Optimum Intake Dietitians

29/08/2025

💜🌈 Celebrating Wear It Purple Day at Optimum Intake Dietitians & Myrtle Oak Clinic!

Our team came together to share a Rainbow Morning Tea, wearing purple with pride and enjoying colourful plates that remind us of the beauty of diversity.

Wear It Purple Day is about fostering safe, supportive, and empowering environments for LGBTQIA+ young people. We’re proud to stand together in creating a workplace and community where everyone feels they belong.

Big thanks to our team for bringing the colour, the food, and the love today 💜🌈

👉 Learn more about Wear It Purple here: .org.au

26/08/2025

Yesterday Dietitians Australia celebrated our first Parliamentary Friends of Nutrition event with our new Co-Chairs, Dr. Gordon Reid MP (Australian Labor Party, Member for Robertson, NSW) and Dai Le (Independent, Member for Fowler, NSW).

We are incredibly grateful to have two determined and passionate co-chairs leading our Friends of Nutrition Group, and for their support in ensuring dietitians are recognised as a core part of GLP-1 RA care.

‘Our community faces higher rates of obesity, high blood pressure and diabetes. These lifestyle-driven conditions impact families every day, from rising health costs to preventable illness.

‘I’ll continue to champion initiatives that support healthier choices, reduce preventable disease, and give every family in Fowler the chance to thrive.’ says Ms Dai Le MP

‘...without important information to patients about what they can eat, they will see me in the middle of the night, they are going to be having heart attacks, strokes, their diabetes is going to be out of control. That is something we really don't want to see, here in Australia’ says Dr Gordon Reid

With nutrition playing a key role in public health, prevention, and economic productivity, the Parliamentary Friends of Nutrition Group is more important than ever.

Find out more here: http://bit.ly/47frL0O



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01/08/2025

Iron Matters for Growing Kids!

Tiredness, poor appetite, or fussy eating?

Low iron might be playing a part and it’s more common than you think.

Our latest blog post dives into the signs of low iron, iron-rich foods, and how to make sure your child is meeting their needs during these important growth years.

Whether your child is a picky eater, vegetarian, or just going through a growth spurt this is a must-read for every parent.

🔗 Click the link in this caption to read:
“Is Your Child Getting Enough Iron? What Every Parent Needs to Know”

https://www.optimumintake.com.au/is-your-child-getting-enough-iron-what-every-parent-needs-to-know/

Blog written by our expert paediatric dietitian team at Optimum Intake.

31/07/2025

✨ Meet Milton – our newest mealtime companion!

Milton has officially joined our paediatric feeding team, and he’s already stealing hearts (and a few carrot sticks too)! 💜

Milton isn’t just cute – he plays a special role in helping children feel more comfortable and curious during our fun food sessions. As a friendly face at the table, Milton supports little ones to explore new foods, practice feeding skills, and build positive mealtime routines – all through play and connection.

🍓 Therapeutic benefits?
Absolutely!

Milton helps:
✔️ Reduce anxiety around trying new foods
✔️ Encourage food play and sensory exploration
✔️ Promote turn-taking and shared mealtime experiences
✔️ Support feeding goals in a playful, child-led way
We love how Milton helps bring laughter and learning together at the table – making every bite a little more fun! 🥦

Want to learn more about how we support children and families with feeding challenges? Reach out to our team at .family.nutritionist 💬
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Optimum Intake Dietitians

30/07/2025

Nutrition is MORE than just eating!

Thanks to for having Optimum Intake Dietitians Team Leader Rachel along to share informations, case studies, latest research on paediatric nutrition and share practical strategies for collaborating as an allied health team.

No one discipline can be EVERYTHING for any one client.

This is why Optimum Intake Dietitians are determined to make connections with our local allied health teams and offer sharing and learning sessions.

The more we know and understand about our local allied health services the better we are connected to help refer our clients on to trusted and values aligned complimentary services.

30/07/2025

Fuel for Performance Starts Here! 🍌 🧃 🥜

Our incredible Sports Dietitian, Sarah, has been out in local schools across the Central Coast, adding real value to student-athlete programs with engaging Sports Nutrition Education sessions and practical cooking workshops!

From understanding what to eat before a game to hands-on snack prep for recovery—Sarah’s sessions are giving young athletes the tools they need to fuel smarter, play harder, and recover stronger.

📷 Action in the classroom and the kitchen!
💬 Interested in having Sarah visit your school? DM us or get in touch via the link in bio!

24/07/2025

💜You know you’ve made an impact when someone stops you in the driveway to say thank you.

One of our team members was arriving at a home visit when a friend of the client was just leaving. She paused and asked, “Do you work with Caitlin from Optimum Intake?”

She went on to share that Caitlin had completely changed her life.

She has more energy now.

She’s back doing things she enjoys.

And she’s truly grateful for the knowledge, care and support she received.

Moments like these remind us that nutrition support isn’t just about food.

It’s about helping people feel better, live better, and reconnect with the things that matter most.

Being remembered and appreciated weeks after care has ended… it’s the kind of feedback that means the world to us. 🌈

24/07/2025

This is why we do what we do…

While out on a home visit today, one of our team members was stopped in the driveway by a client’s friend. Why? To ask if she worked with Caitlin from Optimum Intake.

✨ A former client—was glowing. She proudly shared how Caitlin had completely changed her life. She now has more energy, is back to swimming, and is feeling more like herself again.

These little moments? They’re everything.
Being recognised not just for our work, but for the way we make people feel, that’s what dietetics is all about.

We’re not just here to give advice. We walk alongside our clients to support real, lasting change in their health and wellbeing. And to know we’ve made that kind of impact? It means the world.

“Let Caitlin know I’m the really tall one if she doesn’t remember me!”

24/06/2025

21/06/2025

Please help to protect people with disabilities continue to access Allied Health Services.

Sign the petition: link in the post.

19/06/2025

It’s Dietitians Week!
At Optimum Intake, our team is passionate about making nutrition simple, supportive, and personal.

Whether it’s building confidence with food, supporting health goals, or creating practical strategies for everyday life — our mission is you.

Join us this week as our team shares what “Your health, our mission” means to them.