How to Gain Weight Healthily
Healthy weight gain requires more than eating anything in sight. Learn how to increase energy intake while supporting muscle, digestion and health.
Healthy Diet
Are There Healthy and Unhealthy Foods?
We love dividing food into healthy and unhealthy. It is simple, but it leads to a bad conclusion: that one food can ruin a diet or magically fix it. It cannot. Health is not decided by one lunch, cake or smoothie. It is shaped by what you repeat over time: how varied your diet is, … Read more
Healthy Eating and Mental Health
Psychologist Petar Nikolić explores rigid food rules, flexibility and self-understanding, with examples from sport, work and his own diet.
Is There a Magic Pill for Longevity?
Throughout the history of modern man, the question of longevity has always been at the center of reflection. The search for the ‘magic pill’ – food and certain ingredients, secret components, as well as hard work and other similar methods that would grant us immortality, or a very long life, is a universal quest that has followed us for more than several millennia.
Is Processed Food Unhealthy? What Ultra-Processed Really Means
Compared to unprocessed food, processed food contains higher amounts of fat, sugar, salt, and calories. Some call it unnatural and toxic, while others just wave it off.
Superfood – Superior Foods or a Myth?
Recently, I responded with a rhetorical question to a LinkedIn post by a well-known Australian nutritionist who claimed that almonds are a superfood. I asked her: if almonds are a superfood, does that mean we should eat more of them than walnuts, hazelnuts, or Brazil nuts.
Common Dietary Mistakes You Make
Diet mistakes can be divided into two categories – cognitive and qualitative.
Is Breakfast Important? What to Eat and When
When I was younger and more seriously into sports, the first thing I would think about when I woke up was breakfast.
On Coconut Oil and Other Dietary Myths
American Heart Association (AHA) recently published a recommendation on avoiding coconut oil consumption. The cause for this is scientific literature review showing this type of oil raises LDL (bad cholesterol) levels, which can lead to higher risk of cardiovascular disease.