Why Sugar Before Bed Is Ruining Your Sleep (And What to Eat Instead)

By Michele Chevalley Hedge, Nutritionist  |  A Healthy View

You eat something sweet after dinner. Maybe it's a few squares of chocolate, a biscuit or two, or a bowl of something that felt harmless at the time. You go to bed. And somewhere around 2 or 3am, you're wide awake.

Sound familiar?

I hear this from clients all the time. And while they often blame stress, their mattress, or their partner's snoring, the answer is frequently …

By Michele Chevalley Hedge, Accredited Nutritionist

There's something I love about the shift into autumn. The light changes, the mornings get that particular crispness, and if you're paying attention your body starts asking for different things. 

This is not accidental. Seasonal eating is one of the oldest and most evidence-supported ideas in nutrition. Our bodies evolved to eat differently across the year: heavier, warmer, more grounding foods as the temperature drops; lighter, more hydrating foo…

By Michele Chevalley Hedge, Accredited Nutritionist

"I'm just tired" has become the most normalised sentence in the modern workplace.

We say it so often that we've stopped questioning what it actually means or whether "tired" is even the right word. Because for a lot of people I speak with, both in my clinic and at corporate events around Australia - what they're describing is not tiredness. It's something deeper and more complex, and it needs a different response. 

The distinction between burnout …