Natural Nutrition

Nine Essential Amino Acids ☀️ Proteins, the building blocks of life, are large molecules made up of amino acids that are important for cell function, tissue structure, and body regulation. There are 20 amino acids that function as building blocks of proteins. Humans...

Grow food better, naturally!  🧑‍🌾 Smart Plant Pairings for a Healthier, Bigger Harvest. Grow better, naturally! The right plant combinations can boost growth, improve flavor, and keep pests away 👇✅Peppers + Cilantro — cilantro helps repel unwanted pests. 🌶️🫑...

A physiological and metabolic perspective 🍇🍌🍎🍍🍒🍐🥝 Although derived from the same source, whole fruits and fruit juices elicit distinct metabolic and hormonal responses due to differences in fiber integrity, food matrix structure, and nutrient delivery kinetics....

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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,...

The Science of Energy When you eat carbohydrates, your body converts them into glucose. That glucose enters your bloodstream and fuels your cells — especially brain and muscle cells. If your body doesn’t get enough quality carbs, it struggles to maintain consistent...

What is nitric oxide? Nitric oxide is a compound of one nitrogen atom and one oxygen atom that is produced by your body and plays an important role in your body's health and function.  Health benefits of nitric oxide There are significant health benefits to...

Taurine is found in popular drinks like Red Bull and Celcuis A new study published in Nature (Taurine from tumour niche drives glycolysis to promote leukaemogenesis) found that "taurine uptake in leukaemia cells promotes disease progression". Taurine, a popular...