Nutrition

Practical, evidence-based nutrition guidance to support recovery, energy, and everyday wellness, no fad diets, just food that works with your body.

5 Low-Impact Bodyweight Moves to Protect Your Muscle during Weight Loss

You don't need a gym membership, and you don't need to be sore for three days to protect your results. What you do need is consistent strength training, even in small doses. Here's why it matters so much right now. When you're in a calorie deficit, especially while using a GLP-1 medication, your body is at risk of pulling from muscle as well as fat if you're not giving it a reason to hold onto that muscle. Strength training is that reason. It tells your body this tissue is st

Hannah L.

Jul 293 min read

Functional Nutrition for Weight Loss: Why the Root Cause Matters More Than the Diet

Photo by Karen Laårk Boshoff Most weight loss advice treats every body the same. Eat this many calories, avoid this food group, follow this plan, and the results should follow. If you've tried that approach before and watched the weight come back, you already know something was missing. Functional nutrition for weight loss starts from a different question. Instead of asking what diet should I follow, it asks what is actually happening in this body that is making fat loss hard

Hannah L.

Jul 243 min read