Our Evidence Based Nutrition Science Blog

“Bro, you’ve gotta go low carb to get lean” “If you cut out gluten you’ll shed fat” “Eat fat, burn fat and get shredded” Regardless of how you spin it, we know that when stripped back to basics, fat loss comes down to consuming fewer Calories than you expend. You...

When it comes to dieting and losing fat there is no doubt that 24-hour energy balance is the key factor to consider. If you burn off more energy than you put back into your body you will lose weight. I wrote a blog about this a few weeks ago so...

In the world of internet nutrition, there seems to be two sides to the camp: one that propose nutrition coaching is a science, and the other that propose it’s an art. Science guys look for hundreds of peer reviewed references before considering an idea where as the art guys are...

Is fruit bad for you? Fruit has been demonised in many circles for many years, the story goes that ‘Fruit is nature’s Candy’. We need to be wary of it because it contains sugar (including ‘the bad one’: fructose!), and you should definitely only have one piece a day. But,...

Polycystic Ovarian syndrome is a relatively common condition affecting up to around 20% of women, caused by elevated androgen levels. Risk Factors include obesity, inactivity and heredity. This is a complex syndrome experienced by many females and seeing as we often get questions about it in the BTN community I...

Tell me I'm not allowed to eat cookies... and I'm gonna want to eat a cookie. I might manage to resist for a while but eventually I'll crack And when I do I'll probably end up eating a whole pack because mentally I will have failed my diet so might...

Bruce Lee is probably one of the most iconic figures of our time. His movies are legendary and he is credited with bridging some of the cultural gap which existed in America by being the first person to openly accept white Americans into his martial arts classes. More than this,...

If you’re considering the BTN Academy, you need to read this blog. Why? Because what our past and current students think of the course and the learning experience could be the deciding factor for you on whether you take the plunge to enrol on our course or not. We take pride...