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Welcome to Nutrition is Healthâthe platform that questions everything you think you know about diet
Youâve been told for years that nutrition is simple: eat this, not that, and voilĂ âinstant health. But letâs be honest, if it were that straightforward, kale smoothies wouldnât 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 agoâprobably 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
Weâll dig into the research, poke holes in outdated advice, and yes, probably roll our eyes at some of the latest wellness trends. So, if youâre ready to challenge the status quo, laugh at the absurdity of diet culture, and, oh yeah, actually learn something, youâre in the right place
Because nutrition isnât just about foodâitâs about waking up to the reality that âbalanced dietâ might be the worldâs oldest inside joke
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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 thereâs pumpkin seed protein â 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, itâs that âhealthâ can be reduced to whatever fits neatly into a mason jar.This weekâs candidate? Yogurt with L reuteri â the probiotic ferment that social media has quietly elevated from âinteresting bacteriaâ to âgateway to inner peace, glowing skin, emotional stability, and possibly spiritual transcendence.â
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Spoiler: Youâre not a houseplant. Chlorophyll is having a moment â again. Every couple of years, wellness influencers rediscover it, rebrand it, and pretend theyâve unearthed a secret that plants have been quietly using for 500 million years. This time, itâs back in capsule dropper bottles, trending as âliquid green healthâ 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 â short for Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension â was
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Move over collagen and peptides â skincare has entered the cellular chat. The wellness industry has a new buzzword â exosomes â and apparently, your skin is listening. Exosome skincare is being hailed as the next big leap in beauty science, promising to âreprogramâ your cells, rejuvenate collagen, and basically make aging optional. Serums infused
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Because nothing says âwellnessâ like setting your gut on fire. The Drop Heard Around the Internet If youâve spent more than five minutes scrolling through wellness TikTok or Instagram, youâve probably seen them: cayenne pepper drops â tiny tinctures promising to boost metabolism, detox your system, and âignite inner fat-burning fire.â Apparently, the secret to
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The Generation That Wasnât Supposed to Age They were the first generation to have the internet, superfoods, fitness trackers, and mindfulness apps all at once â the perfect recipe for eternal youth. This was the cohort that replaced cigarettes with smoothies, gyms with boutique studios, and dinner with supplements. Aging, in theory, would be optional.
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When your coffee needs therapy. Caffeine is the worldâs favorite drug. We use it to wake up, think faster, do more, and pretend weâre not tired. But it comes with baggage â the jitters, the anxiety, the post-latte crash that leaves you wondering why productivity feels so much like panic. Enter L-theanine, the amino acid
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Spoiler: Itâs more science than sorcery â and still just oil. The âNew Olive Oil,â Apparently Every few years, a new oil arrives promising to save your heart, your diet, and occasionally, the planet. Weâve had olive oil (the Mediterranean miracle), coconut oil (the tropical multitasker), avocado oil (the Instagram darling), and now â algae
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From nose-to-tail to capsules: ancestral eating, the modern way. There was a time when eating organ meats wasnât a wellness trend â it was survival. Our grandparents and great-grandparents ate liver, heart, kidneys, and other âodd bitsâ not because they were chasing ancestral vibes, but because wasting food wasnât an option. Then industrial meat production