Tanita RoseMar 5, 20203 minEat omega 3s to build healthy cell membranesYou are what you eat. And so are your cells. Each of the tiny 100 trillion cells in your body has an outer layer called the membrane. The...
Tanita RoseFeb 10, 20203 minChoosing your carbohydrates [Food list!]'Should I avoid carbs completely, or eat carbs at each meal for fuel?' Here is an excellent, all too common example of a binary question...
Tanita RoseJan 31, 20207 minCan you really pay off your sleep debt?Ever tried to make up sleep on a Sunday morning? If you've steadily culled hours from your sleep from Monday to Friday, you'll accumulate...
Tanita RoseOct 1, 20198 minSupplementing vitamin D [my n = 1 experiment]I'd been unintentionally neglecting my bones for a while. Sounds odd, right? Isn't your skeleton sort of just there, doing its thing...
Tanita RoseJul 17, 20198 minChanging my meal frequency - why I decided to ditch the classic bodybuilder's dietIf I had a dollar for every time that I reached into my bag or an available fridge and collected one of my many containers of food to...
Tanita RoseJun 15, 20193 min Restoring my hormones - connecting the pieces of puzzle [Mind map]If you have a mission, you need a strategy. And then you execute, monitor and adjust. Your mission is unique to you. It could be to build...
Tanita RoseMay 9, 20197 minBone broth - how does it help digestion? [Infographic!]Bone broth or animal stock has recently attracted attention for its health effects. There's a general understanding that it's excellent...
Tanita RoseApr 17, 20197 minHealth halos and nutrient claims - can you trust what the food label tells you?All health claims are misleading. Even if it's about a real food. Here's the reason. If you take a single feature of a food - it could...
Tanita RoseApr 2, 20194 minA carb is (not just) a carb [infographic!]A carb is a carb is a carb, right? That's the assumption behind the popular suggestion to steer clear of 'white' carbs - bread, pasta,...
Tanita RoseMar 29, 20193 minAre you healthy? It depends on the popular definition.Are you healthy? Are your blood tests normal? It depends on the definition of healthy and normal at that time. It's easy to forget that...
Tanita RoseMar 22, 20197 minWhat's in your drug? Deciphering the details of my OC pillRecently I've had a break out of acne. I'm 29 years old but it's as if my body has seen androgens for the first time. Funnily enough,...
Tanita RoseMar 7, 20192 minPineapple and steak - odd couple or perfect match?Both. Foods contain more than just nutrients. There are also enzymes present in some foods that help our bodies to digest certain...
Tanita RoseFeb 28, 20197 minTracking your micros from food [Part 3] - Is your data accurate? [n = 1 experiment #2/2019]Have you noticed that the nutrient composition of the same food can be a little different across different data sets? Unless you happen...
Tanita RoseFeb 21, 20194 minBanana coconut breadFor years, I tried to avoid all things baking - doing it or eating it. I automatically equated 'baking', 'sugar', 'calories' and...
Tanita RoseFeb 20, 20195 minTracking your micros from food [Part 2] - How do I do it?For many years, I've been a My Fitness Pal user (translation: addict). I've deliberately cut this back in the last 12 months while not...
Tanita RoseFeb 14, 20195 minTracking your micros from food [Part 1] - Should I bother?Hands up if you've used a calorie or macro counting app before? That's most of us. I can't count the number of times that I've logged in...
Tanita RoseFeb 4, 20196 minMacros v. Micros: crunching the numbers for almondsI don't like talking in just 'macros'. Talking in just macros feels a bit like click bait headlines. It's quick, popular and enticing,...