Bayside Dietetics
Sarah Smith works in private practice in Bayside Melbourne after working for an extensive period within a Melbourne Children’s Hospital.
She thoroughly enjoys helping children and their families to be as nourished as they choose to be. Many children have specific food concerns, whether they be around a food reaction, difficulty with working out how much to eat, limited food choice or worries when it comes to food.
Sarah thrives on helping these children and families work towards a freedom from the limits these concerns can impose. That may be in the form of new food ideas, providing information, or counselling. But always addressing the specific concerns of the family she is working with.
Sarah has done post-graduate training in both children’s nutrition and counselling. She believes these skills are critical to helping children and families receive the specialised care they deserve.
This will be Sarah’s first introduction to blogging and she is delighted to be working with Kiddipedia, an organisation all about nourishing everyday Australian families.
Website: http://www.baysidedietetics.com.au/
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By Sarah Smith, Accredited Practising Dietitian www.baysidedietetics.com.au FB Bayside Dietetics Instagram @baysidedietetics Twitter #BaysideDietetic When we were little, the summer holidays were spent outdoors. We’d hang with the neighbours’ kids all day and pop home for food only when… Continue Reading >
By Sarah Smith of Bayside Dietetics www.baysidedietetics.com.au or Facebook page Bayside Dietetics For all the joy that coming out of isolation brings, a lot of us will also find that it triggers a desire to lose weight rapidly. For months… Continue Reading >
Sarah Smith, APD, Bayside Dietetics www.baysidedietetics.com.au What if less was more this Christmas? What if this festive season, you felt more satisfaction with having “just enough” than you did from having “more”? In the Australian culture, excess is sold… Continue Reading >
By Sarah Smith of Bayside Dietetics www.baysidedietetics.com.au Facebook Bayside Dietetics Instagram BaysideDietetics According to the Chicago Tribune, President George W Bush famously declared “I do not like broccoli and I haven’t liked it since I was a little kid… Continue Reading >
By Sarah Smith of Bayside Dietetics www.baysidedietetics.com.au Follow Bayside Dietetics on Facebook I can still see the love in the room when Sophie* sat down between her parents in my clinic. She was now twelve and having a significant… Continue Reading >
By Sarah Smith of Bayside Dietetics www.baysidedietetics.com.au Follow Bayside Dietetics on Facebook Pop quiz from what you know already: What can you do to help your child be happier and healthier, that also has a benefit on helping them… Continue Reading >
Part 2 on Introducing Solids. Written by Sarah Smith from Bayside Dietetics www.baysidedietetics.com.au Twitter #BaysideDietetic FB Bayside Dietetics Instagram @baysidedietetics Let me start by keeping your baby safe and growing well. Avoid nuts and other hard foods to reduce risk… Continue Reading >
By Sarah Smith of Bayside Dietetics www.baysidedietetics.com.au Facebook Bayside Dietetics Zoe* was describing mealtimes at home with such clarity I could feel distressed within myself as I listened. Zoe was a self-described foodie, but since children and cooking for… Continue Reading >
By Sarah Smith from Bayside Dietetics Have you heard the one about the adult who was cured of fatigue and tummy pain by making sure their gut was “healthy”? Kids can have these symptoms too but may struggle to communicate… Continue Reading >
Part 1 on Introducing Solids. Written by Sarah Smith from Bayside Dietetics www.baysidedietetics.com.au Twitter #BaysideDietetic FB Bayside Dietetics Instagram @baysidedietetics “That’s not how we did it”. Usually a catch-cry we attribute to our folks’ generation. But just the… Continue Reading >
By Sarah Smith of Bayside Dietetics www.baysidedietetics.com.au Follow Bayside Dietetics on Facebook Two minutes and 32 seconds into a Man vs. Wild show, Bear Grylls uses his teeth to rip the head off some maggots he’s found inside a dead… Continue Reading >
Sarah Smith, APD, Bayside Dietetics www.baysidedietetics.com.au Many years ago, the internet opened us up to the world of information. This can be useful at times, like working out your baby’s name or whether you’re getting the best price on… Continue Reading >
By Sarah Smith of Bayside Dietetics www.baysidedietetics.com.au Facebook Bayside Dietetics Instagram BaysideDietetics How’s this to capture the attention of anyone wanting to live healthier and longer: In 2017, Greek-born Australians had a median age at death of 83.4 years… Continue Reading >
By Sarah Smith of Bayside Dietetics www.baysidedietetics.com.au Follow Bayside Dietetics on Facebook If you’ve read my blogs over the years, you may have noticed that I don’t preach what to feed your family. Chances are you already know enough about… Continue Reading >
By Sarah Smith of Bayside Dietetics www.baysidedietetics.com.au Facebook Bayside Dietetics Instagram BaysideDietetics This is the story of Hare, who bought a FitBit, and Tortoise, who didn’t. As always, my blogs are an interpretation of up-to-date research, so there is… Continue Reading >
By Sarah Smith of Bayside Dietetics www.baysidedietetics.com.au Facebook Bayside Dietetics Instagram BaysideDietetics There are important things that you can do, right from the start, to help nurture a positive relationship with food for your child. Support One: You have… Continue Reading >
By Sarah Smith of Bayside Dietetics www.baysidedietetics.com.au or Facebook page Bayside Dietetics Covid-19 has put us on high alert for bugs so here is some information on bugs in food and how to keep your new baby safe when… Continue Reading >
Tummy troubles associated with milk? Is it best to avoid milk altogether or try lactose free? Why is lactose free milk so sweet and does that mean it’s high in sugar? By Sarah Smith of Bayside Dietetics www.baysidedietetics.com.au Facebook Bayside… Continue Reading >
Your reason for change may be key. By Sarah Smith of Bayside Dietetics www.baysidedietetics.com.au Facebook Bayside Dietetics Zoe* was committed to looking after herself. The last time she’d seen her GP, she’d been told that she was overweight… Continue Reading >
By Sarah Smith from Bayside Dietetics www.baysidedietetics.com.au FB Bayside Dietetics Twitter #BaysideDietetic Instagram @baysidedietetics Let’s start with a whack in the face with honesty – your immunity is pretty established already and starting to make change now is unfortunately… Continue Reading >
By Sarah Smith from Bayside Dietetics www.baysidedietetics.com.au Please join my facebook Bayside Dietetics or Instagram @baysidedietetics A friend of mine just said goodbye to all his employees while another friend sits and waits for the travel industry to resurrect… Continue Reading >
By Sarah Smith of Bayside Dietetics www.baysidedietetics.com.au Facebook Bayside Dietetics Instagram BaysideDietetic There has been a strong media reaction to a recent study that looked at the impact of vegan and vegetarian diets in children. I have written a… Continue Reading >
By Sarah Smith of Bayside Dietetics www.baysidedietetics.com.au or Facebook page Bayside Dietetics I hate being bad. Naughty. Unhealthy. If someone tells me that doing something is bad, then I’m likely to feel pretty crappy if I do it. I… Continue Reading >
By Sarah Smith of Bayside Dietetics www.baysidedietetics.com.au or Facebook page Bayside Dietetics The officials still called it summer. Not many of the rest of us did. The lowest maximum temperature was 13°C in Melbourne. Laugh away the rest of… Continue Reading >
By Sarah Smith of Bayside Dietetics www.baysidedietetics.com.au or Facebook page Bayside Dietetics So we seemed to have missed summer, but autumn can be the best time of year anyway. Sunny days. Colours in the trees. Unique seasonal produce. If… Continue Reading >
By Sarah Smith of Bayside Dietetics www.baysidedietetics.com.au or Facebook page Bayside Dietetics On the first day of Christmas, I still had iso shame… On the second day of Christmas, I had no-one else to “blame” On the third day… Continue Reading >
By Sarah Smith of Bayside Dietetics www.baysidedietetics.com.au or Facebook page Bayside Dietetics This will be short and sweet because I don’t want to dilute the point. Since early days with Covid-19 there has been suspicion around a certain nutrient… Continue Reading >
By Sarah Smith from Bayside Dietetics www.baysidedietetics.com.au FB Bayside Dietetics Twitter #BaysideDietetic Instagram @baysidedietetics There’s a joke in our house that never fails to get a laugh…Why did the toilet paper roll down the hill? Because it wanted to… Continue Reading >
By Sarah Smith from Bayside Dietetics www.baysidedietetics.com.au FB Bayside Dietetics Twitter #BaysideDietetic Instagram @baysidedietetics There is a video that is readily available on YouTube and it lasts 3:39. The video is taken by a small camera inserted into man’s… Continue Reading >
By Sarah Smith from Bayside Dietetics www.baysidedietetics.com.au FB Bayside Dietetics Twitter #BaysideDietetic Instagram @baysidedietetics I spotted him early. Just as he left the storeroom and the wide doors were closing behind him. He was wheeling a pallet of what… Continue Reading >
By Sarah Smith from Bayside Dietetics www.baysidedietetics.com.au Please join my facebook Bayside Dietetics or Instagram @baysidedietetics While the Oxford English Dictionary adds around 1000 words per update, I couldn’t find thinspiration nor fitspiration in there. I wonder how they… Continue Reading >
By Sarah Smith from Bayside Dietetics www.baysidedietetics.com.au FB Bayside Dietetics Twitter #BaysideDietetic Instagram @baysidedietetics I’m going to take you through the story of one of my clients, let’s call her Ella. Ella’s story is important because it’s common. When… Continue Reading >
By Sarah Smith from Bayside Dietetics www.baysidedietetics.com.au FB Bayside Dietetics Twitter #BaysideDietetic Instagram @baysidedietetics This blog is a fictional story that is based on insight we have into ancient Egyptian beliefs and practices from around 800BC. Ahti squirmed at… Continue Reading >
By Sarah Smith from Bayside Dietetics www.baysidedietetics.com.au Twitter #BaysideDietetic FB Bayside Dietetics Instagram @baysidedietetic Here are two of the most common questions I get asked: What is the best thing to eat for a snack? What should you feed… Continue Reading >
By Sarah Smith from Bayside Dietetics www.baysidedietetics.com.au FB Bayside Dietetics Twitter #BaysideDietetic Instagram @baysidedietetics I think cucumber was the worst. Tomato was a close call on making the bread soggy but cucumber had that tangy smell by 12pm. Poor… Continue Reading >
By Sarah Smith from Bayside Dietetics www.baysidedietetics.com.au FB Bayside Dietetics Twitter #BaysideDietetic Instagram @baysidedietetics My girlfriend and I were discussing meals while waiting for the 3.30pm school bell to signal the onset of school chaos. We each reflected having… Continue Reading >
By Sarah Smith from Bayside Dietetics www.baysidedietetics.com.au FB Bayside Dietetics Twitter #BaysideDietetic Instagram @baysidedietetics A study has just been released by Dutch scientists that tells us that the type of food we eat may influence where our body weight… Continue Reading >
By Sarah Smith from Bayside Dietetics www.baysidedietetics.com.au FB Bayside Dietetics Twitter #BaysideDietetic Instagram @baysidedietetics This is blog two in the series on nutrition trends. If you are interested I encourage you to also read blog one: Have we found… Continue Reading >
By Sarah Smith from Bayside Dietetics www.baysidedietetics.com.au FB Bayside Dietetics Twitter #BaysideDietetic Instagram @baysidedietetics I took the liberty of asking different generations what food or health tip they would they say was the Holy Grail for their generation. Here… Continue Reading >
By Sarah Smith, Accredited Practising Dietitian www.baysidedietetics.com.au FB Bayside Dietetics One of my toddler clients this week told me she loved Brussels Sprouts and cabbage but didn’t like chips. I wonder how we get such strong food preferences so… Continue Reading >
By Sarah Smith, Accredited Practising Dietitian www.baysidedietetics.com.au FB Bayside Dietetics Instagram @baysidedietetics Twitter #BaysideDietetic The Survivors are currently hungry. That is, reports are that the next season of Survivor is currently in filming mode. So that makes for some… Continue Reading >
By Sarah Smith, Accredited Practising Dietitian www.baysidedietetics.com.au FB Bayside Dietetics I am stoked by the positive feedback I’ve been receiving about my blog. I’d say the most common reflection I get is parents appreciate the blog as a source… Continue Reading >
By Sarah Smith, Accredited Practising Dietitian www.baysidedietetics.com.au FB Bayside Dietetics Instagram @baysidedietetics Twitter #BaysideDietetic Last year I blogged about a really important nutrient for kids, calcium. Strangely, a calcium deficiency has no side effect – it leaves you… Continue Reading >
Sarah Smith, APD, Bayside Dietetics www.baysidedietetics.com.au Or join Facebook at Bayside Dietetics You can get lost in the world of buying the latest supplement or superfood to boost your child’s health. Unfortunately, there won’t always be much evidence behind… Continue Reading >
By Sarah Smith, Accredited Practising Dietitian www.baysidedietetics.com.au FB Bayside Dietetics Instagram @baysidedietetics Twitter #BaysideDietetic Jenna is average. Jenna has a couple of kids, a dog and a mortgage. One day, Jenna decides she doesn’t want to average any… Continue Reading >
Sarah Smith, APD, Bayside Dietetics www.baysidedietetics.com.au “Never feed him a lot. Never more than a spot! Or something may happen. You never know what.” Mr Carp gave this advice to a boy who bought Otto the fish from his… Continue Reading >
By Sarah Smith, Accredited Practising Dietitian, Bayside Dietetics www.baysidedietetics.com.au Twitter #BaysideDietetic FB Bayside Dietetics Instagram @baysidedietetics I bumped into an old friend yesterday. She had just returned to work after maternity leave and was struggling to cope with the… Continue Reading >
By Sarah Smith, Bayside Dietetics www.baysidedietetics.com.au Twitter #BaysideDietetic FB Bayside Dietetics Instagram @baysidedietetics As a new dietitian, I remember talking to a family about a high energy diet for their child. Actually, I don’t, but I do remember what… Continue Reading >
By Sarah Smith from Bayside Dietetics www.baysidedietetics.com.au Twitter #BaysideDietetic FB Bayside Dietetics Instagram @baysidedietetic I have lots of worries. How many nights in a row can we get away with having chicken? Is Simon the best Wiggle? Make it… Continue Reading >
A little girl named Goldilocks went for a walk. She came across three plates of food. The first looked like this: It didn’t look easy. It didn’t look nice. It made her feel bored and didn’t entice. You… Continue Reading >
Written by Sarah Smith from Bayside Dietetics Whenever I see an article on bone health, I find it reasonably unglamorous. There are much brighter and shinier things to be reading. But the reality is that looking after bones is at… Continue Reading >
When it comes to our own children, their health is always important to us. For them to be healthy and well equipped with their daily activities, proper nutrition is necessary. Here at Kiddipedia, we make sure we have the best… Continue Reading >
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By Sarah Smith of Bayside Dietetics www.baysidedietetics.com.au or Facebook page Bayside Dietetics Maya (identifying details in this story have been changed) came to see me regarding her son this week. With the return to school, she was feeling anxious… Continue Reading >