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 science is changing over the last few decades.

 We talk about Laura’s article on how to optimize your gut health and manage weight: 

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Optimize your gut health to manage weight

Laura Kunces, Ph.D., R.D. 

“A calorie is a calorie, right? The short answer: no. It’s more complex. While you may lose weight using the calorie in, calorie out school of thought, a more sustainable approach is to consider exactly what you’re eating and how it affects your body. More specifically, how it affects your gut (or microbiome) and what your gut is actually absorbing. 

All calories aren’t created equal because they impact our internal processes — metabolism, insulin stimulation, energy stores, and more — differently. With this in mind, the old saying of “eat less, work out more” should be something more like “eat foods that are ideal for your system.” 

So whether you’re trying to gain muscle, lose body fat, gain body weight, or a combo, step one is figuring out your current body composition.

Turning inside out

Learning about your body composition and knowing your percentages of fat, bone, water, and muscle is a great starting point and a terrific barometer of your health and fitness. Tracking it, along with factors like strength, mood, productivity, and sleep, will help you gauge the effectiveness of your training and nutrition program. You may even be able to quantify an ideal body composition range at which you feel and perform best. Thankfully, science has helped develop numerous assessment tools. Which method is best for you?”

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