Nutrition that makes sense.

Khan RD Nutrition + Resources Blog

This blog exists because nutrition info online is… not great. My goal is to make food feel less confusing and less stressful.

You’ll find straightforward nutrition education, real-life tools you can actually use, and a growing library of free resources.

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SIBO, H. pylori, IBS, IBD: Why Your Gut Is Confusing

Extensive bloating, pain, and unpredictable bowels are how your gut reports almost any problem, which is why IBS, IBD, H. pylori, and SIBO get tangled together constantly. Here's what each one actually is, why the testing is messier than the internet admits, where food may help (and when eliminating more foods has stopped being the answer).

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Seed Oils: The Discourse, the Fear, and What the Evidence Actually Shows

Restaurants are advertising seed-oil-free menus, tallow sales are up 275%, and the dietary guidelines changed. The evidence didn't. Here's where the seed oil fear came from, what the research actually shows, what the panic gets right, and the point where avoiding one ingredient turns into something worth worrying about.

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Food and Sleep: Why Under-Eating Might Be Wrecking Your Rest

You did everything the sleep articles said and still wake up at 3am. Here's the variable they leave out: what and how much you ate. Food and sleep run on the same circuit, and not eating enough is one of the most overlooked sleep wreckers there is. A dietitian on the two-way street, minus the diet culture.

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Intuitive Eating and Why Diets Don't Work: A Beginner's Guide

You didn't fail the diet. The diet failed you, and the research has known it for years. Here's why dieting reliably backfires over the long run, what your body is actually doing, and how intuitive eating offers a way out of the cycle that doesn't run on willpower or shame.

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Health span, Biohacking, and RED-S.

You track everything, you fast until noon, and your dashboard says you're crushing it. So why are you always cold, always tired, and quietly losing your drive? The optimize-everything crowd has rebranded under-fueling as discipline. Here's how biohacking recreates RED-S, and the signs the "protocol" is actually breaking you.

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Food Safety Without the Fear: What Actually Prevents Food-borne Illness

If you've spent the past week eyeing your lettuce with suspicion, you're not being dramatic. Headlines about an "explosive diarrhea" parasite will do that to a person. But here's the thing worth holding onto before you throw out your produce drawer: real food safety is a short list of boring habits, and almost nothing that scares people is on it.

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Do I Have RED-S? A Self-Screener

A self-screener for Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport, based on validated risk indicators from the LEAF-Q and IOC REDs Clinical Assessment Tool. Takes about three minutes. Not a diagnosis, but a real starting point.

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Adult ARFID: Why Community Matters in Recovery

Adult ARFID is real, underdiagnosed, and made worse by isolation. Here's why community is part of the treatment, not a bonus, and what outpatient support looks like for adults living in a food-forward city like Austin, TX.

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