by Emilie Ayton, Founder Plant Power | Mar 29, 2026 | article, Natural Nutrition
Between categories 🍅🥒🎃🫑🌶️ Some foods sit quietly between categories: vegetable fruits are one of them. Tomatoes. Cucumbers. Courgettes. Aubergines. Peppers. Squash. Pumpkin. Botanically, they are fruits. Nutritionally, they behave like vegetables, and they bring...
by Ralph Teller, Mountaineer, Ironman Triathlete | Mar 24, 2026 | article, Natural Nutrition
Nutrient Profiling System☀️ A Nutrient Profiling System (NPS) has been developed and tested using the Nutritional Value Score (NVS)—a novel NPS based on priority nutrients and dietary factors predictive of noncommunicable disease risk—to better identify foods with...
by Ralph Teller, Mountaineer, Ironman Triathlete | Feb 28, 2026 | article, Natural Nutrition
Numerous factors impact nutrient bioavailability☀️ Nutrient bioavailability is defined as the measure of the total amount of nutrients in a given food that can be digested, absorbed, metabolized, and stored in the body, A recent study, co-authored by Ty Beal, PhD,...
by Ralph Teller, Mountaineer, Ironman Triathlete | Feb 9, 2026 | article, Natural Nutrition
Examining Alt-ASFs health benefits☀️ Animal source foods (ASFs), including meat, eggs, fish, and dairy products, provide unique nutritional properties and contribute to healthy diets worldwide. Yet, for a variety of reasons, the dietary landscape has moved somewhat...
by Carlene Starck, PhD - Metabolic Nutrition Scientist | Jan 23, 2026 | article, Natural Nutrition
Protein and amino acid composition and digestibility Protein quality isn’t just about the protein.Current protein quality measures are based on amino acid composition and digestibility, and they have taken us a long way. They’ve been an important step forward and...
by Ralph Teller, Mountaineer, Ironman Triathlete | Jan 15, 2026 | article, Natural Nutrition
Whole nutrient based natural foods The USDA has recently published the 2025 – 2030 Recommended Dietary Guidelines which changes the focus to emphasize the importance of eating whole nutrient-dense based natural foods as protein, dairy, vegetables, fruits,...
