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Lifestyle

Choosing a weight loss programme? Looking for ways to stay healthy on holidays? Find helpful tips and advice to navigate your lifestyle changes here.

You start losing weight almost immediately after taking Mounjaro, but it can take up to four weeks for the medication to reach its steady state.

How quickly do you lose weight on Mounjaro?

You start losing weight almost immediately after taking Mounjaro, but it can take up to four weeks for the medication to reach its steady state.

The success rate of Wegovy is very high, with 87% of patients on Wegovy losing at least 10% of their body weight. Find out more about Wegovy here.

What is the success rate of Wegovy?

The success rate of Wegovy is very high, with 87% of patients on Wegovy losing at least 10% of their body weight. Find out more about Wegovy here.

Is Wegovy worth the money or the side effects? This will depend on how your body responds to the medication; find out whether Wegovy is worth it here.

Is Wegovy worth it?

Is Wegovy worth the money or the side effects? This will depend on how your body responds to the medication; find out whether Wegovy is worth it here.

There's no specific diet proven to work best with Wegovy, but Second Nature recommends a diet based on whole foods with Wegovy. Find out more here.

What diet works best with Wegovy?

There's no specific diet proven to work best with Wegovy, but Second Nature recommends a diet based on whole foods with Wegovy. Find out more here.

Nutrition

Consuming excess protein isn't converted into fat. Protein supports good health and weight loss; find out how to optimise your protein intake here.

Does excess protein turn into fat?

Consuming excess protein isn't converted into fat. Protein supports good health and weight loss; find out how to optimise your protein intake here.

The carnivore diet has healthful components to it, but evidence is lacking on the long-term impact on health. So don't ditch the veggies just yet.

Is the carnivore diet healthy?

The carnivore diet has healthful components to it, but evidence is lacking on the long-term impact on health. So don't ditch the veggies just yet.

The low-fat diet has been recommended around the globe for decades. But is it the healthiest diet for human health? The short answer is no; find out why.

Low-fat diet: Is it healthy?

The low-fat diet has been recommended around the globe for decades. But is it the healthiest diet for human health? The short answer is no; find out why.

Blog

A recent study showed that semaglutide (Wegovy) reduces the risk of a heart attack by 20%. But this doesn't tell the whole story; find out why here.

Robbie Puddick

Does semaglutide (Wegovy) reduce the risk of a heart attack?

The best weight-loss injection in 2023 is tirzepatide, but semaglutide is also extremely effective. See how they compare here.
Best weight loss injections in 2023

Robbie Puddick

A recent article suggested that Wegovy (semaglutide) ruined your appetite forever, but what does the science say? The short answer is no; find out why.
Does Wegovy ruin your appetite?

Robbie Puddick

The short answer is no, Wegovy isn’t the cure for obesity. The longer answer is: it’s complicated, find out why in our latest blog.
Is Wegovy® the cure for obesity we’ve been waiting for?

Robbie Puddick

Diabetes

Insulin resistance is the condition underlying type 2 diabetes and your personal fat threshold. Read our four evidence-based ways to improve it here.

How to increase your personal fat threshold

Insulin resistance is the condition underlying type 2 diabetes and your personal fat threshold. Read our four evidence-based ways to improve it here.

There are many factors that will determine your personal fat threshold, but insulin resistance may the key to understanding when this will happen.

Insulin resistance and the personal fat threshold

There are many factors that will determine your personal fat threshold, but insulin resistance may the key to understanding when this will happen.

Insulin plays essential roles in the body, and some of its functions will play a role in your personal fat threshold. Find out why.

Insulin and the personal fat threshold

Insulin plays essential roles in the body, and some of its functions will play a role in your personal fat threshold. Find out why.

Exercise

Losing weight with exercise can be tougher than people think. Here's 8 ways to guarantee successful weight loss with exercise.

A beginner’s guide to weight loss with exercise

Losing weight with exercise can be tougher than people think. Here's 8 ways to guarantee successful weight loss with exercise.

Exercise for weight loss is always promoted as a primary recommendation, but does it actually work? The short answer is no, find out why.

Exercise for weight loss: Does it work?

Exercise for weight loss is always promoted as a primary recommendation, but does it actually work? The short answer is no, find out why.

Walk down your path to health. Here's how walking can aid weight loss, increase your productivity, improve your sleep, and decrease your stress levels.

Walking — the first steps on your weight loss journey

Walk down your path to health. Here's how walking can aid weight loss, increase your productivity, improve your sleep, and decrease your stress levels.

Recipes

Learn how to cook your own healthy and satisfying meals using the latest recipes from Second Nature - developed and curated by our nutritionists and dietitians.

Cooking for your children every day can be tiring. Brigthen your day with these healthy recipes suitable for yourself and your little ones.

10 Easy and Healthy Family Recipes

Cooking for your children every day can be tiring. Brigthen your day with these healthy recipes suitable for yourself and your little ones.

Seitan is a rich source of protein with around 20g per 100g. Try swapping this in as a meat subsitute in some of your favourite meals!

Homemade seitan | Plant-based protein

Seitan is a rich source of protein with around 20g per 100g. Try swapping this in as a meat subsitute in some of your favourite meals!

Tempeh is an excellent vegan source of protein with around 20g per 100g. Try this delicious plant-based twist on a classic recipe!

Mushroom and Tempeh Stroganoff

Tempeh is an excellent vegan source of protein with around 20g per 100g. Try this delicious plant-based twist on a classic recipe!

Want to get your day off the to the perfect start? Try our delicious plant-based chia pudding to keep your energy levels steady throughout the morning.

Vegan chia pudding with mango

Want to get your day off the to the perfect start? Try our delicious plant-based chia pudding to keep your energy levels steady throughout the morning.

Fancy trying a plant-based alternative to your Friday night burgers? Look no further, our nutritionists have put this together and it doesn't disappoint.

Vegan black bean burgers

Fancy trying a plant-based alternative to your Friday night burgers? Look no further, our nutritionists have put this together and it doesn't disappoint.

Try our delicious tofu scrambled eggs as a plant-based alternative! This has been developed buy our in-house nutritionists and it doesn't disappoint.

Vegan tofu scrambled eggs

Try our delicious tofu scrambled eggs as a plant-based alternative! This has been developed buy our in-house nutritionists and it doesn't disappoint.

Mind

Do you think that you use food as a comfort? Learn what defines emotional eating and why we crave particular foods when we're ovwhelmed or emotional.

What is emotional eating?

Do you think that you use food as a comfort? Learn what defines emotional eating and why we crave particular foods when we're ovwhelmed or emotional.

Noticed that you're snacking more in response to emotions rather than hunger? Try these 3 techniques to overcome emotional or comfort eating.

3 techniques to overcome emotional eating

Noticed that you're snacking more in response to emotions rather than hunger? Try these 3 techniques to overcome emotional or comfort eating.

Have you reached a 'stalemate' on your weight loss journey, despite keeping up healthy habits? Learn why this happens and what it means for weight loss.

Weight-loss plateaus explained

Have you reached a 'stalemate' on your weight loss journey, despite keeping up healthy habits? Learn why this happens and what it means for weight loss.

Sleep

High-quality sleep can be a great foundation for a healthy lifestyle. It can also help to boost your fertility, find out how here.

Sleep and female fertility

High-quality sleep can be a great foundation for a healthy lifestyle. It can also help to boost your fertility, find out how here.

We all know sleep is important but how sleep influences our weight, emotions, and the risk of developing chronic disease is much more interesting.

Why is sleep important?

We all know sleep is important but how sleep influences our weight, emotions, and the risk of developing chronic disease is much more interesting.

Learn how to improve your sleep quality and wake up feeling energised. Evidence-based, practical steps to help you sleep better.

How to sleep better

Learn how to improve your sleep quality and wake up feeling energised. Evidence-based, practical steps to help you sleep better.

Make losing weight feel Second Nature

The first step on your Second Nature journey is to take our health quiz.

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