Advanced sports
dietitian

Helping athletes achieve their professional fitness goals

Over a decade of high Performance Nutrition

I’m an Advanced Sports Dietitian- Nutritionist and Nutrition therapist based in Melbourne.

I am the current Senior Sports Performance Dietitian leading the High Performance Nutrition Program at Cricket Victoria, The Melbourne Stars & Melbourne Renegades BBL/WBBL teams.

The 2021-2022 season will be her 10th season working with Victoria’s elite and emerging Cricketers and within the Cricket Australia High Performance Nutrition Network.

Sports nutrition’s my
passion

I have been coaching athletes and performance artists understand and translate the power of nutrition into their daily lives.

My background is in Sport and high performance systems. In 2016, I became the first ever full-time Performance Dietitian at Cricket Victoria, after spending 4 years building up the Men’s , Women’s and Academy nutrition systems from scratch.

Alongside this work, I have contributed to the AFL and AFLW Academies, as well as assisted in the set up of the Performance Nutrition catering system at the Western United A-League Football Club.

Drawing on my past life a gymnastics coach, I have found purpose in offering nutrition advice and guidance with a safe, empathetic and non-judgmental approach.

Wholistic Approach

Blending advanced sports/rehab nutrition science with a practical and simple approach to nutrition counselling.

I practice a health & performance behaviour driven, Non-Diet, Health At Every Size (HAES) philosophy . Helen is passionate about integrating elite nutrition science/evidence-based strategies with respect to individual autonomy, culture and context. Therefore, my client-centred approach aims to put the person in the drivers seat of their health & performance journey
With my collaborative style, individuals are guided through the Nutrition knowledge , application and eating behaviour change processes aimed at:

How I help

Improving energy levels

Find your ideal pattern and choices that work for your lifestyle. No room for fad or restrictive diets here!

Have an informed approach to optimising body composition

Get a wholistic understanding of how to build lean mass and manage healthful body fat levels. Receive the same coaching I offer my elite athletes. Let me empower you with awareness of the benefits and potential risks for you to make your own decisions

Prevent Injury:

Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S) , Bone, soft tissue, concussion

Heal and rehabilitate

post-surgery or through injury
How to ensure you have enough energy, macro and micronutrients to enhance healing after Bone injury, ACL surgery

Create and maintain positive relationships with food and body

This is your space to escape the pressures of diet culture and look for resources and support to tune in to your body cues and your relationship with food.

In addition to High Performance Nutrition skillset, other areas of nutrition experience include:

Eating Disorders, disordered eating and managing Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S) in elite athletes

– experience spanning multiple sports including Gymnastics, Ballet, Performance arts, Swimming, Football (Soccer) , Netball, AFL, AFLW and Cricket. She has particular interest in assisting all genders navigate eating challenges in high pressure (elite sport/talent ID) environments.

Emerging nutrition strategies aimed at healing musculoskeletal injuries,

improving bone health as well as the holistic role of nutrition in concussive injury rehabilitation.

Advanced sportsdietitian