“Nutritional Therapist Markéta Gajdošová Discusses Slow, Systematic Approach to Health and Diet”

No extremes and miraculous weight loss, but slow, systematic work. Markéta Gajdošová, a nutritional therapist who studied nutritional therapy at the University of Massachusetts and continues to attend medical school at the University of Miami, has such an approach to eating. It also focuses on how diet affects mental stability and performance.

“Unfortunately, on a daily basis I see the opposite approach to the one I hold. A lot of people want quick results, for which they are willing to go to any extreme, and a lot of self-proclaimed experts are happy to open such a path. Often even under the auspices of a logical-looking argument, which is difficult for the general public to filter,” states the nutritional therapist.

Her clients include a number of top athletes or influencers. Above all, he recommends them to break the vicious circle where nutrition is relegated to the lower ranks of priorities. “That’s why they lose energy, which is essential for them. No matter what level of busyness we’re talking about, I always like to remind you that almost none of us have time these days,” she points out.

Regardless of whether you demand peak physical or mental performance from yourself, Gajdošová recommends seeing diet as a tool. But at the same time, he rejects a rigid schedule and an hourly precise concept of the menu. “It’s about fulfilling the needs of the body in an individual mode. That’s why it’s so important to take the whole context into account.”

Even if you are very busy, according to Markéta Gajdošová, you should plan your food purchases strategically, because, according to her, solving your meals on the go is paradoxically more demanding and time-consuming.

“Set aside a time slot for meal preparation once every few days. Thanks to this, you will no longer have to worry and have to solve something at the last minute and, as a result, reach for a choice that will not be nutritionally – and quite possibly not even taste-satisfying,” he advises.

What should the menu look like for someone who, for example, sits at the computer all day? “In the case of a sedentary lifestyle, we tend to have a lower frequency of meals and a greater proportion of fats and fiber compared to carbohydrates,” describes Gajdošová.

And at the same time he adds that this does not apply absolutely, but for most cases it will be a satisfactory regime. “We assume that we are talking about work that requires mental performance, where we want to stay full for a long time and not have to constantly snack.”

However, it is also impossible to completely ignore carbohydrates. “We need to think about the fact that our brain alone consumes approximately 130 to 150 grams of glucose per day, so we definitely don’t want to neglect brain nutrition with carbohydrates,” he recommends.

Gajdošová perceives caffeine as a patch for missing energy, which she says stems from an unbalanced diet.

In practice, this means that you need to have readily available supplies on hand, such as a good quality protein bar, nuts and seeds, fruit, unsweetened dried fruit, dried meat, which do not require special storage, but can be used quickly when there really is no time for no preparations.

We cannot do without strategic planning anyway. “By partially preparing food or at least being aware of what, when and how to eat, we save time as a result. Let’s not want culinary creations after ourselves, let’s settle for a foundation that will be complex,” says Markéta Gajdošová.

According to the nutritionist, rest is also essential. We should eat slowly, carefully. According to Gajdošová, the moment we perceive our body and its needs, it will be important for us to consume high-quality, nutrient-packed foods, and not just calorie bombs with an excess of sugar.