Scouring the supermarket for quality products can sometimes be a full-time job. Our clients are constantly asking for new options for quality snack foods that are convenient, yet healthy. We put our detective dietitians to work to find some of the most nutritious food options to look out for, and to help take the hard work out of shopping for you.
Snacks are a great way to increase the nutrient variety in your diet, and they also help with balancing energy and concentration levels throughout the day. Savoury options are often loaded with salt and poor-quality oils. See our go-to list of savoury snacks to help making snack time healthier.
Sweet snacks don’t need to mimic that of dessert. We look for wholefood snacks which are minimally processed & either none, or small amounts of added sugar. Convenient snacks can make a part of a balanced diet, so long as you choose well. Here are some of our favourites.
Natural yoghurt is the ideal choice as you can have the ability to add some sweetness with the addition of fresh or frozen fruit. When looking for a plain yoghurt, ensure you are comparing the fat content per 100g. Full fat varieties are approximately 4% fat (4g per 100g). When looking for a light variety, this is anything under 2% fat (2g per 100g), with the high protein strained yoghurts around the 0.5% fat (0.5g per 100g). Higher protein will help you feeling full for longer, and assist in repairing exercised muscle. They offer a great avenue to increase your protein intake, an excellent post-training recovery food. Yoghurt is considered a functional food as it can provide a little boost for our gut bacteria in supplying probiotics with the addition of live cultures.
Kirrily Tutt and Sally Anderson are dietitians from Apple to Zucchini that consult here at QSMC. If you would like to book in with them, please contact our reception team to find out more information.
Steph is a sports fanatic who has trained and competed in many different sporting categories including running, swimming, boxing, functional training, netball and surf life saving. Additionally, with four brothers she is often seen on the side-lines of rugby union games. Steph is a passionate dietitian who is devoted to working with her clients to reach their health and sporting goals. She strongly believes that quality nutrition and exercise is the key to living a sustainable healthy lifestyle.
Living on the Sunshine Coast, it was her love for the ocean and surf life saving that captured Steph’s thirst for competitive sport. She has over 15 years of training and race experience and to date, has represented Queensland three times and gained several individual and team medals at both state and national level.
Steph continues to train & compete, making her understanding of practical sports nutrition one of her great strengths. Seeing how her own performance is impacted by good (and sometimes bad!) nutrition choices has developed her desire to help other athletes make the best possible nutrition choices for them.
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Andrew is an accredited sports dietitian, motivated by improving the nutrition, health and performance of others, working with a range of individuals, from recreational to elite athletes. He is fascinated by interactions between the environment, food, and the human body, and uses science informed approaches whilst adjusting recommendations to the individual’s unique requirements and situation (e.g injury, training periodisation, intolerances). Andrew is a strong supporter of whole foods, but understands that flexibility is necessary to meet individual real life personal preferences.
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Kate has been working as a physiotherapist in the field of Women’s and Men’s Pelvic Health since 2002 and completed her Post Graduate Certificate in Continence and Women’s Health through Curtin University in 2016. She only treats conditions involving pelvic floor dysfunction and has extensive experience treating urinary incontinence, faecal incontinence, prolapse, functional bowel disorders and persistent pelvic pain in both men and women. This includes pre and post operative pelvic floor assessment for men undergoing prostate surgery.
Kate has three children and understands how important it is to remain active. She believes that although the pelvic region of our body is important, it should not rule our lives. As such the goal of all treatments is to ensure you can live your life to its fullest with minimal impact from pelvic floor dysfunction.
Dr Peter Myers was educated in Brisbane and received his medical degree from the University of Queensland in 1977. He completed his Orthopaedic Training and was admitted as a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in 1985. He was also admitted as a Fellow of the Australian Orthopaedic Association in 1988. He undertook Fellowship training in Atlanta, Toronto and Edinburgh.
His practice focuses on sports orthopaedics and knee surgery. Dr Myers has lectured extensively both nationally and internationally and holds committee positions with a number of organisations. He lectures at the University of Queensland and is a Clinical Associate Professor with the Department of Surgery and an Adjunct Professor with the Department of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences. Dr Myers has a Public Hospital appointment at the Mater Misericordia Public Hospital. He has been an examiner for the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons and continues to supervise a Fellowship training program. With his extensive research and lecture program, Dr Myers has published in many national and international medical journals. A list of these publications is available for download. In 2014, Dr Myers was awarded a Member of the Order of Australia for services to Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine. He is a past president of the Australian Knee Society.
Dr Myers has been involved with the Brisbane Broncos Rugby League team from 1988 to 2015 and remains involved with the Queensland Reds Rugby Union team and the Australian Rugby Union.
Dr Myers does not participate in Gap Cover arrangements with any health fund.
He also restricts his practice and does not treat Workers’ Compensation patients, Medico-legal cases or Veterans’ Affairs patients.
Matt’s aim is to provide high-quality education and rehabilitation for people with persistent pain conditions. He strives to improve his patient’s ability to understand the causes of their persistent pain and to empower people to improve their own management of their condition.
Matt completed his Physiotherapy degree at the University of Queensland in 1996 and developed an interest in chronic and complex pain conditions early in his career whilst working in both the public and private sectors. He completed a Master of Science in Medicine (Pain Management) at the University of Sydney in 2007. Matt continues to be involved in the Pain Management degree at the University of Sydney in a teaching role.
Matt is also a member of the charity organisation “Pain Revolution” which raises funds to educate rural and regional health practitioners in the area of persistent pain rehabilitation to become Local Pain Educators. He is a mentor for the Local Pain Educators. He is one of the cyclists riding 700km or so kilometres for a week each year as part of the Pain Revolution Rural Outreach Program and charity bike ride.
Matt is a member of both the Australian Physiotherapy Association (APA) and the Australian Pain Society (APS) and in recent years has been involved in establishing the APA Pain Network to promote the benefits of physiotherapy treatment of persistent pain conditions. In 2018, was one of the first candidates of Physiotherapists nationally to be awarded the title of APA Pain Physiotherapist. He is a past chair of the Queensland Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy Group, and is a member of the APA Pain Network.
Joanne is a Senior Physiotherapist with 25 years’ experience in private practice. She has worked with several Queensland Academy of Sport and National League squads, with elite teams and individuals in Football (Soccer), Netball, Rugby League (State of Origin and Brisbane Broncos), Golf, Track and Field and Hockey.
Since 1997, Joanne has co-ordinated Injury Prevention and Athletic Development programmes for several Schools of Excellence in Sport. She is passionate about helping adolescents develop Fundamental Movement Skills and achieve their goals.
Joanne enjoys optimising function and pain levels in all individuals, normalising posture and movement imbalances through education and a strong use of manual and soft-tissue therapy. Joanne enjoys treating a wide range of musculoskeletal conditions but has a special interest in treating neck pain and headaches, in myofascial and persistent pain and the use of Dry Needling where appropriate.
Jo treats from our Bowen Hills clinic.
