Fat Loss
How Ultra-Processed "Junk" Foods Expand Your Waistline
Ultra-processed junk foods are designed to be over-eaten. They are high in fat, salt and sugar, and low in most essential nutrients. Best avoid.
Nutrition
What you put into your body shapes everything from energy, mood and sleep to your long-term health prospects and life-expectancy. We believe that the individual foods and nutrients you eat are more important than off-the-shelf diets, so this page offers proven advice on nutrition and how to build your own healthy eating habits that are sustainable and enjoyable.
Nutrition
Unplugging the Food Matrix for Nutrition and Human Health
Learn why the physical structure of food matters as much as the nutrients in it, and how the food matrix can be used to improve your health.
Nutrition
Health Benefits of Legumes: Just One Can a Week
Adding just one simple can of legumes a week to your weekly shop can transform your heart and gut health, your wallet, and the planet.
New Western Diet
Why Focusing on 'What to Eat' Beats 'What to Avoid'
We believe adding healthy foods generally beats strict diets. Learn how focusing on "what to eat" beats "what to avoid" for changing your diet.
Nutrition
The Health Benefits of Eating Oats for Breakfast
Oats are popular for a reason. In addition to being cheap, sustainable and hardy, they have several well-known health benefits.
Nutrition
Fuel for Muscle Growth: Calories, Protein & Macros
Calories, protein, fat and carbohydrates: the right amounts, at the right time, are needed from the right sources to optimise muscle growth.
Fat Loss
Does Eating Fat Make You Fat? Low-Fat Diets & Fat Loss
Low-fat diets are effective for fat loss. However, not all low-fat diets are healthy, and other (equally effective) options are available.
New Western Diet
Canola vs Olive Oil: Best Oil for the New Western Diet
Olive oil probably has stronger health data, but canola (or rapeseed) oil may be the smarter, more sustainable choice for Western countries.
Muscle
Creatine Supplements for Muscle Growth: Do They Work?
Creatine monohydrate supplementation can be used to increase exercise performance and muscle growth with minimal side effects.
New Western Diet
5 Ways to Fix the Western Diet
If you can add these five simple habits to your weekly routine, you can bring your diet close to the healthy Mediterranean-style diet.
Mediterranean Diet
Why the Mediterranean Diet is the Gold Standard for Health
The Mediterranean diet is nutrient-dense and minimally processed, and its lifestyle is high-quality, which is why it is the healthiest around.
Mediterranean Diet
The 7 Key Foods of the Mediterranean Diet
What exactly makes up a true Mediterranean diet? Read about the seven core foods that drive its health benefits.