Gold Coast Nutritionist
Karin Schwindack
Meet Karin
Clinical Nutritionist and
Nutritional Therapist
BSc Nut Med | Currently undertaking postgraduate studies in counselling
Gold Coast
I am a Clinical Nutritionist and Nutritional Therapist based on the Gold Coast, with over 20 years' experience in nutrition and healthcare.
I help everyday people and active individuals feel their best through practical, tailored nutrition strategies that fit real life.
What sets my approach apart is this: I understand that knowing what to eat and actually doing it are two very different things. Habits, history, all-or-nothing thinking, busy lives - these are what get in the way for most people.
Alongside my clinical nutrition work, I have a deep personal interest in the mindset and habit side of change - informed by years of endurance sport and complemented by postgraduate studies in counselling that continue to broaden how I think and work with clients.
You come to me for nutrition support - what you also get is an approach that takes seriously everything that makes change hard - and helps you build something that lasts.
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How I can help
I provide personalised evidence-based nutrition guidance across a range of health needs, with particular experience in:
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Women’s Health - personalised nutrition support across every stage of a woman's life. Whether you are navigating hormonal changes, approaching or moving through menopause, managing PMS, or focusing on healthy ageing - I help you understand what your body needs and build an eating approach that supports how you feel, now and long-term.
· Hormonal health and balance
· Perimenopause and menopause nutrition
· PMS and cycle-related symptoms
· Bone and muscle health
· Mid-life weight changes and body composition
· Healthy ageing and long-term wellbeing
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Gut & Digestive Health - evidence-based support for digestive symptoms and gut health concerns. Whether you have a diagnosis or are simply struggling with ongoing discomfort, I help you identify what is contributing to your symptoms and build a practical, sustainable approach to feeling better.
· IBS and functional gut symptoms, including bloating, abdominal pain and digestive discomfort
· Low FODMAP Diet (postgraduate training through Monash University)
· Food intolerances and elimination approaches
· Restoring gut health and dietary variety long-term
· Fructose malabsorption and intolerance
· Gut training and race day nutrition strategies
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Nutrition for Active Lives - practical nutrition for sport, everyday movement and active lifestyles. Whether you are training for an event, staying active through work and daily life, enjoying outdoor adventures, or simply moving your body regularly - I help with fuelling, energy, recovery and building eating habits that support the way you live.
· Sport and training nutrition
· Fuelling for everyday movement and active lifestyles
· Outdoor adventures and recreation
· Energy and recovery
· Practical strategies for busy, active people
• Healthy Habits - the nutrition knowledge is the foundation. Alongside the clinical nutrition work, I bring a practical focus on the habits, patterns and thinking that shape how you eat day to day, because sustainable change is built on strategy and consistency, not only willpower.
· Realistic goal setting
· Breaking the all-or-nothing cycle
· Building consistency when motivation runs out
· Practical strategies for habits that hold up in real life
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I help you with tailored, real-life nutrition solutions that fit your lifestyle - at home, work, or on the go.
Questions?
Eat Well
Live Well
Fuel For Life In Motion
About Karin
I grew up in Austria and have lived in Germany, South Africa, Namibia and the UK before calling the Gold Coast home. That breadth of experience across cultures, food systems and ways of living shaped my belief that there is no single right way to eat.
What works is what fits your life, your preferences and where you are right now. My job is to help you find that - practically, sustainably and without judgement.
Appointments
Available in-person in Varsity Lakes or via telehealth Australia-wide - no issue is too small.
Deutsch Willkommen
Fluent in German and English - bilingual nutrition support available. 🇦🇹🇩🇪
REALISTIC · FLEXIBLE · SUPPORTIVE
Endurance Athlete & Nutritionist: My Active Life
My background in endurance sport - triathlon and running - deeply informs how I work with active clients.
In endurance sport, you learn quickly that motivation matters - but so do strategy, consistency and the ability to keep going when things get hard. You learn to adjust your pacing, not abandon the race. I bring that same long-game thinking to nutrition and habit change - because the same principles that get someone through a triathlon are the ones that make healthy habits stick.
I work with clients at every fitness level. Strength and wellbeing come in many forms, and movement should feel comfortable and achievable - whatever that looks like alongside work, family and everything else that fills your days.
