Catherine Saxelby

Catherine Saxelby's Biography

Catherine Saxelby is a lively and motivating speaker on healthy eating, productivity, energy, lifestyle and getting organised so you can fit more into your day.

She specializes in action-packed, energy-charged sessions designed to add more zest, zing and zip to your life!

Catherine Saxelby knows nutrition! From fast food to fat loss, she has written, researched and talked about virtually every aspect of healthy eating.

She is an award-winning nutritionist and media food commentator, who understands the demands of today’s busy world and the complexity of food issues. She can cut through the clutter – so you know what to eat for dinner tonight!

The author of 10 books, her book Nutrition for Life has clocked up sales of almost 500, 000, making it one of the most enduring and popular nutrition books in the country. In 2012, she released her latest book Catherine Saxelby’s Complete Food and Nutrition Companion after two years of solid research.

She has written more than 2,000 articles on all aspects of food, fat loss and medical diets in a career spanning 20 years. She has had columns and articles published in magazines such as Super Food Ideas (founding

editor), Women’s Weekly, Who, Healthy Food Guide, Prevention and New Idea.

She is called upon for her opinion on food issues by radio and television and often appears on news and current affairs programs such as the Today Show, Today Tonight, Sunrise, Channel Nine News and Fox News.

She works with food producers, supermarkets and publishers to make healthy eating easy and healthy food, taste good. She helps these groups communicate better so that consumers can understand nutrition and put into practice good eating habits.

Catherine holds a Bachelor of Science degree (majoring in biochemistry and physiology) and a Post-Graduate Diploma in Nutrition and Dietetics, both from the University of Sydney.

She is an Accredited Nutritionist (AN) and an Accredited Practicing Dietitian (APD) and has been an Honorary Governor of Sydney University’s Nutrition Research Foundation from 1993 to 2013.

She has undertaken additional courses in writing, media and communications, internet/blogging and marketing. She understands the systems of marketing food products and how best to communicate complex nutrition issues to the general public.

She practices Tai Chi and Pilates and has studied meditation under Western doctors as well as with Buddhist monks.

Her enthusiasm and her engaging and practical style ensures the audience is inspired and motivated to make changes to their health. And be better organised for a healthy lifestyle.

She is available for keynote presentations, half and full day seminars, or workshops.

To enquire about Catherine Saxelby contact Helene Greenham directly: helene@platinumspeakers.com.au

Speaking Topics Include

Catherine is available for customized keynote presentations, half and full day seminars and consulting.

Smart eating in the age of supersize fries and movie popcorn

• Our obesogenic world – how modern life conspires to make us fat and unhealthy
• What’s wrong with modern meals
• How to shop, cook and eat for health
• Boosting your physical activity for good health

Eat your way to success

• The 5 business eating pitfalls
• Overcoming the sitting epidemic
• Reorganise your eating to boost concentration and improve your output
• Learn the tricks of high-energy eating
• Discover how to beat the mid-afternoon slump and power through your day

The 5 KPIs of health and productivity

• How to get more energy over your day
• Unlocking your potential
• Eat to boost your energy and exercise hard
• Sleep – the forgotten factor
• Caffeine – that double-edged sword

What women want: more energy, a flat stomach and no washing up!

• Men and women: the differences between the sexes
• Women’s special nutrition needs
• How to juggle the kitchen and get things done ahead
• Ways to boost your energy and maintain a healthy weight (diet free)

Additional topics include:

Topics are tailored to your needs and change regularly as new issues emerge

• Winning at the Diet wars – how Paleo stacks up again Gluten-Free, Raw and No Sugar diets.
• The GI – what it is and how it can help in diabetes, weight loss and heart disease
• Protein – the latest and greatest? Energy? Fat loss? Paleo? The theory behind high-protein diets and does the research stack up?
• How to eat like a Nutritionist
• How to decipher a food label.

All the above can be presented as keynote presentations or half or full day seminars.