Adv. Dip Nutrition, Adv. Dip Herbal Medicine
Anna-Maria Boelskov has worked as an international fashion model since 2000, when she left her home in Copenhagen, Denmark. She has lived in London, New York City, Paris and Milan and is now living in Sydney, Australia.
Nutrition has always been a fascination for Anna Maria, partly as a must due to the physical demands in the modelling industry to stay fit and healthy. She realised at an early age that she had to learn more about food and nutrition to really be able to keep up with the demands from the industry.
Anna-Maria started her studies in Sydney at Australasian College of Natural Therapies to embark on a life as a Naturopath, and now holds an Advanced Diploma of Nutritional and Herbal Medicine. She is a registered practitioner with ATMS.
As well as working at The Red Tent Anna Maria is the primary nutritionist consultant for Chadwick Models in Sydney.
Anna Maria gives talks on Stress management and anti-aging for larger business groups and teams and since becoming a mother of her baby daughter in 2011 she has started to do talks for mums with babies and workshops on healthy lunch boxes for kids.
Anna Maria is also a Certified yoga instructor. Since a young teenager yoga has been a big part of Anna Maria’s life, it has kept her fit, healthy, mentally focused and grounded. She started studying Iyengar yoga in Copenhagen and has since explored different styles of yoga. In 2007 Anna Maria took time out from her busy modelling life to deepen her study of Vinyasa yoga at Yoga Works in Manhattan, and became a certified yoga instructor that same year. She has been teaching yoga in Sydney ever since, at Elixr health clubs, Fitness First, V-Club and private lessons in the Eastern suburbs.
Nutrition and health is everything
‘After many years as an international model, I have come to realise the great impact a healthy lifestyle, wholesome and nutritious diet has. Not only to gain good looks, glowing skin and a “stay forever young” focus, but to ensure health on a cellular level as prevention of disease and ensure optimal wellbeing.
It took me till I started studying naturopathy to learn that those little nags and “normal” discomforts are not normal and can be avoided AND prevented with a change in lifestyle and diet.
My passion is to educate and empower people who are looking to change for a better lifestyle, embark on a healthy journey or just stay up to date on health and nutrition’
Testimonials
Dean:
Before seeing Anna-Maria I had been suffering for 15+ years (I’m 32) with a pretty fragile digestive system that meant I was often (fortnightly) very uncomfortable for 1-3 days with diarrhea and bloating, sometimes for seemingly no apparent reason. I’d had a range of tests done for food allergies and medical conditions (e.g. Crohn’s disease, Coeliac disease) but none indicated there was anything ‘wrong’. I was baffled by my digestion and what I could do fix it and I reluctantly avoided a wide range of foods or accepted the consequences that would follow if I indulged. In addition, I was loosely following doctor’s instructions regarding my protein intake following a 2008 kidney disease diagnosis, and I was also taking a variety of vitamin supplements (e.g. mutlivitamins, C, Zinc, B, Fish Oil) without knowing if they were necessary, worth the money, or actually having a positive effect.
I wasn’t sure what Anna-Maria could do to help, but I thought that a new opinion on my digestion, as well as a handful of recommendations for improving my general nutrition and health, was certainly worth a visit.
Treating my digestive symptoms was the first priority and after only 2 weeks on Anna-Maria’s recommended modified diet I was experiencing a remarkable improvement. I’ll admit that the diet wasn’t easy, but thankfully it was only ~5 weeks and my resulting “healed and sealed” gut is now more robust than I can ever remember! In the months that have since passed I haven’t been experiencing anything like the post-meal bloating and discomfort that had become ‘normal’, nor am I anxiously wondering if a meal or a handful of beers will send me to the bathroom with diarrhea over the next few days. Not only have Anna-Maria’s recommendations drastically improved my digestion and how freely I can enjoy a wider range of foods, but I’m now much more informed about the foods and nutrients I consume and in general I now make better food decisions for every meal of my day.
I’ve been really impressed by the breadth of issues that Anna-Maria has been able to help me with: we’ve solved the gut problem, we’ve reduced my stereotypical Aussie male aversion to fruit and veg with some of her truly tasty recipes, I’m more responsible with my kidney disease and I’ve also learned how to manage my sleep and stress to more effectively complement my nutrition. Anna-Maria has also improved my supplement intake by reducing the number of supplements I’m taking but making sure I get the best of what I need!
After a handful of sessions I feel like I have a wealth of knowledge that I can use to keep my nutrition on track for years to come – thank you Anna-Maria!
p.s. I recommended that my girlfriend see Anna-Maria too and I can happily say that she is just as impressed with her experience
Lisa Mains, Massage therapist. Eastern suburbs:
“Thanks again for your consults, you are fantastic! Your clients are very lucky to have found you!“
Business testimonial
“I engaged Anna Maria Boelskov for a presentation on nutrition to my staff of sixty persons. The talk was focused mainly on stress management and anti aging techniques.
With the knowledge my staff gained they found inspiration to improve not only on their health and fitness, but to cope better with their work schedule and manage their stress in a positive and effective manner.
I would highly recommend Anna Maria’s presentation on Nutrition and stress management as I know my team not only appreciated, but also benefitted greatly from it, and yours will too”
-Ivan Bresic, Director & Auctioneer. BresicWhitney Estate Agents.
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