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Our Science

Going beyond a product offering with a complete nutrient range,

we plan on expanding into the nutrigenomic realm  and further into developing

a community focused on integrating body, mind & spirit

Uncovering the science behind nutrition

We've always geeked out on nutrition, be it ancestral preparation or latest, cutting edge research.

And we are putting out our geekiness to benefit anybody interested.

 

Through superior nutrition practices, our enthusiastic 3-pronged goal is to:

  • help optimise micronutrient imbalances

  • facilitate body homeostasis

  • enhance performance and longevity

 

Our approach is focused on:

  • avoiding anti-nutrients, such as lectins and phytic acid

  • keeping sugars to a bare minimum. We are focusing on low glycemic index foods that contain other key nutrients, like quercetin in apples or proanthocyanidins in pomegranates

  • designing function-based super food stacks that act synergistically

 

Please help yourselves to cover your nutritional needs as you go about your day.

And have dinner in a social setting after a full nutritious day!
 

How we are different

We essentially aim to provide the particular nutritional environment in which each genetic make-up can thrive by:

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  • Stack design: based on latest science-backed knowledge out there. And very soon based on each individual’s unique, expressed genetic make-up

  • Sourcing: best ingredients from farmers markets

  • Food prepping: from soaking in water with vinegar to minimise pesticides/herbicides exposure to ancestral methods to pre-soak legumes & gluten-free cereals to minimise anti-nutrients to blenching spinach & beets for example to minimise oxalate exposure etc.

  • Adhering to science-backed healthy principles: no vegetable oils, low glycemic index foods, gluten-free etc.

  • Providing a micronutrient level break-down: which is essential to manage one’s micronutrient imbalances (so, so, so very important; much more than the # of grams of protein someone eats on a daily basis for example)

Here are a few things to keep in mind

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The Micro and Macro Nutrients identified in our products represent minimum approximate values as some data for some breakdowns (for example types of mono and disaccharides within the sugar category were not available upon research).

 

As such, if you are geekier than us and care to do the math, you may notice that raw numbers don’t perfectly add up. But the margin error is in all cases within 1 gram, so we believe our data is pretty reliable nutrients for most super food powders are also not available upon research (for example guarana, acai, licorice, tribulus etc), so the nutrient profile provided represents a bare minimum of what our products actually contain; this is given by the fresh ingredients used and some more commonly known super food powders, such as cocoa.

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Recommended daily allowances - RDAs - are by definition approximate and are based on assumptions about the average profile of a human being. On top of gender, age and weight differences among people for which we have collected interval RDA data, various other parameters, most notably individual metabolism and various nutrients bioavailability, are instrumental in determining particular nutrient requirements for a specific person. In reality, there is a biochemical individuality that varies for each and every one of us, so a more rigorous personalised nutritional plan can only be relevantly determined on a case by case basis. Nevertheless, the level of detail provided and the rigour employed to assemble the information should provide an indication of what foods and nutrients each should focus on, depending on personal lifestyle choices. 

 

In order to simplify the information, we have provided an average RDA for each relevant nutrient, based on information from multiple reliable sources. In all cases, the RDA values provided represent required quantities for minimum health maintenance, as assessed by experts in the area.

 

A list of sources for our nutrient data can be found below:

 

A list of sources for our RDA data can be found below:

 

Some of the stuff we've read & studied

We are continuously learning and studying to expand our knowledge.

You can find below a categorised list of our experience to date:

 

Courses

Kahn Academy – Biology

Kahn Academy – Organic Chemistry

Biology and Human Behavior: The Neurological Origins of Individuality – The Great Courses, Robert Sapolsky

Biochemical Priciples of Energy Metabolism, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Seyun Kim, PhD

Gut Check: Exploring Your Microbiome, University of Colorado Boulder & University of California San Diego, Rob Knight, Professor

Introductory Human Physiology, Duke University, Emma Jakoi & Jennifer Carbrey

Nutrition and Health: Macronutrients and Overnutrition, Wageningen University & Research

Nutrition and Health: Micronutrient and Malnutrition, Wageningen University & Research

Nutrition and Health: Human Microbiome, Wageningen University & Research

 

Books – Biochemistry & Biology

Biochemistry for Dummies – John T. Moore, Richard H. Langley

Principles of Biochemistry – David L. Nelson, Michael M. Cox

The Wisdom of Your Cells: How Your Beliefs Control Your Biology - Bruce H. Lipton

 

Books – Genetics

Genome - Matt Ridley

The Basics of Genetics – Betsey Dexter Dyer

Understanding Genetics: DNA, Genes, and Their Real-World Applications – David Sadava

The Selfish Gene – Richard Dawkins

Mitochondria and the Future of Medicine: The Key to Understanding Disease, Chronic Illness, Aging, and Life Itself – Lee Know

Dirty Genes: A Breakthrough Program to Treat the Root Cause of Illness and Optimize Your Health – Ben Lynch

 

Books – Nutrition

Deep Nutrition: Why Your Genes Need Traditional Food – Catherine Shanahan, Luke Shanahan

The Metabolic Approach to Cancer: Integrating Deep Nutrition, the Ketogenic Diet and Non-toxic Bio-Individualized Therapies – Nasha Winters, Jess Higgings Kelley

The Jungle Effect: The Healthiest Diets from Around the World – Why They Work and how to Make Them Work for You – Daphne Miller, Andrew Weil

Nourishing Traditions: The Cookbook that Challenges Politically Correct Nutrition and Diet Dictocrats - Sally Fallon, Mary G. Enig

 

Books – Biohacking

The Telomere Effect: The New Science of Living Younger - Elizabeth Blackburn, Elissa Epel

Beyond Training: Mastering Endurance, Health & Life – Ben Greenfield

Super Human: The Bulletproof Plan to Age Backward and Maybe Even Live Forever - Dave Asprey

Boundless: Upgrade Your Brain, Optimize Your Body & Defy Aging – Ben Greenfield

 

Breath

The New Science of a Lost Art – James Nestor

The Oxygen Advantage - Patrick McKeown

Regenerate: Unlocking Your Body’s Radical Resilience Through the New Biology – Sayer

Bigger Leaner Stronger: The Simple Science of Building the Ultimate Male Body – Michael Matthews

 

Books – Brain & Physiology

Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers – Robert M. Sapolsky

Thinking, Fast and Slow – Daniel Kahneman

The Brain that Changes Itself – Norman Doidge

 

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