I am Dr Anastasiia Nikitina, a General Practitioner with over 16 years of medical experience and 9 years practising in Australia. After many years in medicine, I discovered a deeper passion: not only treating disease, but helping people build health. That path led me to Lifestyle Medicine.

Lifestyle Medicine is an evidence-based approach that focuses on the root causes of poor health and uses practical tools to improve wellbeing, prevent chronic disease, and support healthy ageing. My consultations assess the six pillars of health:

• Nutrition
• Physical activity
• Sleep
• Stress management
• Healthy relationships / social connection
• Avoidance of harmful substances

I also place strong emphasis on habits and behaviours — because lasting health is often created through small daily actions. I call this philosophy Skills Beyond Pills: helping patients learn the practical skills needed to live healthier, stronger, longer lives.

Special Interest: Women’s Midlife Health

I have a particular passion for helping women aged 40 to 60, a life stage where many women feel under-informed and unsupported while their health can rapidly change. I focus on supporting women through perimenopause, menopause, body composition changes, declining energy, metabolic health, and healthy ageing.

I often use:

• biomarker assessment
• body composition analysis
• lifestyle reviews
• personalised coaching strategies

My goal is to help women age with power — maintaining strength, mental clarity, confidence, independence, and the ability to fully enjoy life.

Practicing What I Teach

I strongly believe in living the principles I recommend. I exercise regularly, enjoy gym training, interval training, bushwalking, ocean swimming, nature exposure, and prioritizing meaningful relationships. I have extensive knowledge on what exercise to choose for better health outcome; I make exercise prescriptions to my patients on daily basis.

I am also passionate about food as medicine. I make sourdough, sauerkraut, kimchi, kombucha, and enjoy teaching the importance of gut health, colorful whole foods, and the gut-brain connection.

Community & Nature

I founded the Burnie Sunrise Ocean Swim Group in Tasmania, which has grown to more than 400 members online. What began as a simple swim group became something much more: connection, courage, nature, friendship, and community wellbeing. This group is now formed a bushwalking adventure on regular basis.

My Story

I was born in a remote village in Russia and graduated in medicine in 2009. I practiced across multiple medical settings before making the life-changing journey to Australia, where I rebuilt my career and became a GP. That journey taught me resilience, adaptability, and gratitude.

I hold accreditation in Lifestyle Medicine and continue to study emerging science in healthy ageing, women’s health, and disease prevention.

My Mission

I want to help patients not simply live longer — but live better.

To stay strong.

To think clearly.

To enjoy relationships.

To travel.

To move freely.

To wake each day with energy and purpose.

That is what I want for myself, and that is what I want for my patients too.

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Graduated 2009 in Russia

Migrated to Australia in 2017

FRACGP 2021

Accredited in Lifestyle medicine in 2025

Numerous conferences, webinars and corses in women's health, recent conference in women's health with American professors on cruise ship (3.5 day, 20 hours of various educational activities)