Ever wished someone would create a single score to measure quality, ensure you are getting the essential nutrients you need (rather than just avoiding “bad foods”) and help you manage satiety, so you don’t need to worry so much about food quantity? I give you the Optimal Nutrient Score! Overview This article defines how we […]
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While the Dietary Reference Intakes define the minimum amount of nutrients to prevent acute diseases due to the deficiency of essential nutrients, you’re probably more interested in the nutrient intakes that will maximise your health. This article summarises the Optimal Nutrient Intakes (ONIs) that you can use as a stretch target to optimise your health. […]
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While many people are familiar with vitamins and minerals, most of us don’t give much thought to the individual amino acids that make up protein. Following on from the analysis of the essential vitamins, minerals and fatty acids, this article looks at our satiety response to the individual amino acids to determine optimal stretch targets […]
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The dietary supplement industry is worth $125 billion per year and is set to reach a massive $210 billion by 2026. Vitamins are big business, marketing to the hopes and dreams of people who want to improve their health, lose weight and compensate for a poor diet. But which (if any) of these vitamins actually […]
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Obtaining adequate minerals is a big reason that you crave food. Your body requires the essential micronutrients to function and sends you in search of more food until you get enough. If you have none of the essential minerals, you will die. According to Dr Bruce Ames’, if you only have a little of these […]
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“Good fats vs “bad fats”? Which ones do you need more of? Which ones will drive you to eat more and end up on your belly and bum? It seems we have a strong craving for cholesterol and omega 3. We struggle to get enough of these in our modern diet. Once we get enough […]
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Welcome to the second part of our series looking at the key factors that influence satiety and how the type of food you eat will affect how much you eat. Following on from our first article on protein, this article looks at the satiety effect of fibre, carbs, fat, sugar, energy density, alcohol and water. […]
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The percentage of protein in your diet is highly correlated with how much food you will consume. It’s not merely a matter of eating more protein, but rather, reducing energy from fat and non-fibre carbohydrates. This will lead to an increased percentage of energy from protein. We instinctively gravitate to foods that are highly processed. These […]
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We have been thrilled to see how the theory and analysis detailed on Optimising Nutrition work in practice in our challenges so far. People felt satiated, energised, lost weight and saw their blood sugars stabilise when they started to incorporate more optimal foods and meals tailored to suit their goals. Check out the following articles […]
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It’s great to see Dr Paul Saladino MD thriving on a nutrient-dense nose-to-tail carnivorous diet. I’m really excited that Paul is talking about the importance of nutrient density in a carnivorous context. Paul is “on a quest to find the human user manual”, which is something I can identify with. There are plenty of benefits […]
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