With recent public and media focus on digestive – or gut – health, it is timely to highlight the strong connection between plant-based nutrition, healthy lifestyle practices and the maintenance of an optimal digestive system. What we put into our bodies and how we care for them directly affects gastrointestinal health and by extension, whole-body wellbeing.
Emerging research emphasises the role nutrition and lifestyle has on gut barrier integrity in preventing systemic disease.
From Friday 17 to Sunday 19 October 2025, at the Maleny Showground Pavilion, the Maleny Seventh Day Adventist church will host eight sessions presented by four health professionals including Australia’s renowned health experts Dr Anthony Espinet, Dr Kathryn Jackson and Daniel De Bruyn.
These sessions will explore how gut health influences the mind, cardiovascular system, pancreas and immune function. They will also show how dietary and lifestyle choices can prevent, halt and in many cases even reverse chronic diseases that currently burden our healthcare system and drive escalating national health costs.
Seminar organiser, Margaret Owens (pictured), said “As a community, we need to take greater responsibility for our own health rather than relying on our public healthcare system.”
After all, no one can take better care of your health than you,” said Dr Hans Diehl, founder of the Complete Health Improvement Program.
Seven sessions are free. The eighth and final session features a plant-based cooking demonstration and a three-course tasting menu, inspired by international flavours. The cost is $25.
Bookings are essential for catering purposes. Please book via the QR code or phone Janine on 0428 425 546.
