The damaging psychology behind the latest health fad.
www.precisionnutrition.com/clean-eating-bad-for-you
Clean eating is just the latest in a very long line of crazy ways to moralize the food we eat. Here’s how to stop the madness.
The lifestyle advice that helps our clients (and can help you, too).
www.precisionnutrition.com/natural-treatments-for-common-medical-problems
Wondering about natural treatments for high cholesterol? Blood pressure? Diabetes? Autoimmune disease? Thyroid? Lots of clients come to us after being diagnosed with something new (and scary). We help them eat, exercise, and supplement to turn things around.
Vegetarianism comes with baggage. This guide doesn't.
www.precisionnutrition.com/becoming-a-vegetarian-without-giving-up-meat
Becoming a vegetarian can make you healthier and leaner, but for most people the term brings to mind anemic zealots, astronomical Whole Foods bills, and a weepy goodbye to bacon. Here’s how to get the benefits of plant-based eating without all the crazy (and, yes, without giving up meat).
3 ways to get your eating on track.
www.precisionnutrition.com/fix-a-broken-diet
In this article we’ll share the 3 main strategies we use to help fix clients’ “broken diets” and get them on track when it comes to eating right. We’ll also share how we troubleshoot eating plans when they’ve “just stopped working” and clients don’t know what else to try. And, finally, we’ll show you how to use these powerful and purposeful strategies to improve your own eating. Or to help others do the same.
Helping children get off to a good start.
www.precisionnutrition.com/all-about-nutrition-for-kids
What does healthy nutrition for kids look like? In this article we discuss how childhood shapes brain development, metabolism, and overall health. And how to give our children a great start.
The best nutrition from birth to year one.
www.precisionnutrition.com/all-about-infant-nutrition
New parents are subjected to all kinds of contradictory advice about infant nutrition. But with a few simple guidelines – and some advice from PN parents – you can be sure that you are getting your infant off to the healthiest start.
Precision Nutrition's eating guidelines for clients.
www.precisionnutrition.com/pn-my-plate
A few months back, the USDA shook things up in the nutrition world, ditching the iconic – and hotly debated – Food Pyramid in favor of a new design. In this article, we talk about the USDA’s new food recommendations, discuss whether they’re any good, and offer some suggestions and improvements based on our experience in helping folks improve their nutrition.
www.precisionnutrition.com/healthy-junk-food-quiz
You only eat healthy, organic junk food, right? Good. Me too. But wait a minute. Is this healthy, organic junk food really better for us?
www.precisionnutrition.com/where-we-all-go-wrong
Whether you’re Paleo or vegan, raw foodie or ovo-lacto-pesco-pollo-flexo-whatever, here’s where you all go wrong with your nutrition.
www.precisionnutrition.com/all-about-meat
From Old McDonald’s farm to McDonald’s, meat’s come a long way, and not always for the better. All about meat, how it affects your health, and how to choose a more ethical steak.
www.precisionnutrition.com/why-im-lean
Are vegetarians too skinny? Is there something to be said for this level of leanness? Are vegetarians just wasting away due to their food choices, on a collision course with anorexia and eventual death? Or is their leanness all part of some other plan?
www.precisionnutrition.com/all-about-healthy-fats
All fats are not created equal. Why fat is important for optimal health and functioning. Believe it or not, eating fat can keep you lean.
www.precisionnutrition.com/pam-boteler-interview
Pam Boteler is a sprint canoeist and raw vegan advocate. Here, Pam talks about her diet, her champion mindset, and how nutrition fuels her world-class performance.
www.precisionnutrition.com/pbe-qna-jb
A healthy plant-based eater needs a better nutrition strategy than just “no meat”. Moving from an omnivorous meal plan to a vegetarian one requires a big lifestyle change. You need an intervention from someone who knows what the heck they’re doing. Luckily, JB is one such someone.
www.precisionnutrition.com/all-about-raw-food
Early anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss proposed that the difference beween “nature” and “culture” was akin to “raw” and “cooked” — cooked food symbolizes human creation, civilization, and technology. But is cooked food always ‘progress’? Is ‘raw’ food, in fact, what we were meant to eat?
Understanding nutrition's most controversial molecule.
www.precisionnutrition.com/all-about-cholesterol
It’s often made out to be the bad guy in today’s medical world. But cholesterol is an important molecule in the body. With the right diet and exercise program, you can put the power of cholesterol to work for you. No appointments to see your doc required.
www.precisionnutrition.com/all-about-diet-sodas
Diet soda is a no brainer. We drink it to avoid the sugar calories from regular soda, right? But do the benefits of consuming fewer sugar calories outweigh the risks of consuming artificial ingredients?
Good for us or disease waiting to happen?
www.precisionnutrition.com/meat-and-health
This week, I wanted to discuss something that’s come up quite a lot over the last few weeks. The question of whether eating meat is actually good for us — or whether it’s disease waiting to happen.