About Us
At Ideal Nutrition, our dietitians support clients with a wide range of goals and needs.
From muscle gain or fat loss, optimising nutrition for athletes, managing chronic disease, to improving gut health. No matter your goals, our dietitians work with you to create an individualised nutrition plan to help you achieve them.
Along with supporting clients 1:1, we strive to create evidence-based nutrition content that is beneficial on a wider scale. We share this through Instagram, Blogs and our Podcast.
Our dietitians offer online consultations via Zoom, or face-to-face at various locations across Brisbane and the Gold Coast, including:
- Valhalla Strength (4/90 Northlink Place, Virginia, QLD)
- Science of Fitness (Burleigh, QLD)
- Performotion (Teneriffe, QLD)
- Inspire Health Services (West End and Albion, QLD)
Aidan Muir
Sports Dietitian
Meet Aidan, your Expert Evidence-Based Dietitian!
Since 2016, Aidan has been empowering clients to achieve their health and fitness goals with the latest evidence-based nutrition strategies. He’s passionate about creating structured, results-driven plans tailored to fit seamlessly into your lifestyle.
Here’s how Aidan can support you:
- Body Composition Goals – Muscle Gain & Fat Loss
- Sports Nutrition for Strength Sports
- Managing General Health Conditions
Aidan’s approach is all about delivering sustainable results, helping you reach your goals while ensuring your plan works with your everyday life. Whether you’re striving for peak performance, transforming your body, or enhancing your overall health, Aidan is here to guide you every step of the way.
Appointments available in person at Valhalla Strength (Virginia), or online via Zoom.
Imi Houlahan
Dietitian
Meet Imi, your Lifestyle Dietitian and Gut Health Expert!
Imi is an evidence‑driven dietitian who helps people elevate their health and performance through practical, personalised nutrition advice.
Imi is particularly skilled in working with complex gut health cases. In addition to this, Imi works with athletes and active individuals looking to take charge of their health, and often presents to groups on nutrition. This experience gives her a strong understanding of how to translate complex nutrition science into practical strategies for diverse goals, routines, and personal needs.
Here’s how Imi can support you:
- Gut health – including IBS, IBD, CSID, Coeliac disease and complex cases
- Sports and performance nutrition – team sports, strength, and active lifestyles
- Weight loss and body composition – fat loss, muscle gain & sustainable habits
- Chronic disease management
- General health, longevity, and disease prevention
- Women’s health – menopause, PCOS
- Presentations and workshops – e.g. schools, sports teams and corporate groups
Imi’s holistic and collaborative approach is designed for long‑term success. She passionately believes food should support your physical and mental wellbeing, align with your goals, and be something you genuinely enjoy!
Appointments available in person at Performotion (Teneriffe), Valhalla Strength (Virginia), or online via Zoom.
Keaan Van Venrooij
Sports Dietitian
Meet Keaan, your Lifestyle and Performance Sports Dietitian.
Knowing the impact nutrition can have on health, performance, and quality of life, Keaan is passionate about helping people achieve their goals. He empowers clients with the knowledge, skills, and confidence to make sustainable nutrition changes that fit their lifestyle – not just short-term fixes.
With lived experience in high-performance sport, Keaan understands the physical and cognitive demands placed on athletes, active individuals, and busy professionals alike. His approach is evidence-based, practical, and personalised, helping clients achieve measurable results while maintaining a healthy and positive relationship with food.
Keaan has a special interest in diabetes management, supporting people living with type 1, type 2 diabetes, and prediabetes. Whether you’re newly diagnosed, looking to improve blood glucose management, optimise performance while living with diabetes, or reduce your long-term health risks, Keaan provides practical strategies tailored to your goals and lifestyle. Keaan enjoys helping clients simplify diabetes management, improve confidence around food choices, and achieve your goals without unnecessary restriction.
Here’s how Keaan can help you:
- Sports nutrition – elite, recreational, and youth athletes
- Body composition goals – muscle gain, fat loss & performance-focused nutrition
- Diabetes management – type 1, type 2, gestational diabetes & prediabetes
- Chronic disease management – heart health, high cholesterol & metabolic health
- General health optimisation – habit building & sustainable nutrition
- Nutrition for cognitive performance
Appointments available in person at Science of Fitness Burleigh (Burleigh Heads), or online via Zoom.
Amy Gallery
Sports Dietitian
Meet Amy, your Performance and Wellbeing Dietitian!
Amy is passionate about helping individuals improve their health, performance, and relationship with food through practical, evidence-based nutrition strategies.
With a background in professional and competitive dance, as well as experience as a fitness instructor, Amy has a strong understanding of high-performance environments and the demands of training, recovery, and competition. This has shaped her interest in supporting dancers, athletes, and active individuals with strategies that enhance performance and support long-term health and wellbeing.
Amy also has a strong interest in gut health and IBS management, chronic disease management, and helping people build a healthier, more sustainable relationship with food.
Here’s how Amy can support you:
- Sports nutrition – including dancers & performing arts, endurance sports, running and HYROX
- Chronic disease management
- Gut health and IBS management
- Building a healthy relationship with food
- Nutrition for long-term health and wellbeing
Appointments available in person at Performotion (Teneriffe), Valhalla Strength (Virginia), or online via Zoom.
Lara Thornton
Dietitian
Meet Lara, your Running & Youth Athlete Dietitian!
Lara is passionate about helping young athletes, active individuals and everyday people fuel well to support both performance and long-term health. She has a particular interest in working with adolescents and endurance athletes, helping build strong nutrition habits to support growth, recovery, performance and a healthy relationship with food.
Here’s how Lara can help you:
- Youth Athlete and Adolescent Nutrition
- Sports Nutrition – endurance sports, running and marathon events
- Women’s Health Nutrition – including HA, RED-S, PCOS/PMOS, peri and post menopause
- Chronic Disease Management
- Optimising Performance, Recovery and Body Composition
Lara’s experience as a cross country coach gives her valuable firsthand experience supporting young athletes both on and off the field. Combined with her own lived experience as an endurance runner, Lara understands the pressures young athletes can face around performance, body image and under-fuelling. Professionally, Lara has experience working with both school-aged and adult athletes across a range of performance settings; alongside chronic disease management.
Lara believes nutrition does not need to be complicated or glamorous to be effective. Through her supportive and collaborative approach, Lara aims to empower her clients to fuel confidently, perform at their best and build a positive relationship with food.
Appointments available in person at Science of Fitness Burleigh (Burleigh Heads), or online via Zoom.
Maddy Bedding
Sports Dietitian
Meet Maddy, your Endurance Sport & Gut Health Dietitian.
Maddy has a passion for sports dietetics, with a particular focus on running and other endurance based sports. Alongside sports dietetics, she has strong interest in supporting individuals with gastrointestinal conditions, from IBS through to Coeliac disease.
Here’s how Maddy can support you:
- Sports dietetics – especially runners, endurance athletes and Ironman events
- Low Energy Availability (LEA), Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S) & Bone Ijury management
- Gastrointestinal disorders & gut health – especially Coeliac disease
- Improving relationships with food & disordered eating
Maddy is invested in helping her clients achieve their goals – whether that’s improving race performance through a well-executed nutrition plan, enhancing quality of life by reducing digestive symptoms, or working through unhelpful thoughts and beliefs around food to support day-to-day wellbeing. She provides evidence based nutrition education that is tailored, practical, and individualised to your personal circumstances.
Appointments available online via Zoom.
Anna Mckay-Lowndes
Dietitian
Meet Anna, your Systematic and Sustainable Dietitian!
Knowing how deeply nutrition impacts health and wellbeing, Anna takes a comprehensive approach to client care. She is passionate about empowering clients with practical and realistic strategies that fit into your lifestyle, because your nutrition should enhance your life, not take over it!
Anna specialises in working with women to optimise nutrition, whether for general health, relationship to food, sports performance, fertility and pregnancy, PCOS and endometriosis management, or menopause and healthy aging. Anna utilises nutrition to maximise health across the lifespan.
Anna’s areas of interest include:
- Women’s health: PCOS, Endometriosis, Fertility and Pregnancy, Menopause, Hypothalamic Amenorrhoea
- Body Composition: Fat Loss and Muscle Gain
- Fuelling for Physical and Cognitive Performance
- Chronic Disease Management
- Optimising Nutrition for Longevity
- Plant-based Nutrition: Vegan, Vegetarian & Flexible eating
Appointments available in person at Valhalla Strength (Virginia), or online via Zoom.
Josh Wernham
Dietitian
Meet Josh, your Expert in Nutrition, Fitness, and Performance!
Josh holds a Bachelor of Nutrition & Dietetics from Griffith University, complemented by fitness-related qualifications, making him your go-to for optimizing body composition and achieving peak sports performance.
Here’s how Josh can help you:
- Fat Loss & Muscle Growth
- Managing Chronic Health Conditions
- Tailored Sports Nutrition for Performance
- NDIS
Josh takes a holistic approach, understanding that every aspect of health plays a role in improving your quality of life. Whether you’re looking to enhance your wellbeing, crush your fitness goals, or fuel your athletic performance, Josh is here to guide you every step of the way.
Based in Brisbane, Josh offers both online and in-person consultations to support your health and performance goals with expert, practical advice.
Appointments available in person at Valhalla Strength (Virginia) or online via Zoom.
Bella Murdoch
Sports Dietitian
Here’s how Bella can help you:
- Sports Nutrition, particularly endurance sports (triathlon, cycling, running)
- Adolescents and young adult fuelling
- Female Athlete Nutrition (including HA, Low Energy Availability & REDS)
- Weight Management
- Optimising Body Composition
Appointments available online via Zoom.
Sophie Andrew
Sports Dietitian
Meet Sophie, your Supportive and Results-Driven Dietitian!
- Women’s Health (Hypothalamic Amenorrhoea, PCOS, Endometriosis, and Fertility)
- Sports Nutrition (Powerlifting, Combat, Team sports, Athletics and Endurance)
- Disordered Eating and Building a Positive Relationship with Food
- IBS and Gut Health Solutions
- Adolescents and young adults
- Chronic Disease Management
Appointments available in person at Valhalla Strength (Virginia), Inspire Health Services (West End), or online via Zoom.
Tyler Brooks
Dietitian
Meet Tyler, your High-Performance Sports Dietitian!
With a wealth of experience in team sports like the Brisbane Broncos and QLD Women’s Rugby 7s, as well as expertise across individual sports such as powerlifting, combat sports, track and endurance racing, and bodybuilding, Tyler knows what it takes to fuel elite performance.
Here’s how Tyler can help you:
- Fine-tuning nutrition to maximize performance
- Periodizing your diet for training and competition cycles
- Guiding acute weight cuts for powerlifting, boxing, and other weight-class sports
- Designing advanced supplementation strategies
- Optimizing body composition for muscle gain or fat loss
As a competitive powerlifter himself, Tyler combines cutting-edge research with real-world experience to create an effective, no-nonsense approach to help you smash your performance and body composition goals!
Appointments available in person at Valhalla Strength (Virginia), or online via Zoom.
Katelyn Bowden
Sports Dietitian
Meet Katelyn, your Dietitian for Elite Performance and Wellbeing!
Katelyn is a dietitian dedicated to helping elite athletes and high achievers unlock their full potential. Graduating with First Class Honours from the University of the Sunshine Coast, she combines academic excellence with a deep understanding of performance nutrition.
Here’s how Katelyn can help you:
- Fuelling Athletic Performance (Endurance Sports, Combat Sports, Weightlifting, Powerlifting, and Rowing)
- Managing RED-S and Bone Stress Injuries
- Navigating Eating Disorders and Disordered Eating
- Enhancing Corporate Performance and Wellbeing for Busy Professionals
- Longevity Nutrition, Disease Prevention and Health Optimisation
Katelyn’s approach focuses on the synergy between high achievement and optimal health. By crafting personalised nutrition plans, she ensures her clients achieve sustainable success, whether on the field, in the gym, or in the boardroom.
Appointments available in person at Valhalla Strength (Virginia), Inspire Health Services (Albion), or online via Zoom.
Courtney Brackenrig
Sports Dietitian
Meet Courtney, your expert in Sports Nutrition and Performance!
Courtney specialises in sports dietetics, working with professional and Olympic-level team and individual athletes to optimise performance through evidence-based nutrition strategies.
Here’s how Courtney can support you:
- Sports Nutrition for Team & Individual Athletes
- Body Composition (Fat Loss & Muscle Gain)
- Type 2 Diabetes Management
- Oncology Nutrition
Courtney has extensive experience in high-performance sport, having worked with teams including the ACT Brumbies, Queensland Firebirds, Gold Coast Suns, Brisbane Heat, and the Queensland Academy of Sport. Beginning her career in 2019 as a Strength & Conditioning Coach before transitioning into sports dietetics, she brings a unique, practical understanding of both training and nutrition.
Her approach is performance-focused, evidence-based, and tailored to the individual – helping you fuel effectively, recover optimally, and perform at your best.
Appointments available by request.