Healthy Lifestyles Australia

24/06/2026

22/06/2026

✨ Staff Spotlight: Monique✨

Monique is our Accounts Manager, one of our many dedicated team members working behind the scenes here at HLA. Her commitment to managing our accounts and her general support to our team helps things to run smoothly.

This month marks a special milestone - Monique has now been with us for 4 years!

22/06/2026

Interested to know exactly what a Dietitian is, and how they can help you? We’re here to explain!

A Dietitian is an allied health professional who specialises in food and nutrition. They provide expert, personalised dietary advice to help people improve their health and wellbeing. Dietitians can help people of all ages with specific dietary restrictions or requirements, for example, people with chronic conditions such as diabetes or food allergies.

To become a qualified Dietitian in Australia, you must have an accredited university degree in nutrition and dietetics and meet the registration criteria to join the Accredited Practicing Dietitian (APD) program.

In Australia, dietitians are different to nutritionists. All dietitians are nutritionists, however, nutritionists cannot be called dietitians, unless they have a dietetics qualification. The profession of nutritionist is not regulated in Australia, meaning anyone can call themselves a nutritionist without having any specific training.

At Healthy Lifestyles Australia, all our Dietitians are Accredited Practicing Dietitians.

Keen to learn more about Dietitians? This will be a continuing series, and we'll explain what conditions our Dietitians can help you with, and how you can be referred to one.

If you want to get started right away, or ask a few more questions, give our friendly team a call on (07) 3088 2323 and we'll be happy to answer them!

19/06/2026

Next up in our Dementia Awareness Month recipe series is this Baked Salmon and Cauliflower Mash. Salmon is an exceptional source of polyunsaturated omega-3 fatty acids (EPA and DHA), which are essential for brain development, cognitive function, and cardiovascular health.
Head to https://hla.au/recipes for the recipe!

18/06/2026

Maybe next time we’ll skip on the egg protein puddings…. This one did NOT slap. If you’re looking for more *tasty* protein desserts, chat with one of our Accredited Practising Dietitians today!
But please check out Jacob Howard as he has plenty of other non-egg recipes!

18/06/2026

Enjoy life with friendly food! This new edition of the original bestseller is designed to help anyone with a food intolerance or food allergy-infant, child or adult-avoid trigger foods, stay well and enjoy a full and rich life.
Available for purchase now via our website: https://hla.au/products

17/06/2026

Have you been recently diagnosed with Celiac Disease and don't know where to start? Or perhaps you always struggle knowing what to make for your friend who is gluten-free? Today we have some suggestions to make navigating a gluten-free diet a little easier!

If you find this helpful, we'd highly encourage you to consider chatting with one of our Dietitians, who can provide many more resources such as this to assist you in catering for your needs, keeping in mind personal preferences and medical requirements.

You can easily book in to speak with one of our Dietitians (or Diabetes Educators or Exercise Physiologists) by calling (07) 3088 2323 or booking via our website: https://hla.au/bookonline

15/06/2026

Healthy Lifestyles Australia is proud to have Managing Director, Brady Schulz, participating in meetings of the Medicare Benefits Schedule Review Advisory Committee (MRAC) in Canberra this week.

As an Accredited Practising Dietitian, Advanced Accredited Sports Dietitian and Accredited Exercise Physiologist, Brady brings extensive experience from both clinical practice and healthcare leadership to discussions focused on improving healthcare access and service delivery for Australians.

Having worked across metropolitan, regional, rural and remote communities throughout Queensland for more than 16 years, Brady is passionate about ensuring that Medicare-funded services remain accessible, evidence-based and responsive to the needs of communities across the country.

Healthy Lifestyles Australia remains committed to advocating for strong multidisciplinary healthcare and improving access to Dietetics, Sports Dietetics, Exercise Physiology, Diabetes Education, Podiatry and other allied health services.

We are proud to see frontline allied health perspectives represented in conversations that help shape the future of Australian healthcare.

15/06/2026

Our Dietitian Yirong has put together this blog article, explaining the importance of protein, and how you can easily incorporate more protein into your diet with one of her recent favourite recipes, a High Protein Smoked Salmon Bagel.

https://hla.au/articles/the-importance-of-daily-protein-high-protein-smoked-salmon-bagel-recipe

Want to book an appointment with Yirong or one of our other friendly clinicians? 📞 Call Healthy Lifestyles Australia on (07) 3088 2323 🔗 Or book via our website: https://hla.au/bookonline

13/06/2026

Shakshuka (or Shakshouka) is a Middle Eastern dish of tomato and baked eggs. It’s perfect for a slow Sunday morning with some crusty sourdough toast!
Ingredients: Serves 2-3
- 1x 400g tin crushed tomatoes
- 1 tin four bean mix (or legumes of choice)
- 5 eggs
- 50-100g chorizo sausage (optional), diced
- 1 tbsp minced garlic
- 2 tsp smoked paprika
- 2 tsp dried oregano
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 4-5 slices multigrain sourdough to serve
Method:
1. In a pan over medium-high heat, add the chorizo and let cook until fat is released. If not using chorizo, add 1tbsp extra virgin olive oil to the pan
2. Add the garlic, oregano and smoked paprika and stir until evenly coated
3. Add the tinned tomato and rinsed (and drained) legumes, and stir.
4. Let reduce for 2-4 mins, stirring frequently
5. Turn the heat down to low-medium and (as best you can) make 5 wells evenly spaced
6. Crack the egg into the wells and cover with a lid
7. Let cook for 10 minutes until the whites appear solid - cook longer for hard eggs, or less for soft cooked eggs
8. While cooking toast the sourdough
9. When done, remove the pan from the heat and lightly sprinkle with salt, pepper and a drizzle of olive oil
10. Serve with the sourdough and enjoy!