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I am not an influencer. Not a dietary dogma advocate. I am terrible at click-bait headlines. I am just a geek (who works as a Nutritionist) who enjoys reading and writing about nutrition and lifestyle medicine)
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Gut Microbiome Testing. What Value? Be Wary
Direct to consumer gut microbiome testing is heavily promoted, with many benefits suggested, but what value beyond entertainment does it actually provide?
Apr 92 min read
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Peakspan vs Healthspan vs Lifespan
Peakspan vs Healthspan vs Lifespan. What is Peakspan, and why might it be the best quality of life metric to focus upon?
Apr 92 min read
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Omega 3 Status - Testing & Fixing
Omega 3 Status is highly meaningful to health, is often low, and easily tested and improved. Do you know your Omega 3 Index?
Apr 92 min read
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What is the Minimum Effective Exercise for More Muscle?
What is the Minimum Effective Exercise for More Muscle? For many time-constrained working adults, parents, people with caring responsibilities, the minimum dose may be exactly the best fit.
Mar 152 min read
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ReHIT Exercise for VO2 Max - Minimum Effective Dose
ReHIT Exercise for VO2 Max is a well researched, validated approach representing the minimum effective dose of training for meaningful improvement outcomes.
Mar 152 min read
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Fibre Layering vs Fibremaxxing
Fibremaxxing vs Fibre Layering, why the latter is a new term for a solidly science-backed way to improve your dietary quality and health outcomes
Feb 222 min read
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Fibremaxxing? Go Slowly for Best Results
Fibremaxxing may be a genuinely health positive social media phenomenon, yet for best results when increasing dietary fibre, go *slowly*
Feb 222 min read
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AI Diet Tracking, is it ready yet?
AI diet tracking, can it make it easy? Which of ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini perform best? This January 2026 study provides some solid answers.
Jan 202 min read
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Bend App for Mobility & Flexibility
Balance, mobility & stability exercise might be the most valuable type that you are not doing regularly.
Jan 202 min read
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2026 US Dietary Guidelines. Is there hope?
How much better are the 2026 US Dietary Guidelines for Americans? Might they be amongst the best in the world?
Jan 132 min read
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Weight Regain following Weight Loss Meds
Weight regain following weight loss meds cessation may be up to 20x more rapid than following other methods of weight loss
Jan 132 min read
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Dry January Guide 2026
Helpful Dry January Guide, focused on making it doable, enjoyable and sustainable, including reflection on the purposes of alcohol and the alternatives that fulfil similar purposes.
Jan 51 min read
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Magnesium Optimises Vitamin D Status
Magnesium optimises Vitamin D status, increasing it when low, moderate it when high, and it does this via your gut bacteria.
Jan 22 min read
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Diet Quality vs Diet Label: Why How You Eat Matters More Than What You Call It
Plant-based is not a panacea. Plant-based diets high in ultra-processed foods (UPF) appear to raise cardiovascular disease risk, not lower it.
Dec 20, 20252 min read
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Can Vitamin D and Omega-3 Slow Biological Aging? New Clinical Evidence
Vitamin D and Omega-3 may help slow your rate of biological aging according to two large scale human randomised controlled trials published in 2025.
Dec 20, 20252 min read
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Is Vigorous Activity 100x more beneficial than Light Activity?
Vigorous activity is potentially 100x more beneficial than light activity on a per minute basis for reducing the risk of diabetes, cardiovascular disease and all cause mortality
Dec 15, 20252 min read
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Make Kimchi > Buy a Kimchi Fridge > Enjoy Kimchi Health Benefits
Does kimchi have health benefits? Yes, simply yes. You should eat it. However, you may not love the aroma . . .
Dec 5, 20252 min read
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Micronutrients Goldilocks Zone, Part Two
Your optimal intake of micronutrients, vitamins, minerals, fatty acids and amino acids is highly personal. How can you progress towards it?
Dec 5, 20252 min read
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Your Micronutrients Goldilocks Zone
Too much and too little are both bad, for different reasons. Ideally, aim for the goldilocks zone of micronutrient intake.
Dec 5, 20252 min read
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UK Pesticides Dirty Dozen 2025
The Pesticide Action Network 2025 Dirty Dozen high pesticides food list highlights the fruits & vegetables worth sourcing organic, local or regenerative, and washing thoroughly prior to eating.
Dec 5, 20252 min read
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