Module 3: Nutrition and dietary plans
Ideal professional profile
- Background in clinical, functional, or integrative nutrition.
- Updated knowledge in intermittent fasting, nutritional ketosis, anti-inflammatory eating, and longevity protocols.
- Open mindset for experimentation and personalization.
- Skills to emotionally accompany the patient through deep dietary change processes.
Main functions
- GlowHack initial nutritional assessment: analysis of habits, clinical history, metabolic markers, and body composition.
- Design of personalized plans: according to goal (abdominal fat, energy, rejuvenation), biorhythms, and individual response to fasting.
- Nutritional education: teaching the user to identify real vs. emotional hunger, recognize pro-longevity foods, avoid glucose spikes, and carbohydrate dependence.
- Monitoring and adjustment: tracking progress during the method’s phases, with adaptations based on physiological and emotional response.
Types of dietary plans applicable in GlowHack
- Cyclic ketogenic: especially useful for users with high insulin resistance or chronic abdominal overweight.
- Intermittent fasting 16/8, 18/6, and 24h: to activate autophagy, reduce anxiety, and reset the hunger threshold.
- Anti-inflammatory diet: rich in antioxidants, omega 3, vegetable fibers, low in gluten, sugars, and processed dairy.
- Lacto-ovo vegetarian ketogenic: adapted version for participants who do not consume meat but are still looking for metabolic activation.
- Controlled calorie restriction on alternate days: used as an advanced technique for cellular longevity.
- Mediterranean diet: Reducing the risk of chronic diseases and improving mental health.
- Ayurveda diet: helps balance body, mind, and spirit, and optimal digestion.
- Paleo diet: Improves metabolic health, promotes weight loss, reduces inflammation, and increases nutrient intake.
- High-protein diet: preservation of muscle mass, weight loss, improvement of sports performance, and blood sugar stabilization.
Tools and resources provided by GlowHack
- Automatic metabolic calculators.
- Weekly menu templates by profile.
- Downloadable recipe books (vegetarian, keto, anti-inflammatory).
- AI assistant for frequently asked questions.
- Educational guides on leptin, insulin, ghrelin, and their natural regulation.
Educational and motivational role of the nutritionist
- Being a guide and not just a prescriber.
- Reinforcing that food is information for the cells, not just a source of calories.
- Supporting emotional re-education linked to food.
- Promoting the “eat to heal, not just to lose weight” approach.