Personalised Nutrition 2025 - Common Sense Prevails
Sitting in lecture theatres, reading research papers back in the earlier 2000’s I saw then the holes left in our understanding of nutrition and our human physiology; that being or though we all have the same biological systems, with exposure to changes in the environment of a system, no two people will respond the same to nutritional interventions in the same way. At one point, differing groups of scientists couldn’t even agree if eggs were healthy or not for people to eat. They are, by the way, healthy to eat. Cholesterol issues are in many cases an issue with someone’s ability to recycle cholesterol in the liver, not because they have included eggs in their diet.
When I started practicing in 2011 and working with clients, I quickly realised that personalised nutrition was the only way to help clients to build knowledge of their own bodies and how they respond to various nutrition, fitness and lifestyle approaches, so that they can maintain long term results. My approach in working with people has always been this way; blanket strategies to sell to the masses has never been my niche.
I wrote an article about the importance of personalised nutrition for health 2000 back in 2019, where I stated:
“Personalised Nutrition is very important because no two people are the same. Your body is constantly trying to reclaim a state of balance depending on what it is exposed to, thus, what nutrients you need to keep your physical body in balance will be different to your neighbour next door.
Generalised fad solutions to nutrition assume that:
- We are all subjected to the same environment
- We all have the same health priorities, issues and concerns
- All of our bodies' systems and organs work in the same way
These diets don't take into account we all have different life stressors, and we react to them in a different way. Therefore, the ability of your body to stay balanced throughout certain periods will be different to someone else.”
We now fast forward to 2025, where some common sense prevails, and we are seeing a “trend shift” towards personalised nutrition becoming more important. Personalised nutrition shouldn’t be a trend, it should be an over-arching focus in our health and wellbeing.
When chatting with my client yesterday, he explained his working lifestyle is beyond hectic with overseas trips, sometimes to Australia and back within a 24-hour period, then comes home to a family. With the nature of the work when travelling, eating out a lot with colleagues and clients takes centre stage. I discovered he has several key health concerns that need addressing now to prevent any cardiovascular issues in the future, and to improve vitality to allow the time he spends with his kids; to be quality time they all enjoy.
This is a clear example of how a personalised plan is needed not just to address his health issues, but to allow nutritional changes to be sustainable in a lifestyle environment where accessibility to the healthiest options are few and far between. Not only will we need to work on a nutritional strategy to improve his health, but a strategy that works sustainably with his lifestyle, not against it.
Certain diet approaches can be useful to bring balance where metabolic systems are dysregulated. For example, carbohydrate cycling is a great idea for those with insulin resistance, or women with hormonal issues (especially when used in sync strategically with their cycle). However, to use these strategies intelligently it would be wise to seek professional advice from someone who has studied thoroughly the biochemistry of the human body and understands how to safely and strategically use these approaches for the individual to help them to regain balance. Once the balance has been regained, the aim then shifts to help them bring flexibility, sustainability, and balance back into their nutritional approach and foods they are consuming, to work with their individual biochemistry.
If you, or any one you know desires to explore their individual health needs more, and discover what nutritional strategies can bring them greater health and vitality, feel free to reach out to me via email at danielle@activatedwellbeing.com or forward this one for someone else to digest, as some food for thought.
