Beyond the Deficit: How Food Sequencing for Weight Loss Changes Your Biology
Tired of constant cravings? Discover how meal sequencing and food quality signal your hormones to burn fat. Learn why the order you eat matters more than the calories.
Research-based articles on nutrition, dietary supplements, and the role of food in mental and physical health. By Olga Willemsen, Ph.D.

Tired of constant cravings? Discover how meal sequencing and food quality signal your hormones to burn fat. Learn why the order you eat matters more than the calories.

When most people think of inflammation, they imagine a swollen ankle or a sore throat. That kind of short-term inflammation is the body’s way of healing. But when inflammation becomes chronic—running in the background like a fire that never entirely burns out—it can quietly damage the body and, surprisingly, the brain. Researchers now know that chronic inflammation affects not only the heart, blood vessels, or joints. It also disrupts brain function and contributes to depression, anxiety, burnout, brain fog, and even dementia.
This article explores the connection between hidden chronic inflammation and mental health, what science says about it, and what you can do to reduce it.

It can be very challenging to overcome fatigue. Learn about scientifically proven measures helping overcome fatigue.

Research shows that most people have a suboptimal level of vitamin D or even its deficiency. And though many people take a vitamin D supplement almost no one knows the difference between different vitamin D supplements or their vitamin D blood levels.

For the four past years, my blood test results have been staying within the norm and indicating remission of Hashimoto’s thyroiditis. Here I share the secrets of staying in remission from the autoimmunity disorder

Food intolerance or sensitivities are very common. They impact your well-being and in the long term, they may cause diseases. Food intolerance testing can become the most important step in restoring your health and wellbeing.

Behind any of our activities lay complex chemical reactions. If essential minerals, vitamins, and other nutrients are not available the biological-chemical reaction either cannot happen or go wrong, meaning that processes in our body go wrong which ultimately leads to diseases. Dietary supplements can prevent and reverse diseases.

My personal Hashimoto’s remission story and learnings about conscious eating, taking supplements, resolving psychological root causes of chronic diseases, and more.

We often tend to think that taking something in will help us with our psychological or physical health issues.
At the same time, our mentality is crucial for our health, both psychological and physical.

Your brain and body need numerous nutrients to function smoothly. Read about a nutrient-rich whole food for brain health and mental wellbeing