Mark Surdut APD
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Leading Melbourne Accredited Practising Dietitian -Mark Surdut APD AN.
Mark runs a practise in North Caulfield and is also a staff senior clinical dietitian at the Cabrini Hospital. Mark has a science degree in human physiology and a post graduate science degree in medicine in nutrition and dietetics from the University of Cape Town.
Mark is passionate about the link between what we eat and how our body’s function. Favourite food: veggies of course!
- Areas Of Interest Fitness Cardiovascular Disease High Cholesterol Weight Management Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Crohn's Disease & Ulcerative Colitis Type 2 Diabetes Nutrition and Healthy Eating Diverticulitis Vegetarian Eating
Answers contributed by Mark Surdut APD
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What are the best ways to manage high cholesterol?
start with oats for breakfast. plenty of cooked and raw veg. small can 4 bean mix as a snack sometime during the day. read some of other posts too. take care thenutritionist read more -
What is the difference between good v bad cholesterol?
Hi there its simple... there are 2 forms that cholesterol is chanelled around the body Good cholesterol or HDL (think H = "healthy"!) - moves away from the heart, to the liver for beaking down ... read more -
What is the paleo diet?
Hi Nicky, just found your original comments posted, thanks. See my response, happy and keen to discuss further. Is my summation at all accurate? No grains, heaps of chewing. read more -
What is the paleo diet?
Someone wanting to discuss the Paleo approach. This is worthy of some discussion. The principles involve limiting grains and eating by chewing heaps. Yep, that's it in a nutshell. It worthy of some philosophical debate ... read more -
Coffee as an appetite suppresant
Simple Q worthy of a simple A. Should coffee be used for people trying to lose weight? No. Why? Because in my experience I can think of many people struggling with lots of excess fat ... read more -
Share your experiences in the Weight Management community
Hi Patrice, Lets keep things really simple here. I have a strategy. I am surprised at the weight you have gained having reduced cakes and the like, unless you have compensated for that calorie deficit ... read more