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Welcome to Nutrition is Health—the platform that questions everything you think you know about diet
You’ve been told for years that nutrition is simple: eat this, not that, and voilà—instant health. But let’s be honest, if it were that straightforward, kale smoothies wouldn’t still be battling bacon cheeseburgers for dietary dominance
Here, we believe that understanding nutrition is more than just following a food pyramid someone drew up decades ago—probably while snacking on donuts. Our mission? To arm you with evidence-based information and a healthy dose of skepticism, so you can sift through the nonsense and make informed decisions about your health
We’ll dig into the research, poke holes in outdated advice, and yes, probably roll our eyes at some of the latest wellness trends. So, if you’re ready to challenge the status quo, laugh at the absurdity of diet culture, and, oh yeah, actually learn something, you’re in the right place
Because nutrition isn’t just about food—it’s about waking up to the reality that ‘balanced diet’ might be the world’s oldest inside joke
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Mullein leaf has become a familiar presence in wellness spaces that orbit respiratory health. It appears in teas, tinctures, capsules, and increasingly in products promising to “support the lungs,” “clear mucus,” or “detox the airways.” While its rise has been steady rather than explosive, it is persistent enough to feel meaningful. As with many herbal
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Beef tallow is back.Not quietly, either. After spending decades in nutritional exile—cast as a villain of heart disease and dietary excess—it has returned rebranded as a symbol of ancestral wisdom. On social media and in certain corners of the nutrition world, beef tallow is now framed as forgotten but superior: a traditional fat unfairly replaced
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In the modern wellness economy, nothing sells quite like the idea of precision fat loss.Not dieting, not exercise, and certainly not consistency. Just a molecule — injected, targeted, and allegedly smarter than your biology. Enter AOD 9604, a peptide often described as “the fat-burning part of human growth hormone, without the side effects.”A sentence so
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Every few years, the internet “discovers” a food that has been eaten quietly, competently, and without hashtags for centuries. This year, it’s labneh. Scroll long enough and you’ll see it described as: Which raises the obvious question: What is labneh—really? And the more important follow-up:Why did a very old, very ordinary food suddenly need a
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If you believe the supplement industry, the smallest creatures in the ocean are apparently responsible for some of the biggest health breakthroughs of our time. Meet Antarctic krill — tiny, shrimp-like crustaceans now starring in glossy capsules that promise superior omega-3 absorption, reduced inflammation, better heart health, improved brain function, and a cleaner conscience thanks
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In the modern protein powder landscape, louder always seems to win. Whey shouts about muscle growth.Pea protein brags about sustainability.Soy protein insists it solved plant-based nutrition decades ago. And then there’s pumpkin seed protein — sitting quietly on the shelf, not promising to transform your body, cure inflammation, or unlock hidden gains. No influencers screaming
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If the modern wellness world has taught us anything, it’s that “health” can be reduced to whatever fits neatly into a mason jar.This week’s candidate? Yogurt with L reuteri — the probiotic ferment that social media has quietly elevated from “interesting bacteria” to “gateway to inner peace, glowing skin, emotional stability, and possibly spiritual transcendence.”
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Spoiler: You’re not a houseplant. Chlorophyll is having a moment — again. Every couple of years, wellness influencers rediscover it, rebrand it, and pretend they’ve unearthed a secret that plants have been quietly using for 500 million years. This time, it’s back in capsule dropper bottles, trending as “liquid green health” and marketed as the
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Designed for blood pressure, borrowed for the scale The DASH diet was never meant to make you slim. It was designed to keep your blood pressure from launching you into early retirement. Developed by the National Institutes of Health in the 1990s, the DASH diet — short for Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension — was
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Move over collagen and peptides — skincare has entered the cellular chat. The wellness industry has a new buzzword — exosomes — and apparently, your skin is listening. Exosome skincare is being hailed as the next big leap in beauty science, promising to “reprogram” your cells, rejuvenate collagen, and basically make aging optional. Serums infused