Complete Protein: Why the Amino Acid Profile Decides Everything

A complete protein supplies all nine essential amino acids in the proportions the body needs, in a digestible form. Since 2013 the FAO has scored that on a scale called DIAAS: whole milk powder sco...

Do Multivitamins Work? An Honest Read of the Evidence

Multivitamins show little effect on disease in well-fed adults: the Physicians' Health Study II found no heart benefit and an 8% lower cancer rate, COSMOS found no reduction in either, and the US P...

Optislim Review: What the Program Involves

OptiSlim is an Australian very-low-calorie-diet (VLCD) program built on meal-replacement shakes. Its VLCD Classic Chocolate panel lists 165 calories, 17.7g protein, 0.8g dietary fibre and 13.7g sug...

Optifast Reviews: What the Program Involves

Optifast is a pharmacy-channel very low calorie diet (VLCD) program from Nestlé Health Science, run in four levels: Intensive (all three meals replaced, up to 800 calories a day), Active 2, Active ...

Natural Appetite Suppressants: What the Evidence Supports

The natural appetite suppressants with real evidence are habits, not products. A higher-protein diet cut daily intake by 441 calories in a 12-week trial; 500ml of water before a meal cut that meal ...

Vitamin D3: Dose, Form and Why Australians Still Run Low

Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol) is the form your skin makes in sunlight, and the one that raised blood levels more reliably than D2 in pooled trials. Australia's Adequate Intake is 5 µg (200 IU) a day...

Vitamin D Deficiency: Signs, Causes and What to Do About It

Vitamin D deficiency is a blood level of 25-hydroxyvitamin D below 50 nmol/L. Just under one in four Australian adults (23%) were under that line in the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2011-12 biom...

Greens Powder with Protein: Why 2g Isn't Enough

A typical greens powder carries 1g to 2g of protein per serve, and some publish no figure. AG1's Australian label lists 2g per 13g scoop, 4% of a day's intake on its own panel. The Nutrient Referen...

AG1 Alternatives (Australia)

The best AG1 alternative depends on what you wanted AG1 to do. For a greens ritual, WelleCo's The Super Elixir, Vital All-In-One and IM8 are the options. If you assumed it covered protein and dieta...