Nutrition Planning

A truly effective nutrition plan is one that’s optimized on all four of the following areas and approaches them in a fashion that’s personalized to the individual’s biology:

• Energy intake

• Macronutrient intake

• Micronutrient intake

• Meal timing

Energy intake

One of the most powerful physiological regulators is the amount of energy or the number of calories one consumes. It is the lever that controls body weight and is a critical influencer of hormones, mood, and energy levels. The number of calories one should consume is linked to the fitness goal and the individual’s metabolic rate. The fitness goal will determine whether the calories ingested must be less, equal (balance), or greater than (surplus) the calories burned respectively. To accurately determine, however, calorie intake, one needs to determine the individual’s metabolic rate since it will provide the benchmark from which calorie intake will be set below, above, or at the same level, depending on the fitness goal.

The PNOĒ test provides the gold standard for measuring calorie burn at rest and throughout the day, allowing for developing a nutrition plan with the calorie intake that aligns with the target deficit, surplus, or balance. Studies have shown that estimating a person’s calorie burn using predictive equations can be as much as 25% off. Getting this number wrong can have several negative implications stemming from eating too much or too little for your metabolism. Calorie intake that ensures a healthy weight loss and sustains energy levels.

Macronutrient intake

Each person’s metabolism is very unique, meaning that the calories burned, as well as the fats and carbohydrates used to release these calories, can vary vastly from person to person.

To determine the optimal fat and carbohydrate intake, one should start by identifying the fat and carbohydrate utilization throughout the day. The PNOĒ device measures fat and carbohydrate burn with clinical precision. By using this information, our metabolic experts then determine the optimal amount of breakdown among fats, carbohydrates, and proteins in one’s nutrition plan.

Micronutrient intake

Micronutrients can be a powerful tool for remedying physiological and psychological dysfunction. These substances perform or enable beneficial processes such as boosting our immune system, enhancing oxygenation in the blood, increasing our metabolism, and more. Among them are vitamins, minerals, and hormones which can be found in food sources and supplements.

The PNOĒ device scans the most critical systems in one’s body, including the heart, lungs, cells, and bloodstream, and how breathing interacts negatively or positively with our brain and neurological system. Macro intake can vary depending on the workout vs. non-work-out days.

This allows our metabolic experts to build nutrition plans that include the proper calorie and macronutrient breakdown and the food sources with the micronutrients to help overcome limitations.

The PNOĒ device scans the most critical systems in one’s body, including the heart, lungs, cells, and bloodstream, and how breathing interacts negatively or positively with our brain and neurological system. This allows our metabolic experts to build nutrition plans that include the proper calorie and macronutrient breakdown and the food sources with the micronutrients to help overcome limitations.

Meal timing

The timing of food is as important as the calories, macros, and micros you consume. Achieving optimal meal timing can:

• Improve energy levels and focus

• Increase fat burn throughout the day

• Reduce the risk of metabolic disease

• Reduce hunger

• Optimize results from exercise Food sources that fortify your heart, cellular and lung health.

Several rules need to be followed, including distributing carbohydrates at specific times of the day, minimizing consumption of specific food items in the evenings, and hitting a threshold of protein intake by the time of the day.

Applying the rules of optimal meal timing can be easy as long as one has a plan. Our metabolic experts consider all scientifically backed guidelines for achieving optimal meal timing and building your clients’ nutrition programs around them. Through it, they will know how to structure their meals, macros, calories, and micronutrients to maximize energy, mitigate hunger, maximize fat burn, and get the most out of their workouts.

Timing that maximizes energy levels, optimizes sleep and increases the feeling of satiety.