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DIETARY FAT
How Much Fat Per Day? Three Research Programs, One Answer Nobody Assembled
5 studies · 3 RCTs
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SUPPLEMENTS
The Supplement Sort: What Eight Research Teams Found When They Tested Everything on the Shelf
8 studies
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MICRONUTRIENTS & MINERALS
Six Mineral Supplements Tested. One Rule Predicted Every Result.
6 studies
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FOOD SCIENCE & BIOAVAILABILITY
What your body actually absorbs from your food
7 studies · 4 RCTs
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WOMEN’S FITNESS & HORMONES
Women, Hormones, and Training: What 78 Studies, 3 Life Stages, and Nearly 3,000 Women Actually Found
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AGING & MUSCLE PRESERVATION
What 300+ trials found about your muscles after 40
10 studies
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TRAINING
The complete evidence guide to exercise and body composition
8 studies
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PROTEIN
Protein Intake: What 9 Studies Found (and What the Internet Added)
9 studies · 4 RCTs
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CALORIES & METABOLISM
Calories and Metabolism: Your Engine Is Fine, Your Gauge Is Broken
8 studies
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FAT LOSS
How fat loss actually works
6 studies
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SLEEP & RECOVERY
Sleep and Muscle Growth: What 15 Studies Actually Found
8 studies · 4 RCTs
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RECOVERY
Recovery: What Works, What Doesn't, and What's Quietly Costing You Muscle
7 studies · 1 RCTs
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MINDSET & ADHERENCE
Why Diets Fail (And Why It Was Never About the Diet)
7 studies · 3 RCTs
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CARBS
Carbs and body composition: everything the evidence actually says
10 studies · 4 RCTs
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MEAL TIMING
When You Eat vs. What You Eat: 5 Trials, 774 People
7 studies · 4 RCTs
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EXERCISE SELECTION
The Definitive Guide — coming soon
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Nutrition

Resistant starch feeds good gut bacteria. That claim has settled into the kind of certainty that stops generating questions — a prebiotic reaches the colon, bacteria feed on it, the good ones multiply, the gut improves. Most people who cool their rice or reheat their pasta carry this model without noticing how blurry it actually is.

Resistant Starch Picks 3 Gut Bacteria. One of Them Does the Heavy Lifting.
2 min read 493 words
Nutrition

Rice goes under the tap. The first rinse turns the water milky white, starch granules lifting off the grain as they always do, and by the third, the water runs clear. The starch was visible. The iron dissolving into the same water was not.

Rinsing Rice Removes Starch. That Part Was Never the Problem.
2 min read 455 words
Nutrition

You know exactly how heavy it is before you pick it up. Cast iron is the only pan in your kitchen that announces itself by weight — dense, solid, the kind of cookware that clangs when it hits the burner. You have heard the claim attached to that weight: the iron in the pan becomes the iron in your food.

Your Cast Iron Pan Adds Iron to Food. The Amount Swings by a Factor of 35.
2 min read 521 words
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FitChef is a digital publisher and evidence synthesis platform. We aggregate and structure publicly available research for informational purposes. FitChef does not perform original clinical research, provide medical advice, or offer treatment recommendations. Certainty tiers reflect the volume and agreement of the underlying evidence, not an editorial endorsement of study quality. Consult a qualified healthcare professional before making changes to your diet or exercise regimen.

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