Optimal Essentials / Phil Sheldon

Philip Sheldon is an award winning Health & Fitness Motivator, Radio and Television personality whom has lectured in Australia and the United States. He is a Health & Fitness Guru with a difference, telling us, teaching us and informing us using his own unique blend of facts, research data, humour and personal anecdotes. You are assured he is someone to be listened to, he will command your attention.

Philip was awarded the prestigious ‘MBF Health and Wellbeing Award’ for the best Radio report (Metropolitan) for his weekly ‘Bodytalk’ program.

As well as holding a Masters Degree in Human Nutrition, Philip has studied extensively in Herbal Medicine and Nutritional Medicine, with a Graduate Diploma in Integrative, Nutritional and Environmental Medicine, and is currently studying for a PhD in Public Health.  Qualified and accredited in Naturopathy, Sports Conditioning, Fitness Testing, Fitness Instruction, Aerobics, Sports Training, Sports Injury and is a SA & NSW Accredited Community Fitness Leader. Philip was also behind the formation of the TAFE fitness leader courses and lectured for TAFE on these courses in Industry Issues and Business Management. Philip is also a Member of the Australian Sports Medicine Federation and a member of the Australian Sports Trainers Association, and a past President of the Fitness Industry Association.

He was also asked to be a member on the Council for the IHRSA, Institute on Exercise and Health based in Boston, USA. This worldwide organization is dedicated to communicating the health benefits of regular exercise by evaluating every piece of important research.

Having worked as a Painter and House decorator, apprentice plumber and plasterer, rent collector and chauffeur to VIP’s in the entertainment and corporate industries. Philip has a practical understanding of life as well as a love of knowledge from Science to History and world events. Having run a number of successful businesses there is also an empathy with practical day to day issues. Happily married for the last 27 years with 3 children, Philip loves cooking and has had plenty of practice. There is nothing he enjoys more than a good meal with family and friends and a good natter as well.

He asks “ Why do we seem to spend the first 60 years of our lives giving up our health in the pursuit of wealth, and then spend the remainder of our lives using up our wealth trying to buy back our health?”

Philip is a Motivational Speaker and Radio Presenter who passionately believes that you have to care about your body and your mind.

There is so much research coming out everyday, but the reports are typically published in technical language not easily accessible to the lay person. Philip is able to get his message across for all to understand, and what’s more he makes it fun!

As Philip says “The human body is so marvelous, yet we seem to treat it so badly.”

So why have I become involved in the promotion and selling of a nutritional product? It is quite simple really, over the last few years I have been formulating and experimenting with my own nutritional phyto food combinations, as well as herbal medicine. After evolving these formulas from the feedback of my patients and literally prescribing to hundreds of people my products I decided after constant requests from the general public and more often family and friends of my patients, could they too buy my powders?

So it is with this demand in mind I decided to commercially market for general use my range of nutritional phyto food combinations.

I again must express another part of my personal philosophy, at that is supplementation in any form is not a substitute for a good, sensible, balanced diet. As a nutritionist, this is the corner stone of my belief. But, I also believe that so many of us cut corners with our nutrition, even those of us with the best intentions to lead a healthy lifestyle. That's where my products come in - to add to, to supplement, to be part of a healthy lifestyle.

Phil has recently gained his Masters Degree in Human Nutrition from Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia and is currently studying for his Doctorate in Public Health becoming Australia's own "Dr Phil".

The key objectives of Optimal Essentials are:

• To increase levels of awareness, in regard to good health and well being ie. “Wellness”.

• To invite you to improve your health and quality of life, by perceiving Optimal Essentials health information and product, as an extension to your own lifestyle.

• To produce high quality Nutritional Medicine products specifically developed / formulated, to assist your physical and mental well being in today’s ever changing and challenging world.

Yours in health
Philip Sheldon MSc