Evidence-based nutrition, in plain English — every entry sourced from clinical research.

THE COLLECTION

Health Benefit: Energy & Performance

Every entry in this collection — sourced, checked and written to be read.

Coenzyme Q10

Coenzyme Q10, also called ubiquinone, is a fat-soluble compound found in nearly every cell, concentrated in the energy-hungry tissues of the heart, kidneys and liver. The

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Copper

Copper is an essential trace mineral the body uses to build and repair itself, from the iron in your blood to the collagen in your skin

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Phosphorus

Phosphorus is one of the body’s most abundant minerals, partnered with calcium to give bones and teeth their strength and stored largely in the skeleton. Beyond

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Serum Ferritin

The earliest, most sensitive marker of iron stores; responds to dietary iron and the vitamin C that aids absorption.

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Vitamin B12

Vitamin B12 is the most chemically complex of all the vitamins, and the only one your body cannot obtain from plants. It is found almost exclusively

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Vitamin B6

Vitamin B6, or pyridoxine, is one of the busiest vitamins in the body, acting as a coenzyme in well over a hundred reactions, most of them

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Couscous — photograph

Couscous

Couscous looks like a grain but is really a tiny pasta: rolled granules of durum wheat semolina that

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Tilapia - photograph

Tilapia

Tilapia is a mild, affordable white fish that has quietly become one of the world’s most farmed —

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Mussels — photograph

Mussels

One of the most sustainable complete proteins available, mussels also supply B12, iron and omega-3 at levels comparable to salmon.

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Whole Milk - photograph

Whole Milk

Whole milk is one of the most complete single foods in the everyday fridge, delivering protein, fat, sugars

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