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Clinical Nutrition & Testing

Your body runs on data. Are you reading it?
Physician-led nutrition and performance testing.
Built around your data, your metabolism, your composition, your markers, not generic advice.
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Expertise

Sound Familiar?

If any of this resonates, you are in the right place.

I'm training hard but not losing weight I don't know what to eat around training My energy levels are all over the place I want to perform better, not just feel better I've tried every diet and nothing sticks I want to know my actual numbers I recover slowly between sessions I need to lose weight but I have a medical condition

Nutrition & Testing

Physician-Led. Data-Driven. Tailored to You.

Nutrition at UPANDRUNNING is not a wellness service. It is a clinical one.

Every program is built by Dr Zahra, Sports Medicine Specialist and published researcher in obesity and metabolic health, using physiological data most nutrition services never access — resting metabolic rate, cardiopulmonary exercise testing, body composition analysis, and a full metabolic blood panel.

The result is a nutrition plan calibrated to your actual physiology. Not a population average. Not a formula estimate. Yours.

NUTRITION STRATEGIES AVAILABLE

Choose Your Pathway
The best nutrition plans start with personalized data
Sports Nutrition

Nutrition that works as hard as you do

What you eat around training is not a secondary consideration, it is a primary performance variable. Timing, macronutrient composition, hydration, and recovery nutrition all drive measurable differences in how your body adapts, how fast it recovers, and how long it can sustain output. Our sports nutrition service builds a strategy around your physiology, your sport, and your training load, not a template.

  • Training & competition fueling strategies
  • Recovery nutrition between sessions
  • Hydration & electrolyte protocols
  • WADA-compliant supplement guidance
  • Body composition optimization for sport
Weight Loss Nutrition

Why diets fail — and what actually works

The majority of weight loss approaches fail because they treat everyone the same. They ignore the fact that your resting metabolic rate is different from someone else’s, that your thyroid, insulin response, and hormonal picture all affect how your body stores and burns fat, and that without testing these variables, any calorie target is a guess.

At UPANDRUNNING, we measure your resting metabolic rate, assess your body  composition, review your blood markers, and use your CPET data to understand exactly how your body responds to exercise. From that, we build a plan specific to you.

  • Clinically supervised weight management
  • Diabetes, PCOS & metabolic syndrome management
  • Medical nutrition therapy
  • Medication review — GLP-1 where appropriate
  • Sustainable change, not short-term restriction
Nutrition & Metabolic Testing

The numbers that change everything

Most people make nutrition decisions based on averages, population formulas, generic calorie targets, watch-estimated VO₂ max. Wemeasure your actual resting metabolic rate, your true body composition, and your preciseaerobic thresholds using te same testing standard applied in elite sport. The difference between a plan built on estimates and one built on your data is the difference between managing and actually progressing.

  • Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR) testing
  • Body composition analysis — InBody
  • CPET — VO₂ max & fat-burning threshold
  • Full metabolic blood panel
  • Repeat testing to track progress over time

Clinical Testing

The Tests That Change Every Recommendation

Same testing standard used in elite sport. Applied to your body.

 

Test 01

Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR)
Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR)

Your RMR is the number of calories your body burns at complete rest. It varies significantly between individuals of the same size and age. Without measuring it, any calorie target is a population estimate — not yours.

45 minutes total
Fasted appointment
Reviewed with Dr Zahra
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Test 02

Body Composition Analysis

Two minutes. More information than any scale has ever given you.

Total fat mass, lean muscle mass by segment, visceral fat and a composition score — instantly. Repeat at 4, 8 and 12 weeks to see if your plan is actually working.

Under 2 minutes
No needles or imaging
Repeat to track progress
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Test 03

Full Metabolic Blood Panel
The clinical picture behind the numbers on the scale
Thyroid, iron, hormones, glucose, insulin, lipids, liver and kidney function, inflammation — reviewed by Dr Zahra with the context of your training load and returned with a clear plan.
10–12 hour fast
15-minute blood draw
Results in 24–48 hours
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Choose Your Package
Three Clinical Nutrition Programs
Designed for different goals and starting points — every one physician-led.

For competitive & professional athletes

Elite Performance Nutrition

Duration: 4 Weeks

Advanced physiological testing and sport-specific nutrition to maximize competitive performance.

What’s Included
  • Initial medical consultation + 1 follow-up
  • Full CPET — VO₂ max, lactate threshold, pulmonary function
  • Body composition analysis + 2 follow-up tests
  • Sport-specific musculoskeletal screening
  • Performance nutrition blueprint — periodised macros
  • Competition & training fuelling strategy
  • Race & match-day nutrition protocols
  • WADA-compliant supplement optimization
  • Return-to-play nutrition support
Key Outcomes
  • VO₂ max improvement through precision zone prescription
  • Optimized body composition for sport demands
  • Competition-ready fuelling — no race-day guesswork
  • Faster recovery between sessions

Ideal for: Competitive and professional athletes — endurance runners, cyclists, triathletes, team sport players, resistance-trained athletes, combat sports competitors.

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For active individuals & gym-goers

Body Recomposition
Duration: 8 Weeks
Precision-guided fat loss and lean muscle development for lasting physique transformation.
What’s Included
  • Initial medical consultation + 2 follow-ups
  • CPET — VO₂ max and training zone testing
  • Body composition analysis + 2 follow-up tests
  • Musculoskeletal screening & resistance training prescription
  • Personalized macronutrient and caloric plan
  • Nutrient timing and meal structuring
  • Cardio periodisation — Zone 2 and HIIT
  • Evidence-based supplement protocol
Key Outcomes
  • Measurable body fat reduction via repeat scan
  • Increased lean muscle mass without excessive bulk
  • Optimized fat-burning zones
  • Sustainable nutrition plan you can follow independently

Ideal for: Gym-goers, recreational athletes and active professionals training consistently but not seeing the body composition changes they expect.

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For weight loss & metabolic health

12-Week Metabolic Reset

Duration: 12 Weeks

A comprehensive clinical program for sustainable weight loss and metabolic health restoration.
What’s Included
  • Initial medical consultation + 3 follow-ups
  • Full blood & hormone panel — thyroid, metabolic, iron, lipids, glucose
  • Resting metabolic rate testing
  • Body composition analysis — monthly retesting
  • CPET or submaximal exercise test
  • Musculoskeletal screening & exercise prescription
  • Personalized medical nutrition therapy plan
  • Supplement & medication review — GLP-1 where appropriate
  • Chronic disease co-management coordination
Key Outcomes
  • 5–10% body weight reduction target at 12 weeks
  • Improved metabolic markers — glucose, BP, lipids
  • Sustainable habits replacing short-term restriction
  • Reduced cardiovascular and metabolic disease risk

Ideal for: Adults with obesity, overweight condition, metabolic syndrome, pre-diabetes, PCOS, fatty liver, or those preparing for bariatric surgery.

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FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions

Our nutrition programs are physician-led and built on clinical testing data — resting metabolic rate, body composition, CPET and blood markers — that a standard dietitian consultation does not include. Dr Zahra is a Sports Medicine Specialist and published researcher in metabolic health. Every plan is derived from your individual physiology, not a general dietary template.

The testing is what makes the plan accurate. Without it, any nutrition recommendation is an estimate. We recommend completing the relevant assessments for your program — they are included in the package prices and typically take place across one or two appointments before your plan is built.

Yes. The 12-Week Metabolic Reset is specifically designed for those with metabolic conditions including type 2 diabetes, pre-diabetes, PCOS, metabolic syndrome and fatty liver. Dr Zahra manages these presentations as part of the clinical picture and coordinates with your treating physicians where needed.

Absolutely. All three programs are designed to work alongside your current training load, and the exercise prescription is calibrated to complement rather than compete with what you are already doing.

GLP-1 medication is reviewed as part of the 12-Week Metabolic Reset program where clinically appropriate. It is not prescribed for everyone, and the conversation always involves a proper clinical assessment. If prescribed, it is an additional cost.

Ready to Start?

The Data Is There.
You Just Need Someone to Read It.

Book your consultation with Dr Zahra and let’s build a plan around your

physiology — not someone else’s average.

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Clinical Testing

Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR)

The number every nutrition plan should start from — and almost none do

Your RMR is the number of calories your body burns at complete rest. It varies significantly between individuals of the same size and age. Without measuring it, any calorie target is a population estimate — not yours. RMR testing takes that guess out of the equation entirely.

45 minutes total
Fasted appointment
Physician-reviewed

This test is for you if

  • You are eating well and training consistently but your weight is not moving
  • You have tried calorie-counted diets and found they stop working
  • You suspect your metabolism has slowed — and want to know for certain
  • You want a nutrition plan built from your actual data, not a formula

What you get

  • Your exact calorie burn at rest — the baseline for every nutrition decision
  • Your fat-to-carbohydrate oxidation ratio — how your body prefers to fuel itself
  • A calorie target calibrated to your metabolism — not a population average
  • The explanation for why previous approaches may not have worked

What you get

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Clinical Testing

Body Composition Analysis

Two minutes. More information than any scale has ever given you

Weight is a single number that tells you almost nothing. Body composition tells you what that number is actually made of — fat mass, lean muscle mass, visceral fat, and how it is distributed across your body. Repeat testing at intervals tracks genuine change, separating fat loss from muscle gain with precision.
Under 2 minutes
No needles or imaging
Repeat to track progress

This test is for you if

  • The number on the scale is not changing but you feel different — and want to know what is actually happening
  • You are training hard and want to know if you are building muscle or just losing weight
  • You want an objective starting point before beginning a nutrition or body recomposition program
  • You want to track real change over time — not just weigh yourself

What you get

  • Total fat mass and fat percentage — where you are starting from
  • Lean muscle mass by segment — left arm, right arm, torso, legs separately
  • Visceral fat level — the fat around your organs that weight alone cannot measure
  • A baseline to compare against at 4, 8 and 12 weeks — evidence your plan is working

What you get

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