The best diet? Sorry to break it to you, but there isn’t one. Let’s just look at that phrase for a moment. Your diet is simply what you habitually eat. But when people ask this question they are usually talking about dieting for weight loss. The most optimal diet (for health) is not the same...

Can’t believe how the course with MNU is flying by. Learning so much and meeting so many like-minded people in the little Mac-Nutrition family. We’re now part way through module 4. Then two to go followed by the exams. Some of my recent takeaways are the importance of being flexible in our practice. The team...

After a certain TV program last week it seems the whole using exercise to justify food choices rhetoric is back in the mainstream. While yes you can use exercise to help lose weight, there are so many benefits that are separate from aesthetic goals. How do you feel when you move? Aches and pains, or...

Cookie Cutter Plans are one-off plans that are often a fixed price and length, and not customised. They’re a generic one plan for everyone. For example “Get fit in 28 days”, “Lose weight with this 14 day meal plan” etc etc. Yes some people will get results. But for others I may as well tell...

Let’s just start with the stating the most important factor for building muscle is not nutrition. It’s resistance training, and progressive overload. However this post is looking at how optimising your nutrition can help you maximise your gains. When I say maximal gains here, it’s getting every little extra, down to the last minutiae. For...

IIFYM. You can eat anything you want and still lose weight. Yep, anything. This is as long as, you know what I’m about to say, you’re in a calorie deficit. Sorry but the reason I keep harping on with that fact is a lot of people still don’t understand the basics (which is why charlatans...