The Seed That Started It All…

Hi I’m Amber Sewell-Green, plant-based dietitian and nutritionist based in Brisbane, Australia. I’ve dedicated my whole career to supporting people to thrive and reverse disease using personalised whole food plant-based nutrition for the body and mind.

I’ve been passionate about food since I was old enough to play and pick veggies from a garden! I spent my weekends as a teenager in awe of the wonders of natural medicine as I worked in the local health food store. In fact, my great great grandfather actually opened one of the first health food stores in Australia! One might say ‘ Green’ is in my genes!

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Many moons later, I’m a qualified accredited practicing dietitian (APD) and nutritionist who has had the honour of helping thousands of people reach their wellbeing goals through my work in private practice, medical and research centres and in group education. I have had the fortune to receive health and medical training in both Australia and Internationally, in developed and developing nations. So, I understand that we all have exposure to different environments, faced different barriers and had access to different levels of support.

Ultimately, it’s not a one size fits all approach.

Through my studies and training I have learnt the science behind food, anatomy and physiology, biochemistry, sociology, psychology, but most importantly, I’ve learnt how to critically evaluate and understand scientific literature.

Let me seperate fact from fiction for you! I’ve supported parents to raise children on nutritionally complete plant-based diets, helped couples optimise fertility and enabled clients to calm inflammation and reverse metabolic conditions.

Watching people go their cocktail off medications and find new lust for life is just incredible. Proving food can be your medicine.

Having received 1st Class Honours for my Thesis on Food Addiction in Family Dyads, I have always known that diet and nutrition alone was never the end of my career or quest for knowledge to heal others. It was just the tool for my medicine. I also realised just how big a role our mind and brain plays in our health. Out brain is the organ that can self-sabotage or achieve our goals with the slightest change in chemical and electrical signalling. If that wasn’t enough, our brain is intrinsically linked to our gut microflora through something called the enteric nervous system as well as hormones and nerves such as the vagus nerve that runs from our stomach to our head. We can this the gut-brain axis. So what we eat impacts our mindset, and our mindset impacts what we eat.

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This just seems to epic to ignore. So to evolve into the next stage of my journey, optimising the mind, I have recently completed additional Diplomas in Neuroscience and Psychology and at The University of Queensland, and am currently undertaking a PhD in diet to help treat (or at least optimise outcomes) for people living with Motor Neuron Disease.

So here we are, the seed that started The Green Mind…

Welcome, leave your shoes at the door and get comfy as I share with you the best and brightest evidence based nutrition, science and lifestyle hacks to optimise your mind and body.

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Looking for personalised advice and coaching along your health journey. You’re in the right place!

Below is my full range of services:

Who I Can Help

• Plant-Based Lifespan Nutrition

  infants from 4 months old, toddlers, children, teens, all stages of adulthood including mature age, as well as pregnancy and breastfeeding. All ranges of plant-based including dairy, wheat and egg allergies and intolerances

• Plant Based Nutrition: Active Lifestyles

  muscle gain, weight maintenance, improving stamina, training goals, rehabilitation

  As well as:

• Anti-Inflammatory Eating

  arthritis, lupus, weight related, viral or bacterial, psoriasis, immune support

• Bariatric Surgery: long term support

  pre and post surgery surgery recovery and adaptation to new eating habits, minimise surgery complications, as well as long term support to re-shape food habits, prevent weight regain and ensure surgery success, particularly in the first three years post-op.

• Bone Health

  general structural improvements, prevention and treatment of osteopenia and osteoporosis

• Body Vitality

  healthy hair, skin, nails

• Bowel Health:

  general digestion and bowel regularity, colon health and colon cancer, mild IBS, parasites such as H.Pylori and coeliac disease

• Brain Support:

  improving focus, energy levels, mood disorders

• Cancer Outcomes

  improve nutrition during, between and after treatment

• Food Relationships and Mind-Body Harmony:

  breaking cycle of binge/restriction, weight balancing from a mindful and intuitive eating perspective (while addressing underlying hormone imbalances, nutritional adequacy and psychology of food habits)

• Hormone Balancing:

  PCOS, endometriosis, thyroid disorders, fertility, re-balance your cycle, improve labido

• Metabolic Disorders

  insulin resistance, pre-diabetes, type 2 diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular disease including high cholesterol and blood pressure

• Methylation Issues and Genetic Nutrition Disorders

• Mindful and Intuitive Eating

  tools to become aware of your bodies innate wisdom, your unique and dynamic start and stop cues for eating, to eat in a way your body likes, to maintain a healthy body size effortlessly, to find joy and trust in eating for health and vitality

• Neurodegenerative Diseases of Ageing:

  Parkinson’s, dementia, multiple sclerosis, mild cognitive impairment

• Neurodivergence and Psychiatric Conditions:

  ADHD, autism spectrum disorder, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder

Please get in touch if these conditions are impacting you and you would like support to achieve your health and wellness goals today.

That’s all from me. I just want to close by saying a big welcome to The Green Mind Community. Exciting times ahead!

x Amber