Nutritionist Claire 'FOOD IS YOUR FRIEND!'

She has sage advice for women losing the battle with trying to be body 'perfect'

- Debbie Harrison

It’s easy to feel like you're failing at wellness. Scroll social media briefly and you'll be hit with “advice” from glowing influencers who meal prep for six hours, wake at 5am to journal, and run a marathon on oat milk and air. But what if your reality looks more like three kids, a busy job, ageing parents to care for and no time for a shower, let alone hot yoga?

That disconnect is exactly what drove nutritionist Claire Turnbull to write her new book End Your Fight With Food — a guide designed for real women living real lives. Not the ones with a nanny, personal trainer and private chef but ones more like her: running two businesses, stints of solo parenting, no extended family support, navigating perimenopause, and still trying to get dinner on the table for her two sons, Zach, 11, and Josh, seven.

“So much health advice comes from people who live completely different lives to the people they’re advising,” says Claire, 43. “You end up comparing yourself to someone with a totally different set of resources, then feel like you're the one falling short. I know what it’s like to cook dinner while answering emails and refereeing sibling squabbles.”