We are passionately committed to raising community awareness of the importance of natural foods and empowering people to make positive change in their dietary practices.
Natural Kitchen Strategies is about guiding people to nurture and nourish themselves and their children by helping families look at the important role of nutrition in their daily lives, to really consider the way they feed and nourish themselves and suggesting strategies for enormous benefits through simple change.
Here are some things to think about:
Wholesome natural foods are the only foods that nourish and sustain us and provide us with abundant health and vitality.
Children who are richly nourished become buoyantly healthy and have the ability to use all their being to their greatest potential.
Processed and manufactured foods, loaded with preservatives, chemical additives and inappropriate fats and sugars have a hugely detrimental effect on our and our children's bodies.
In Australia, childhood obesity is growing in epidemic proportions and is a serious concern for our children's health now and in the future.
As we are becoming more and more dependent on convenience foods and the incidence of cancer, heart disease, stroke, diabetes, osteoporosis and asthma is steadily rising, the relationship between diet and health is becoming increasingly more obvious.
Our children need simple, wholesome foods that allow for vigorous health and for us as parents to stand firm in the face of the junk food culture and accept responsibility for their health by making uncompromising choices in how we protect, provide for and nurture them.
WE CAN ALL LEARN TO HONOUR AND RESPECT OUR BODIES AND HAVE GREAT HEALTH AND VITALITY IF WE CHOOSE!!
Children's Food Educator
Jacqi Deighan, founder of Natural Kitchen Strategies,
has many years experience in working with young children and in the hospitality industry, particularly as a chef in the corporate sector.
She successfully ran her own catering business and has a Diploma of Applied Science in Hospitality Studies and an Associate Diploma in Child Care. Jacqi, a mother of three, and a passionate believer in the importance of natural foods, has spent many years researching children's health and experimenting with healthy cuisine, recipe conversion and ways to tempt children's jaded palates.
Jacqi Deighan, a member of Speaker Direct and Booked-Out Speakers, educates parents in the importance of providing a sustaining and nourishing lunch to children, what to avoid and why, and gives lots of simple lunchbox ideas that can nourish and sustain their child throughout the day.
Jacqi gives motivational presentations to a variety of groups such as mother & baby groups, school parent associations, community centres, clubs, Maternal & Child Health Centres, etc. She also gives personal consultations and empowering group talks in private homes.
Jacqi Deighan is a founding parent and member of the steering group of the Parent's Jury, a web-based network of parents who wish to improve the food and physical activity environments for children in Australia.
She has appeared on television, been interviewed on the radio and has been quoted many times in the press with her innovative ideas for children's health.
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NKS ~ PROFILE
has many years experience in working with young children and in the hospitality industry, particularly as a chef in the corporate sector.