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5 Foods I Highly Value as a Nutritionist

My favorite nutrient-dense foods

Elin Melaas
2 min readJan 16, 2023

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Maybe not the ones you expected, or precisely what you would have selected yourself? Within nutrition, the paths and opinions are diverse.

1. Beef Liver

If I’m wearing my nutritionist glasses, there is no food I love more than liver. The chef in me doesn’t always agree, though. Nonetheless, beef liver is my superfood.

Beef liver is a good source of Vitamin B12, Vitamin A, folate, iron, copper, and high-quality proteins. (1)

I have previously written a story about beef liver, Why I’m Eating Raw Beef Liver Every Week.

2. Bone Broth

Easy to make, inexpensive, and nutritious.

Let it simmer for 12 hours to 2 days. Rich in protein, collagen, calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, and other trace minerals. (2)

3. Butter

Butter is loved and hated. I highly appreciate it. Natural, rich in saturated fat, Vitamin A, and Vitamin E. (3)

“Historically, saturated fat was commonly believed to be an unhealthy, artery-clogging form of fat, assumed to harm heart health. Yet, recent research has found no link between saturated fat…

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Elin Melaas

Books, reading, health, parenting, and coffee 📚 MSc in Medical Physics and BSc in Nutrition. Editor at Illumination. Owner of Hooked on Books.