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Harsh Kanwar
The Science of Food

Run your own nutrition.For life.

The mechanism-first nutrition course that takes you from following rules you don't understand to running your own intake from first principles. Built by a physician-in-training. 500+ students already in.

500+ Students Enrolled
4 Phases · 20+ Lectures
Mass Balance — not CICO
Indian Food Context Throughout
South Asian Clinical Thresholds
MBBS-Level Biochemistry · Made Accessible
Self-Paced · Lifetime Access
Peer-Reviewed Evidence Cited Throughout
500+ Students Enrolled
4 Phases · 20+ Lectures
Mass Balance — not CICO
Indian Food Context Throughout
South Asian Clinical Thresholds
MBBS-Level Biochemistry · Made Accessible
Self-Paced · Lifetime Access
Peer-Reviewed Evidence Cited Throughout
Who's teaching

Built by a physician-in-training.
Not a fitness influencer.

MBBS (Final Year)

Twelve months from being a licensed physician. Every lesson is grounded in clinical physiology, not fitness-industry folklore.

Expert Nutritionist & Lecturer

Deep nutrition expertise backed by medical education. I lecture on nutrition alongside clinical training.

60,800+ on Instagram

The audience built because the content was accurate. Same standard in the course, with ten times the depth.

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The Problem

The people teaching you nutrition
are lying to you.

Not exaggeration. Follow the incentives and you'll see it yourself.

Influencers selling certainty

Seed oils are killing you. Carbs are toxic. Breakfast is mandatory. Intermittent fasting cures everything. None of it holds up against the mechanism. But it goes viral because it sounds certain, and certainty sells courses.

Supplement companies running the content

Half the 'research' accounts you follow are paid, partnered, or selling you something. The advice is engineered to move product, not to get you results. You're inside a marketing funnel that looks like education.

Rules without reasons

Eat this, don't eat that. Nobody tells you why. So when the rule stops working, you have no framework to troubleshoot. You're locked into someone else's system forever, or you quit and start over with the next guru.

What changes after SOF

You stop following.
You start understanding.

Following a diet plan someone gave youBuilding your own intake from first principles
Scared of carbs because Instagram said soUnderstanding what insulin actually does at the receptor
Buying supplements because an ad said toKnowing which deficiencies you actually have and why
Stalling and not knowing whyDiagnosing the stall using five real variables
Believing every food claim you seeSpotting bad science in under 60 seconds
Restarting a new diet every 3 monthsRunning your own nutrition for life
Compare

SOF vs YouTube vs a nutrition degree.

FeatureYouTubeDegree
SOF
Structured curriculum
Mechanism-first teachingSometimes
Accurate and up-to-dateRarely5y behind
Self-paced
Price₹0₹10L+₹4,999
Time to complete3 years~20 hrs
Actionable for real lifeMaybe
Teaches you to spot bad sciencePartially
Students

500+ people took it.
Here's what stuck.

★★★★★

Halfway through module three, I realised I've been wrong about carbs for ten years. The mechanism chapter alone was worth the price.

Karthik R.
Software Engineer · Bangalore
★★★★★

I'm a coach. I thought I knew nutrition. SOF exposed every gap. Now I can actually answer client questions with confidence instead of parroting what I read.

Nidhi A.
Fitness Coach · 5 years in industry
★★★★★

The literature-reading module changed how I use Instagram. I can't unsee how much nonsense is out there. It's permanently recalibrated my bullshit detector.

Tanmay K.
Med Student · AIIMS Delhi
★★★★★

Best ₹4,999 I've spent on my health. I stopped fearing food and started understanding it. Lost 8 kg in four months running my own plan.

Priyanka D.
Student · -8 kg
★★★★★

The hormones module connected dots I didn't know were connected. Cortisol and weight. Leptin and cravings. Insulin and hunger. Finally made sense after a decade of confusion.

Rahul J.
Corporate · -11 kg
★★★★★

Completed it over a weekend. Lifetime access means I keep going back. It's become my reference manual. I've recommended it to every client I work with.

Shreya M.
Physiotherapist · Mumbai
What's different

Five things you
won't get anywhere else.

Most nutrition courses are translated American playbooks with calorie counters and meal-prep tips. SOF is built on the actual science, taught the way it's taught in medical school — and rebuilt for Indian food, Indian bodies, and Indian labs.

01

Mass balance, not CICO

CICO is a useful slogan and a terrible model. SOF teaches the mass balance framework — where each macronutrient actually ends up, why glycogen-water makes the scale lie, and why de novo lipogenesis is real but mostly irrelevant. Physically correct. Clinically useful.

02

Indian food context throughout

Every lecture rebuilt for Indian eating: dal-rice-roti macro framework, sabzi quantification, protein density of paneer vs tofu vs eggs vs whey. South Asian waist thresholds (90/80, not 102/88). Indian diagnostic lab pricing in INR.

03

Speaker-note lectures, not bullet points

Every slide carries a fully-written lecture script in the speaker notes — the way it would actually be taught in a classroom. Not 'here are 5 bullet points, figure it out.' Read the script, hear the mechanism, internalise the model.

04

MBBS-level biochemistry, made accessible

mTOR, leucine threshold, MPS vs MPB, GLUT4 translocation, ceramide-mediated insulin resistance, SCFA gut signalling. Real medical biochemistry — not dumbed down, but unpacked carefully so a non-medical student can follow.

05

5-question diet-claim framework

Phase 4 capstone gives you a 5-question protocol you can run on any diet, supplement, or fad in under 60 seconds. After this, you'll never get caught believing the next IF or keto or 'seed oils kill' wave that rolls through your feed.

06

Peer-reviewed evidence cited throughout

Where evidence is settled (protein leucine threshold, energy balance, insulin signalling), we teach the mechanism. Where evidence is mixed (saturated fat, IF longevity, optimal carb intake), we say so honestly and walk through the conflicting trials.

The Curriculum

Four phases. Twenty-plus lectures.
Foundations to advanced.

Each phase builds on the last. Phase 1 — Fundamentals — is already live on Skool with six lectures. Phases 2–4 take you from MBBS-level biochemistry through clinical practice to evidence-evaluation mastery.

01
Phase 1Live · Existing students have full access

Fundamentals

The foundations — already live on Skool. Six lectures get every student fluent in the language of nutrition before Phase 2 puts it under a microscope. Calorie reality, macros, micros, hormones, digestion, energy systems.

Lecture 01

Calorie Reality & The Energy Equation

What a calorie actually is. Why CICO is a slogan, not a model. TEE, BMR, NEAT, EAT, TEF — broken down so you can build your own number from first principles instead of trusting an online calculator.

TEEBMRNEAT
Lecture 02

Macronutrients · Molecular Level

Protein, carbs, fats — what they actually are, how they're broken down, what they cost the body to digest, and why bioavailability matters more than the gram on the label.

ProteinCarbsFats
Lecture 03

Digestion & Absorption Pathways

Mouth to colon. Where each macro is absorbed, what blocks absorption, what cofactors enable it, and why your gut decides what your label says you ate.

Lecture 04

Energy Systems Explained

Phosphocreatine, glycolysis, oxidative phosphorylation. Which system fuels which activity, why aerobic and anaerobic aren't a binary, and how this maps to your training day's nutrition.

Lecture 05

Micronutrients · The Foundation Layer

Vitamins and minerals that run the body. Critical deficiencies (D, B12, iron, magnesium, zinc), what they actually do at the cellular level, and the floor every plan has to clear before macros even matter.

Vit DB12Iron
Lecture 06

Hormones & Hunger · Foundations

Insulin, leptin, ghrelin, cortisol, thyroid. What each does, how they talk to each other, and why your hunger isn't a willpower problem. Foundation for the deeper neuroendocrine lecture in Phase 2.

02
Phase 2

Biochemistry in Practice

Where the course gets serious. MBBS-level biochemistry of nutrition — the mechanisms most coaches and dieticians never see. After Phase 2 you can read a protein synthesis paper, a hunger-hormone study, or an insulin-resistance trial and actually understand it.

Lecture 01

Carbohydrate & Protein Metabolism Part 2

mTOR signalling, glycogen storage and depletion, MPS vs MPB, the leucine threshold, why post-workout protein timing barely matters but daily distribution does. The molecular biology of muscle growth — without the bro-science.

mTORMPSLeucine
Lecture 02

Neuroendocrine Regulation of Appetite

Leptin, ghrelin, GLP-1, PYY, and the hormonal rebound that makes post-diet weight regain feel inevitable. Why hunger spikes after weight loss, what GLP-1 agonists actually do, and why your appetite is not a willpower problem.

LeptinGLP-1PYY
Lecture 03

Insulin Resistance: Mechanisms to Management

What insulin resistance actually is at the receptor: GLUT4 trafficking, ceramide accumulation, ectopic fat. HOMA-IR interpretation. South Asian waist thresholds and why standard cutoffs miss most Indian cases. Lifestyle order-of-operations for reversal.

HOMA-IRGLUT4South Asian
Lecture 04

Micronutrients Part 2

The deficiency patterns Indian populations actually carry: vitamin D, B12, iron, vegetarian protein gaps. Absorption cofactors, dosage windows, when supplementation works and when food is enough. Lab-confirmed only — no 'just take a multivitamin'.

Vit DB12Iron
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Phase 3

Applied Nutrition & Clinical Practice

Take the mechanism and apply it. Build a real plan. Track adherence honestly. Adapt for medical conditions. Know when to refer out. This phase turns biochemistry into a working coaching skillset.

Lecture 01

Mass Balance: The Model That Actually Works

The replacement for CICO. Where each macronutrient actually goes once it enters the body, glycogen-water dynamics on the scale, de novo lipogenesis reality vs myth, and why the mass balance model explains every plateau and recomp better than calories alone.

Mass BalanceGlycogenDNL
Lecture 02

Adaptive Thermogenesis & Metabolic Adaptation

NEAT suppression, leptin drop, T3 conversion changes, why the deficit gets harder. Diet breaks, refeeds, the MATADOR study, reverse dieting science (and where it overpromises).

NEATMATADORReverse
Lecture 03

Gram Tracking Mastery

Weighing protocols, when to track and when to estimate, restaurant volume estimation, the most common logging mistakes that fake a plateau. Practical tracking that survives Indian thali meals and home cooking.

Lecture 04

Clinical Meal Planning & Outcome Monitoring

Scope of practice for non-physicians. PCOS, hypothyroidism, hypertension, T2DM nutrition adaptations. Indian food framework for each. Red flags that mean 'refer out, do not coach this'.

PCOSThyroidT2DM
Lecture 05

Alternative Planning, Adherence & Psychology

Flexible dieting, intuitive eating, plateau troubleshooting decision tree. Self-Determination Theory applied to behaviour change — the autonomy/competence/relatedness model that explains why most diets fail.

IIFYMPlateauSDT
Lecture 06

Addressing Deficiencies

Clinical decision tree for common deficiencies: when to retest, when to supplement, when to send for advanced workup. Dosage, form, co-supplementation, retesting windows. Built around Indian lab pricing and availability.

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Phase 4

Evidence-Based Coaching Mastery

The capstone phase. After this, you can read any paper, evaluate any claim, and answer any client question with calibrated confidence — not bro-science certainty.

Lecture 01

Evidence Evaluation & Critical Appraisal

5-tier evidence hierarchy. Publication bias and p-hacking — what they look like in real papers. The 7-question study checklist for evaluating any nutrition trial in under 5 minutes.

HierarchyP-hackingBias
Lecture 02

MNT & Blood Report Deciphering

Read a full Indian blood panel: lipid panel beyond total cholesterol, TG/HDL ratio interpretation, thyroid (TSH/T4/T3 reverse), liver enzymes, fasting insulin. Medical Nutrition Therapy framework for each pattern.

LipidsThyroidMNT
Lecture 03

Gut Microbiome & Dietary Modulation

Short-chain fatty acid production, the 30-plant rule, fermented foods vs probiotic supplements (and why most probiotics don't survive your stomach). FODMAP framework for IBS clients.

SCFAProbioticsFODMAP
Lecture 04

Advanced Dietary Strategies: The Truth

Intermittent fasting vs continuous restriction — what the head-to-head trials show. Keto evidence by goal. Carb cycling, recomposition science, supplement tier list. Capstone: the 5-question framework for evaluating any new diet, supplement, or claim.

IFKetoCapstone
Honest filter

What this course
is not.

If you came here looking for any of these, save your money.

A diet plan

No 1,800-calorie templates. You'll learn to build your own intake from physiology and adjust it as your body changes.

A meal prep guide

No Sunday-night chicken-rice container photos. The mechanism doesn't care what's in your tupperware.

Generic macros content

No 'eat 0.8g protein per pound' soundbites. We go to the molecular level — leucine threshold, MPS vs MPB, why timing barely matters.

A motivation course

No mindset chapters, no morning-routine talk. Pure mechanism, applied science, and clinical practice.

Bro-science with a polish

Every claim is cited from peer-reviewed sources. Where evidence is mixed, we say so. Where it's settled, we teach the mechanism.

Translated US content

Every lecture is rebuilt for Indian food, Indian bodies, and Indian labs. Dal-rice-roti math, South Asian thresholds, INR pricing on diagnostics.

After the Course

What you'll actually
be able to do.

Specific, testable outcomes. Not vague 'you'll feel empowered' language.

1

Read a nutrition paper and tell the difference between a mechanistic finding and a noisy outcome study.

2

Build your own calorie target from first principles, adjust it when your body adapts, and know when to stop adjusting.

3

Hear a food claim online and know within sixty seconds whether it holds up against the mechanism.

4

Design a week of meals that hits your protein, fibre and micronutrient targets without tracking forever.

5

Troubleshoot a fat loss or muscle gain stall using the five variables that actually matter.

6

Talk about insulin, leptin, cortisol and thyroid with someone who knows physiology and hold your own.

Honest Filter

This course isn't
for everyone.

Right fit if
  • You're tired of conflicting nutrition advice online.
  • You want to understand the mechanism, not just follow rules.
  • You're a coach who wants stronger fundamentals.
  • You're a med or health student filling in the nutrition gap.
  • You want to run your own plan for life, not rent one forever.
Not a fit if
  • You want a meal plan handed to you. This is education, not a plan.
  • You're looking for keto, carnivore or fasting evangelism.
  • You won't put in ~20 hours of focused learning.
  • You want fast tricks, not durable understanding.
A note from Harsh

I built SOF because
nobody was teaching
the mechanism.

Five years in medical school watching patients roll in with conditions that were downstream of food and movement. Almost none of them had any real understanding of what their body was doing.

And the information online was worse than useless. Clickbait nutrition, recycled myths, influencers selling certainty they hadn't earned, supplement companies masquerading as research accounts.

SOF is the first-principles nutrition course I would want my patients to take. The one I wish someone had handed me when I started taking this seriously.

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Investment

One-time. Lifetime access.

Self-paced · Lifetime access

The Science of Food

4 phases · 20+ MBBS-level lectures
₹22,000
~20 hours of evidence-based teaching
₹8,000
Lifetime access and all future updates
₹6,000
Downloadable cheat sheets and references
₹2,000
Student-only community access
₹3,000
Quarterly content updates as new research drops
₹4,000
Total value₹35,000
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FAQ

Real objections. Real answers.

One round of supplements that don't work costs more than this course. One failed diet that ends in a rebound costs you months. SOF is a one-time ₹4,999 for a skill you use for the rest of your life.

Stop renting someone
else's plan.

One weekend of focused learning. A lifetime of running your own nutrition with confidence. That's the trade.

Enroll Now · ₹4,999

500+ students already in. Lifetime access.