be an unmanaged stress response breaking down your gut barrier, dysregulating your microbiota, triggering systemic inflammation.
Address the stress pathway, or you're treating symptoms forever.
I'm Liza from XLR8 Your Health Clinical Nutrition. The pain book covers this mechanism in depth — how to interrupt the stress-gut-pain cycle.
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25/03/2026

Skipping lunch doesn't save calories. It actually spikes your dinner blood sugar by 1.6 mmol/L.
Research just showed something interesting — skipping lunch has the most dramatic effect on postprandial glucose after dinner compared to skipping breakfast or dinner. Your body isn't just "catching up" on calories.
It's about circadian metabolic rhythms. Your digestive fire (what Ayurveda calls Agni) peaks at midday. When you skip that window, your metabolism adapts. Insulin sensitivity drops. Gut motility shifts. Then dinner hits a system that's metabolically unprepared.
This isn't about willpower or eating less. It's about timing your nutrition with your body's biological rhythms. Breakfast kickstarts thermogenesis. Lunch maintains digestive efficiency. Dinner closes the eating window. Miss one, everything after gets dysregulated.
Women's hormonal cycles also affect this — luteal phase typically has higher thermogenesis, different SCFA production, altered glucose handling. Skipping meals during specific cycle phases has even greater metabolic consequence.
Individual metabolic flexibility matters more than meal frequency rules.
I'm Deb from XLR8 Your Health Clinical Nutrition. We personalise your eating pattern to YOUR circadian and hormonal rhythms.
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24/03/2026

Your bloating isn't always about what you're eating. Sometimes it's your microbiota.
Patient came in convinced she was lactose intolerant. Avoided dairy, bloating still happened. Then we looked deeper — her microbiota was dysbiotic.
Here's what's actually happening: dysbiosis causes an imbalance in the Firmicutes to Bacteroidetes ratio, which changes how your gut ferments food. A high-FODMAP diet ferments differently in dysbiotic vs healthy microbiota — same food, completely different result.
Research shows 90% of bloating patients have measurable dysbiosis with reduced microbial diversity. The fermentative bacteria aren't producing the right short-chain fatty acids. Your barrier isn't signalling properly. It looks like food sensitivity — it's actually dysbiosis.
Low-FODMAP diets work temporarily, but they're a bandaid on dysbiosis. You need to restore microbial diversity, not just limit fermentable foods.
Individual assessment matters. Your bloating might need a completely different approach than your friend's.
I'm Liza from XLR8 Your Health Clinical Nutrition. We test your microbiota, not just guess. That's how we fix bloating at the root.
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23/03/2026

Collagen peptides trending everywhere. But what does the research actually show?
Everyone's spending money on collagen supplements for "skin, hair, joints" — and sure, research supports collagen's role in tissue repair. But here's what's missing from the marketing.
Not all collagen is created equal. Type I/III collagen has different amino acid profiles than hydrolysed versions. Bioavailability depends on preparation method, not just the amount you consume. Your gut needs adequate vitamin C, lysine, and specific cofactors to actually utilise collagen for tissue synthesis.
Studies show collagen supplementation helps with joint integrity and intestinal permeability — but only when you're addressing the underlying issues. Taking collagen powder while your microbiota is dysbiotic or your stomach acid is suppressed? You're just expensive p*e.
What actually matters: source quality, preparation type, dosage consistency, AND fixing the conditions preventing absorption. That's where the real change happens.
I'm Deb from XLR8 Your Health Clinical Nutrition. Our 12 Habits Programme address root causes — not just mask symptoms with trending supplements.
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22/03/2026

If only she'd spent $35 on my book instead of thousands on a new bed.
This patient had chronic pain that wouldn't quit. She'd tried a $3,000 mattress. A $200 weighted blanket. Magnesium spray. Sleep apps. White noise machines. Every gadget the internet promised would help.
Every morning, she woke up in MORE pain than when she went to bed.
When I asked about her actual sleep — not her sleep accessories — the picture became clear. Broken sleep. Hours to fall asleep. Waking exhausted.
Here's what research shows: sleep deprivation literally increases pain sensitivity. Even ONE night of poor sleep induces hyperalgesia — your body feels pain more intensely.
And it's a vicious cycle. Pain disrupts sleep. Poor sleep increases pain. Round and round.
Studies show when you treat the sleep issue, pain often improves — even without directly treating the pain.
For this patient, we focused on sleep habits, nervous system regulation, reducing stimulants. As her sleep improved, her pain reduced. No new mattress required.
Sometimes the answer to pain isn't another expensive purchase. It's understanding WHY your body is responding this way.
I'm Liza from XLR8 Your Health Clinical Nutrition. My book UnF**king Pain is $35 and covers what that $3,000 mattress never could.
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21/03/2026

His BMI was "healthy." His blood tests were "normal." His visceral fat was trying to kill him.
This patient did everything right on paper. Reasonable diet. Some exercise. Normal weight. His GP said bloods were fine — cholesterol good, blood sugar good, nothing to worry about.
But he felt tired, sluggish, gaining weight around the middle. Something wasn't adding up.
Then we did bioimpedance analysis.
His visceral fat was dangerously high. The hidden fat wrapped around his organs — the kind you can't pinch, can't see in the mirror, and standard tests completely miss.
Research calls it the "silent killer." Studies show you can be normal weight with high visceral fat — and that's actually MORE dangerous than being obviously overweight. It drives inflammation, insulin resistance, heart disease.
A meta-analysis of 824,000 people found high visceral fat increases cardiovascular disease risk by 55% and stroke risk by 45%.
His scales said he was fine. His GP said he was fine. His organs disagreed.
That's why we don't just weigh you and check bloods. We look at what's actually happening inside.
I'm Deb from XLR8 Your Health Clinical Nutrition. Bioimpedance analysis takes 5 minutes and might reveal what years of "normal" blood tests have missed.
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20/03/2026

$800 on allergy testing. $600 on special food. $400 on medicated shampoo. What if it wasn't allergies?
This owner had done EVERYTHING. Elimination diets. Prescription food. Antihistamines. Apoquel. Cytopoint injections. Her dog was still scratching, still licking paws, still losing fur.
When I assessed the dog, I found significant muscle tension through the spine and shoulders. Restricted neck movement. This dog was tight as a drum.
Research shows spinal tension can cause sensation changes in limbs. Dogs respond by licking and chewing at the weird feeling — which looks exactly like allergies.
Studies even link skin conditions in dogs to stress and tension. It's not always what it looks like.
After Bowen therapy released the tension, the obsessive licking reduced dramatically. Not cured — there may have been some allergy component — but that expensive "allergy" was mostly a $15 muscle tension issue.
Sometimes dogs don't need another prescription. They need someone to actually assess what's going on in their body.
I'm Liza from XLR8 Your Health. Canine Bowen Therapy might solve what years of allergy treatments couldn't. And it costs less than one vet dermatology consult.
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11 Peelwood Parade
Mandurah, WA
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Tuesday	8am - 7pm
Wednesday	10am - 7pm
Thursday	10am - 7pm
Friday	10am - 7pm
Saturday	8am - 1pm

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