Grace Agi

Registered Dietitian||ANutr 🇬🇧🇳🇬

[@askddietitian @askddietitian]

OMADis not healthy and can cause your periods to stop .
one meal a day is not healthy .

There’s no way you can hit all your nutrition intake and needs in one meal. There’s nothing wrong in eating twice or thrice a day(as long as it is in small portions and healthy).
If you are a woman it’s even worse eating one meal a day.
It can result in period loss, hair loss, brittle bones,infertility (if you want to have children).
The reason you lose a lot of weight on OMAD is because you are literally not eating enough. Fix your relationship with food

[Robert Lufkin MD @robertlufkinmd]

As a medical school professor, this is a paradigm shift I've been waiting for.

The American College of Cardiology now recommends universal screening for C-reactive protein (CRP) -- an inflammation marker -- alongside cholesterol.

Why?

CRP predicts heart attacks and strokes more reliably than LDL cholesterol or even lipoprotein(a).

One study showed CRP predicts heart disease as accurately as blood pressure.

And here's the problem: 52% of Americans have elevated CRP levels. Most don't know it.

CRP below 1 mg/dL = low inflammation = lower risk.
CRP above 3 mg/dL = high inflammation = elevated risk.

This is what metabolic dysfunction looks like in the cardiovascular system. Cholesterol is part of the story -- but chronic inflammation is the driver.

Ask your doctor for a high-sensitivity CRP test. It's a simple blood draw that could change your risk profile.

Full breakdown coming on the Health Longevity Secrets podcast https://t.co/VbpysB6bJs

Source: https://t.co/0Le9TzkBmC
Study: ACC Guidelines, September 2025

#HeartDisease #Inflammation #CRP #MetabolicHealth #Prevention

[@askddietitian @askddietitian]

People need to understand how ozempic or GLP1 works.

It’s not a magical fat burner.
It slows down food digestion which keeps you fuller for longer , it also works on your brain to reduce your appetite and if you have insulin resistance it can help.

Ozempic is licensed for people with insulin resistance/Type2 diabetes or people with insulin resistance and obesity.

If you use ozempic and you don’t watch what you eat , you will not lose weight !

That’s why if you are on it, you need to strength train.

Any weight loss without strength training even if it’s not Ozempic will result in muscle loss.

Finally Ozempic is not 10k , in Nigeria it costs hundreds of thousands of Naira.

So before you accuse anyone of using it , not everyone can afford it.

[Grace Agi @agi_oka]

From the nutrition trends in the past week. We can all see why so many Nigerians are coming down with kidney failure.
Our food industry need to implement regulations. Regulations exists but no implementation!

[Captain Olúségun Владимир @segigun]

@OduduwaR Most breads are not safe nowadays

[Grace Agi @agi_oka]

@redb100 @General_Oluchi Also, if microbes won't eat a food product that is wrapped like bread for 2 months then no human should eat it. If microbes are avoiding a food product then Run ooo.

[Grace Agi @agi_oka]

@redb100 @General_Oluchi I will answer as a Dietitian. It matters because it's a pointer that high levels of preservatives were used to preserve the bread and this can have a long term impact on health e.g kidney health.
In the UK bread last a week or few days more. It'll grow mould.

[@askddietitian @askddietitian]

1kg chicken 🐔 breast 👉225g protein, 1650 calories and cost 7000 naira

30 eggs 🥚 👉210g protein, 2100 calories cost 7000 naira

1kg Panla fish 🐟 👉 180g protein 820 calories cost 4500

1kg mackerel fish 🐠 👉180g protein,2320 calories cost 7500

Per weight and cost chicken breast and Panla offers more .

If weight loss is a concern you can look at Panla fish or chicken or eggs. 🥚 . If you want mackerel pls limit to 50g.

Eggs aren’t the only source of protein you can eat .

I see people eating 10 eggs at once when they could have eaten chicken . Protein is easy to get if you can . Watch out for our series on meeting your protein needs.

[Grace Agi @agi_oka]

@sweetbriizy Proteins are considered the primary building blocks of the body and drive the majority of cellular processes, while fats (lipids) provide essential structure for cell membranes, store energy, and produce hormones.

[Grace Agi @agi_oka]

@sweetbriizy Exactly! Fibre is important but if you choose fibre and neglect protein. You will suffer especially as a woman, most of our biological processes run on protein and fat.

[Grace Agi @agi_oka]

@askddietitian Mine is raspberries.
Has very high fibre but taste like suffering 😂

[Grace Agi @agi_oka]

For those wondering what butter is.
This is butter.
You can see the ingredient list:
Milk, lactic culture and sometimes salt just like YOGHURT!

If you say butter is unhealthy you are indirectly just saying milk and yoghurt are unhealthy because butter is made from whipped milk

[Grace Agi @agi_oka]

@the_amazingama Took both photos from my fridge to show you both since you mentioned labels. The yellow is an oil based spread and the grey is butter.
You can see the difference.
If you are contemplating on which is healthier, just look at both and you should have your answer.

[Grace Agi @agi_oka]

@the_amazingama And talking about nutrition information.
Butter only has two: usually milk and milk culture just like yoghurt.

On the other hand most spreads have tons of other ingredients like preservatives, colouring, flavourings, vegetable oils, emulsifiers etc

[Grace Agi @agi_oka]

@the_amazingama People need to eat naturally occurring oils as oils and naturally occurring fat as fat. This is much healthier than eating heavily ultra processed products made from extreme heat and hydrogenation whether fully or partially.

[Grace Agi @agi_oka]

@the_amazingama Why are you throwing words around. You didn't say fat is bad, got it. But you said butter is sometimes worse. Butter is not worse, it is one of the most naturally occurring fat. Most spreads and margerine go through extreme heat and hydrogenation to make them solid.

[Grace Agi @agi_oka]

@the_amazingama Including coconut oil and palm oil. Coconut oil is is solid at room temperature. The fat part of palm oil is solid at room temperature. This is not a shifting of goal post.
For oil to be solid, they go throug hydrogenation whether partially or fully.

[Grace Agi @agi_oka]

@the_amazingama I want to ask you, what is the difference between oil and fat?
I'd tell you
The key difference:
Oils → liquid at room temperature
Fats → solid at room temperature
The difference is how they behave and I maintain that no oil is solid at room temperature.

[Grace Agi @agi_oka]

@Divayetty1 I completely relate to this... I'm the named somebody 🤣🤣🤣. Unashamedly of natural bodies and will be raising my girl child similarly. Body dysmorphia is not good at all.

[Diet & Nutrition @Diet0Nutrition]

Ultra-processed foods now make up 60% of our calories but 93% of our metabolic dysfunction

What makes ultra-processed foods uniquely damaging is not just their macronutrient profile but their structural and biochemical disruption of normal physiology.

Unlike whole foods, which require mechanical digestion and gradual enzymatic breakdown, these products are pre-digested at an industrial level.

The result is rapid absorption, minimal satiety signaling, and a blunted thermic effect of food.

Hormones such as leptin and ghrelin become dysregulated, creating a feedback loop where individuals feel hungrier despite consuming more calories.

Another critical factor is the concept of energy toxicity.

Constant overexposure to easily absorbable calories overwhelms mitochondrial function leading to inefficient energy utilization and increased oxidative stress.

Cells, particularly in the liver and muscle, begin to accumulate lipid intermediates that interfere with insulin signaling pathways.

This is why individuals consuming diets high in ultra-processed foods often experience fatigue, weight gain, and metabolic inflexibility despite no conscious increase in food intake.

Importantly, the issue is not merely about calories it is about the information those calories carry.

Whole foods communicate with the body through fiber, micronutrients and complex structures that regulate digestion, hormone release and energy balance.

Ultra-processed foods by contrast deliver distorted metabolic signals: they are calorie-dense yet nutrient-poor, rapidly absorbed yet poorly regulated and highly rewarding yet biologically disruptive.