BITS BLOG
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Jet Lag Nutrition: A Travel-Day Eating Checklist
Jet lag nutrition explained: what light, meal timing, fasting, hydration and caffeine can and cannot do, plus a before, during and after flight checklist.
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Zinc for Plant-Based Eaters: Food Sources and Absorption
Zinc on a plant-based diet: RDA, the 50% vegetarian guidance, phytate, soaking and sprouting, food sources, testing limits and where spirulina fits.
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Folate (B9): Food Sources and Energy Metabolism
Folate foods ranked by serving, how DFE and folic acid differ, what cooking does to folate, and where spirulina honestly fits. NIH-sourced and easy to...
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Calorie Density vs. Nutrient Density: Eating Less, Nourishing More
Nutrient density vs calorie density explained: what each measures, how to compare foods per calorie, and where leafy greens and spirulina fit in (USDA math).
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Fibermaxxing: Is More Fiber Always Better?
Fibermaxxing explained: how much fiber you need, what the research shows, how to build up without bloating, and where spirulina fits in. Evidence first.
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Alpha-Lipoic Acid: Food Sources, the Evidence, and What It Does in Your Mitochondria
Alpha lipoic acid foods explained: where lipoyllysine occurs, why diet gives tiny amounts versus supplements, what trials show, and key safety cautions.
