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human performance and nutrition consulting

Home of Dr. John Berardi, Ph.D., this site exists to help you build a better body.

How? By taking the best of the scientific research on exercise and nutrition for body transformation and distilling it into principles that work in the hectic, on-the-go lives we lead. Learn how to build a lean, strong and healthy body -- without sacrificing your life in the process.

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Precision Nutrition
Precision Nutrition

Our complete system for body transformation through nutrition. Includes system manuals, gourmet cookbook, DVDs, CDs, and more.
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Our online coaching is the fastest and surest way to body transformation. And it's available anywhere you can find an internet connection.
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Nutrition Network

The Nutrition Network is a way for fitness professionals to license the Precision Nutrition system for use with their own athletes, clients and patients.
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QUESTION
This seems kind of complicated. Isn't there an easier way to do things?

ANSWER
You bet! There is an easier way to do things and the easy way is what I call Level 1 Nutritional Programming.

Level 1 is ideal for beginners. And when I say beginners, I mean nutritional beginners. You can be advanced in the gym or on the playing field yet still be a nutritional beginner.

Further, it's also ideal for those with more modest goals. If feeling better every day or modest body composition improvements are your primary goals, this level is probably right for you.

However, the strategies above are part of what I call Level 2 and 3 Nutritional Programming.

Levels 2 and 3 are ideal for those who wish to accomplish specific, aggressive goals such as competing in a physique contest, dropping body fat percentage into the mid-single digits (men) or close to single digits (women), or optimizing intake for training and competition.

These are the types of individuals who want accomplish lofty physique and performance goals and have the discipline to follow 95% (or higher) adherence, rigorously track intake, calorie-count, vary macronutrients systematically, and more.