Nico

06/08/2026

We're loving watching Jody start his Nico journey

21/07/2026

Nico helps with ‘food noise’ through behavioural change based on your body’s live metabolic data.

17/07/2026

is getting called a grifter this week. Bit unfair on someone who’s got thousands of people off the sugar and moving, but that’s not our fight.

It’s the comments we keep getting pulled into, all saying the same thing: nobody needs electrolytes.

For most people eating the standard recommended glucose overload,, fair enough. Plenty of salt is hidden in your food and your body holds onto it fine.

Drop the carbs though and the whole thing flips. Lower glucose means lower insulin, and insulin is the hormone that tells your kidneys to cling onto sodium. Take it away and you start flushing sodium out, with magnesium and potassium following it straight out the door.

Which is why some of us genuinely do need to top them back up. Just read the label before you buy.

Supplements like and give you the minerals with no sugar. A Dioralyte sachet carries nearly a teaspoon. The original .uk has more than two.

And your whole bloodstream only holds about a teaspoon of glucose at any one time, so have a think about what you’re tipping back in.

So which one are you: someone who actually needs them, or someone who’s been told nobody does?

17/06/2026

and - we’ owe you an apology.

I said Hawkstone would spike his glucose but I was wrong.

Most non alcholic lagers create big glucose spikes with none of the fun. So I did an experiment - same meal, same beer while wearing a glucose sensor. And my glucose was nearly flat as a result.

I chose the same meal Protein, real food, lettuce wrap instead of the bun. That’s 37g of glucose molecules he skipped. His circulation only normally keeps around 5g of glucose in at one time.

They’ve created an almost spike-free zero alcohol lager and aren’t shouting about it.

Fitting timing: the brand finally got a TV ad approved, it airs tonight before the England game.

10/06/2026

The scale says you’ve lost 10kg. It can’t tell you what you’ve lost.

Arthur at Scanletics runs DEXA scans - the gold standard for understanding body composition. asked him whether he’s seeing any evidence of what the headlines are catching up with: people on synthetic GLP-1 drugs dropping weight fast, but a worrying chunk of it is muscle.

That matters more as you age. Muscle is your metabolic sink; it’s what keeps you strong, mobile and burning glucose well into your 70s and 80s.
What we’ve seen with our members on these medications backs him up. The ones who do well treat the drug as a window, and use it to build the eating and strength habits that hold when the prescription ends. Protein first. Resistance training non-negotiable. Data to check what’s actually changing under the skin.

The number on the scale was never the full story. Knowing what you’re losing is.

🎥 Arthur, Scanletics London

10/06/2026

Everyone’s talking about Jeremy Clarkson giving up meat to save his life. But he already showed us what he’s really doing - he filmed it in a Five Guys.

He’s done something really smart here. Prioritised protein, eaten the real food on offer including fibre, and cut the hidden sugar by swapping the bun for a lettuce wrap. That’s 37g of carbs he just didn’t eat.

The real driver of heart disease isn’t fat or meat. It’s years of glucose overload: chronically elevated blood sugar, chronic insulin response, arterial inflammation.

He’s figured that out. He just hasn’t looked at what’s in the glass yet. Non-alcoholic beer still spikes your blood glucose… it’s one of the tougher discoveries many Nico members make when they wear a glucose sensor!!

22/05/2026

Dr Louise Newson is one of the UK’s leading menopause specialists. Her perimenopause was diagnosed by her daughter.

She’s a menopause specialist. One of the most prominent voices in the UK. And even she didn’t recognise it in herself until her child said: mummy, you’re so argumentative — do you think if you had a period your mood might improve?

That’s the thing about perimenopause. It doesn’t announce itself with hot flushes and night sweats for most women. It turns up as irritability, brain fog, a shift in who you feel like. And by the time the pattern’s obvious, months have passed.

Dr Newson’s new book goes into exactly this,the hormonal changes that most doctors still dismiss, and what women can actually do about them. Worth reading.

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21/05/2026

As a man, you just get in a cab. As a woman, Amy’s running a safety audit before she even closes the door.

The amount of things a woman has to think about when getting a taxi is overwhelming. It’s just one illustration of a woman’s mental load when it comes to personal safety.

Last night and asked a room what safety considerations they have when getting a taxi.

The men had nothing. No list. No protocol.

The women all had a huge list.

Men, we need to do better. Why was Nico there? We’re about helping people become better. Part of our mission is to reduce people’s stress and mental load. This event was an eye-opener.

Visit hassl.uk to learn more.

16/05/2026

15/05/2026

This weekend, Sam hosts the Public Health Collaboration’s 10th anniversary conference in London.

Nourish to Flourish, two days of world-class speakers on women’s health, men’s health, teenage health, and children’s health.

We’re proud to be a sponsor, and we’ll be at the Dietary Advice Panel. Come find us. Ask us anything.

The lineup:
— NYT bestselling author, The Big Fat Surprise
Dr David Unwin — the GP helping people reverse type 2 diabetes drug-free
— biohacking pioneer, Sunday Times No.1 author
— neuroscientist
— the UK’s leading voice on women’s hormones
— Wales international, founder of
— 250K followers, fighting for real food
— nutrition expert, founder of The Keto Pro
Dr Wafaa Abdel-Hadi — clinical oncologist & functional medicine doctor
Prof Richard J Johnson — 900+ papers on sugar, uric acid & metabolic disease
Dr Eric Westman — Duke University’s low carb pioneer
Dr Isabella Cooper — ketosis and cellular health researcher
And more.
The Light, Euston, London. 16–17 May.