Andrew Fortuna Nutritional Therapy

11/09/2025

ENHANCED GAMES FOR ELITE ATHLETES: AN ETHICAL PERSPECTIVE (BLOG POST)

The Enhanced Games is a controversial proposed international competition that allows athletes to use performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) without World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) restrictions. Promoters frame it as a celebration of scientific progress, with performance achieved under medical supervision rather than secrecy.

Substantial prize money and signing offers have been reported, making it an attractive option for some athletes approaching the end of their careers. Some elite swimmers, such as Team GB Olympic silver medallist Ben Proud, and other elite swimmers, have endorsed the movement and confirmed their participation at the next event in Las Vegas, May 2026.

However, official anti-doping agencies and other world renowned sporting legends have voiced their disagreements with the Enhanced games.

But is there a legitimate reason and demand for these kind of events, and what the ethical considerations, sports nutrition, benefits and risks of doing so? Read my latest blog post where I write my opinion on the controversial Enhanced Games

Enhanced games for swimmers: An ethical perspective, benefits, risks, financial incentives, short and long-term health

09/09/2025

INTEGRATIVE SPORTS NUTRITION: MORE THAN JUST FUEL

Traditional sports nutrition focuses heavily on macronutrients as fuel: carbs, proteins, and fats aligned with training intensity and volume. While this is essential, a functional, integrative approach shifts the lens to health as the bedrock of performance, wellbeing and quality of life.

This philosophy holds that dietary choices should nourish the body’s interconnected systems, gastrointestinal, immune, neuroendocrine, musculoskeletal, detoxification, and mental-emotional, because dysfunction in one system inevitably impacts the others. For athletes under intense physical and psychological stress, this shift from just fuel, to foundational resilience, can be transformative.

Read my latest blog post where I talk about the benefits of my Integrative Sports Nutrition programme for recreational and elite athletes

Integrative Sports Nutrition in Gibraltar, leveraging clinical and sports nutrition for individualised sports performance, recovery and optimal health

08/09/2025

Context and perspective matters

04/09/2025

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03/09/2025

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03/09/2025

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03/09/2025

REFLECTION OF THE DAY
Apart from clients, I often get asked questions about nutrition and health by family, friends and people in the street. The reality is, that to wish for a simple answer to a complex question is like being a black & white thinker in areas of grey, it's never a straightforward yes or no answer, context and perspective always matters. Oftentimes both responses hold true, therefore, I will always start with the same phrase, "it depends".

18/08/2025

If you want a better life, start with better daily habits. Dont aim for perfection, aim for consistency. Dont wait for motivation, just be disciplined. Discipline beats motivation every single time 👊🏼

17/08/2025

CHOLESTEROL, CANCER AND ALL-CAUSE MORTALITY

In a cohort of 13 million adults, compared to too low, higher (total) cholesterol levels were associated to lower all-cause mortality, with the lowest mortality observed at cholesterol levels of 210–249 mg/dL, which appear to question the rationale of conventional approaches in aggressively lowering (bad) LDL levels

15/08/2025

WAXED APPLES AND GASTROINTESTINAL HEALTH

Filmed by myself at one of our local food stores, the wax applied to waxed apples contain residual petrochemical solvents or emulsifiers, encapsulated pesticides, possibly heavy metals.

The EU food agency (EFSA) say waxed apples are safe, however, long-term low-dose cumulative load studies are lacking, particularly for wax components, pesticide residues, and other contaminants.

I do not recommended frequent consumption of waxed apples for persons with diagnosed gastrointestinal disorders, such as IBD, IBS or SIBO. Contact me if you have any of these conditions and require professional nutrition support.

PRACTICAL TIPS
- Wash apples under warm running water and scrub gently. This won’t remove all wax but can reduce surface residues.

- Peeling removes most wax and pesticide residues but also reduces the beneficial soluble fibre pectin, many nutrients and other phytonutrients present chiefly directly under the skin.

- Always choose unwaxed apples, preferably organic apples if you want to avoid synthetic pesticide residues, though less toxic organic waxes (like beeswax or carnauba) may also still be applied.

This is an example how general nutrition safety guidelines and clinical nutrition do not always agree, context and personalisation matters.

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15/08/2025

100% correct, let’s make preventative health and self-preservation great again!

06/08/2025

Truth bomb! 😜