About

Pinch of Health exists because reading a headline about the “latest study” and actually knowing what that study found are two very different things. POH digs into the research on nutrition, fitness, and everyday wellness, and turns it into something you can actually use.

How This Got Started

Adrian Lewis, the founder of Pinch of Health, has always been a fitness enthusiast, surfing or mountain biking when not writing. That changed after a surf trip to Peru ended with amoebic dysentery that took months to shake off and resurfaced on and off for years afterward.

Figuring out what was happening to his gut meant reading more medical research than any reasonable person plans to. That research habit never really stopped. It just slowly turned outward, from “what is wrong with me” to “what does the evidence actually say about this stuff everyone has opinions on.”

The research habit picked up a second track about ten years ago. Adrian has coached an athlete through competitive karate, handling the fitness and nutrition side of training. Watching how a training plan or a meal choice plays out for a real athlete, over years rather than weeks, has shaped a lot of how this site thinks about what “works.”

Adrian’s athlete alongside teammates after claiming the cadet team kata title at the 2023 KSI Karate World Championships

Getting an athlete to that level goes beyond technique. The cadet division demands peak physical conditioning: explosive power, recovery between bouts, weight management without losing speed, and the kind of sustained focus and mental preparation that good nutrition actually supports. Adrian has worked through all of it alongside his athlete: what to eat before a morning session when there’s also a maths exam at noon, how to manage weight without killing speed in the weeks before a tournament, what the research says about recovery and what actually works when you’re sixteen and short on sleep.

What’s on the Site

Adrian tracks research from universities, peer-reviewed journals, and health institutions, and translates the parts that matter into plain-English articles. That covers nutrition deep-dives, fitness and mobility guides, longevity and aging topics, and the occasional rabbit hole into things like tea, coffee, and olive oil.

Where it’s useful, he links to the original papers, including journal names and publication dates, so you can go check the source yourself.

Independence and Corrections

Adrian doesn’t take money from supplement companies, food brands, or anyone else with a stake in what he recommends, which mostly just means nobody’s whispering in his ear about which olive oil to feature this month.

Research changes, and so do these articles. When a reader flags something or new evidence overturns an older claim, the piece gets updated, and the change is noted. That’s part of how the site stays useful rather than becoming a snapshot of whatever was believed when it was written.