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    Eat omega 3s to build healthy cell membranes
    Tanita Rose
    • Mar 5, 2020
    • 3 min

    Eat omega 3s to build healthy cell membranes

    You 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...
    Choosing your carbohydrates [Food list!]
    Tanita Rose
    • Feb 10, 2020
    • 3 min

    Choosing 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...
    Can you really pay off your sleep debt?
    Tanita Rose
    • Jan 31, 2020
    • 7 min

    Can 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...
    Supplementing vitamin D [my n = 1 experiment]
    Tanita Rose
    • Oct 1, 2019
    • 8 min

    Supplementing 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...
    Changing my meal frequency - why I decided to ditch the classic bodybuilder's diet
    Tanita Rose
    • Jul 17, 2019
    • 8 min

    Changing my meal frequency - why I decided to ditch the classic bodybuilder's diet

    If 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...
     Restoring my hormones - connecting the pieces of puzzle [Mind map]
    Tanita Rose
    • Jun 15, 2019
    • 3 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...
    Bone broth - how does it help digestion? [Infographic!]
    Tanita Rose
    • May 9, 2019
    • 7 min

    Bone 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...
    Health halos and nutrient claims - can you trust what the food label tells you?
    Tanita Rose
    • Apr 17, 2019
    • 7 min

    Health 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...
    A carb is (not just) a carb [infographic!]
    Tanita Rose
    • Apr 2, 2019
    • 4 min

    A 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,...
    Are you healthy? It depends on the popular definition.
    Tanita Rose
    • Mar 29, 2019
    • 3 min

    Are 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...
    What's in your drug? Deciphering the details of my OC pill
    Tanita Rose
    • Mar 22, 2019
    • 7 min

    What's in your drug? Deciphering the details of my OC pill

    Recently 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,...
    Pineapple and steak - odd couple or perfect match?
    Tanita Rose
    • Mar 7, 2019
    • 2 min

    Pineapple 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...
    Tracking your micros from food [Part 3] - Is your data accurate? [n = 1 experiment #2/2019]
    Tanita Rose
    • Feb 28, 2019
    • 7 min

    Tracking 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...
    Banana coconut bread
    Tanita Rose
    • Feb 21, 2019
    • 4 min

    Banana coconut bread

    For years, I tried to avoid all things baking - doing it or eating it. I automatically equated 'baking', 'sugar', 'calories' and...
    Tracking your micros from food [Part 2] - How do I do it?
    Tanita Rose
    • Feb 20, 2019
    • 5 min

    Tracking 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...
    Tracking your micros from food [Part 1] - Should I bother?
    Tanita Rose
    • Feb 14, 2019
    • 5 min

    Tracking 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...
    Macros v. Micros: crunching the numbers for almonds
    Tanita Rose
    • Feb 4, 2019
    • 6 min

    Macros v. Micros: crunching the numbers for almonds

    I don't like talking in just 'macros'. Talking in just macros feels a bit like click bait headlines. It's quick, popular and enticing,...

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