Upcoming Events

- Bright Bods Eco- Kids School Holiday Program: 11am, Monday 5th October at Narara Eco Village

- Zumba Kids Holiday Classes:  Fridays, 10am at Narara Ecovillage in School holidays before Zumba Gold

- Woytopia: 10am Hexagon Stage Talk: Eat Like an Eco-Warrior, 11.45 Wellness Space: Zumba with an Eco Twist, later on find me in Roundabout's Circus Show. 

- Nutrition Therapy For Autism and ADHD: 10am, Thursday 5th November at Central Coast Family Psychology

- Sustainable Future Festival: Stage Talk: Eat Like An Eco-Warrior,  Pop by the Bright Diets Stall to say hi and purchase plants, seeds and clever nutrition resources from the Bright Shop. Please bring cash! Cash is King! But can do direct deposit too.

All events are on Facebook for you to share and invite your friends.

If you would like us to host a nutrition workshop or Zumba Class at your workplace or community group on the Central Coast, please get in touch with Carin on 0413 77 44 11 11 or brightdiets@gmail.com.

I Love Referrals

I want to help as many people as possible to learn to love eating the foods their body needs to feel happy, healthy and vibrant!

Pleae recommend me to your health care team, family, friends or support workers.

For clinic appointment booking please contact Central Coast Family Psychology: call 02 4339 7497 or email admin@ccfamily.com.au.

Central Coast Family Psychology is a family friendly multidisciplinary clinic with highly experienced psychologists and counsellors, OT, Speech Pathologist, Dance Therapist (not me!), Yoga Teacher and more, offering many services and group supports. They are NDIS registered and manage all my clinic bookings and client accounts, leaving me time and headspace to help more people in the best way I can.

How I Can Help

Dietitians practice medical nutrition therapy which is best practise management for a range of health conditions :

- Cardiovascular health, including high cholesterol, high blood pressure, reducing the risk of stroke, heart attack

- Diabetes, including gestational diabetes, insulin resistance and impaired glucose tolerance

- Weight Management, under or over-eating, comfort eating, sugar cravings

- Malnutrition, weight loss, reduced food intake, poor appetite, nutrition deficiencies

- Gut health conditions: constipation, diarrhoea, reflux, diverticular disease, Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)

- Food allergies and Food intolerances

- Coeliac Disease

- Liver health 

- Cancer, including assisting with side effects of treatment such as nausea, poor appetite, taste changes

- Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS)

- Osteoporosis

- Fussy eating and restricted diets with Responsive Feeding Therapy

- Texture-modified diets

- Nutrition through pregnancy and lactation

- Vegetarian and Vegan Nutrition

If you or someone you know feels they need some help in these areas, please reach out for support. You can call me on 0413 77 44 11 or contact Central Coast Family Psychology: call 02 4339 7497 or email admin@ccfamily.com.au to book diresctly into clinic.  I would be more than happy to help!

Million Moves Campaign

Although we did not get to a Million Moves (about 5000!) we contributed to the cause and inspired more people to get moving to feel great.  The number are still crunching and you can check out how many moves Australia did at the Million Moves Website. 

More Zumba Gold Classes

• Monday 9am Gosford 50 + Leisure and Learning Centre - school term only
• Monday 5.30pm Narara Ecovillage starts back 28th September- let me know if you want a class on the public holiday Monday the week after.
• Wednesday,11.15am 9am Gosford 50 + Leisure and Learning Centre, continues next week, then 2 weeks break for school holidays and then back for the school term. 
• Friday, 11am at Narara Ecovillage 

Share the flier with this link!

Further class details here including 4 free online dances and a free 30 minute class.

See you on the dance floor!

Zumba Kids Coming Soon!

I am excited to start my Zumba Kids classes at 10am, before Zumba Gold in the school holidays at Narara Eco Village.

Zumba Kids is a space kids can:

• express their personality
• explore their creativity and imagination
• learn respect, leadership and teamwork
• build pride and self-esteme
• improve their co-ordination and confidence

With no uniform or performance pressures we will travel the world, learn about different dances and cultures and have some fun dance games too.

Book here or contact me on 0413 77 44 11 or email brightdiets@gmail.com  if interested. Please share the flier here.

Next year in Term 1, I am looking at Mondays at 11am at Gosford (Roundabout Circus) during school term only for 4-6 year olds. Please get in touch if you are interested.

Bright Bods Eco- Kids Holiday Program

I am super excited to have started my Eco-Kids holiday programs.  The kids had blast with some dance games and learnt a little about seed saving and making paper pots to grow their seeds.

Bright Bods Eco- Kids is a space where kids can express themselves with Zumba dances from around the world, learn life skills and connect with nature with eco-activities and create a nutritious lunch that also grows their love of fresh nutritious foods. 

Eco- activities may include seed saving, making paper pots +cuttings, mushroom jars, moth sachets, green bags, Christmas crackers and take home activities are also included.

Creative and Active Kids Vouchers are accepted too! Bookings here or get in touch at brightdiets@gmail.com or 0413 77 44 11.

Check out Carin Clegg, Paediatric Dietitian's Bright Blog on Iron For Super Kids. 

Capsicum

Capsicum is a rewarding plant to grow as you need patience. There are many varieties apart from the famous red, yellow and green such as orange and even long banana type. Green capsicums are the less ripe version, hence why they can be cheaper and be more acidic. Did you know paprika is dried, smoked capsicum?

They are super easy to save the seeds from. Simply let hem dry out on your windowsill and plant in spring for the best results.  At any time if year I have been known to simply throw the seeds into my garden on a wet day or week and hope for the best and usually something pops up. 

Capsicum plants can grow for 2 years once planted. In NSW, capsicums do like a sunny and warm climate but I have had success in semi-shade too. I have also allowed mine to finish off ripening on my windowsill for a day with a bit of success.

Capsicums are a fabulous source of vitamin A, when they are red, orange or yellow, ( for eye health) , vitamin C (for immunity), Vitamin B6 and Folate for energy, red blood cells, and overall cellular function and also a great source of fibre (to keep you regular). Capsicum is also one of those foods that tend to contribute to reflux in people so a little can pack a punch if you are sensitive.

You can eat capsicum raw in a salad or in strips with a dip, roasted, stirfried, in stews, curries, you name it. How do you love yours? 

Paella

Traditionally known as peasant's food, I think peasants are the best kind of people to be. They know how to grow food, forage and eat teh freshest. Here is my favourite paella recipe.

Serves 6

Ingredients

• 1 Tb olive oil

• 1 red (Spanish) onion, thinly sliced

• 1 garlic cloves, crushed

• 1 tsp paprika

• 1 cups rice

• 1 red capsicum

• 1 green capsicum

• 1 cup mushrooms

• 2 large tomatoes, diced

• 1/2 cup corn kernels

• 1/2 cup frozen peas

• 2.5 cups boiling water.

• Seafood of your choice: 150g per person: fresh white fish (not shark/hake/flake) in 5x 2cm pieces, calamari rings, prawns or muscles.

• 1/4 cup parsley

Method

1. Heat the oil in a large, heavy-based saucepan over medium-low heat.
2. Boil the kettle with at least 400ml water.
3. Add the onion, capsicums and garlic to the pan and saute` until soft and fragrant
4. Add the rice, tomatoes, paprika, mushrooms and boiling water to the pan and stir. 
5. Bring the ingredients to boil, then reduce the heat to low.
6. Cover the pan with a lid and simmer 20-25 minutes, or until the stock is absorbed and the rice is cooked.
7. Add the corn, peas and half the parsley. Stir to combine than cover again and cook for a further 5 minutes.
8. Add salt and pepper to taste. Then place the seafood and cook for another 5-10 minutes, until cooked.
9. Serve garnished with extra parsley.

For more healthy food ideas check out Bright Diets Facebook Albums.