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www.MOSTmag.com || FITNESS MAG A ZINE || 99about food and how it interacts in the body. That%u2019s an important step because people don%u2019t often know what we know as coaches and nutritionists. So we get on common ground and develop the best guidelines from there. The basics include ramping up intake of nutrient-dense foods while eliminating the high sugar/processed carbohydrate junk they%u2019re used to. It%u2019s a gradual process. MFM: Do you study your clients eating habits?AG: Continually. The better their eating habits get, the better they get - always and without exception. I can tell what somebody eats and drinks from across the room.MFM: How much of a nutrient is too much?AG: Anything causing toxicity at excessive dosages or causing the body to weaken and fatten over time. Daily, dominant intake of refined, packaged carbohydrates is too much. Trans-fat intake from fast-foods is too much and damages the body immensely. It%u2019s usually lack of nutrients causing problems as opposed to too much of something - but of course there are exceptions to this. For example, aggressive, long-term supplementation of Vitamin D can cause problems (kidney stones, nausea, and high blood calcium levels) IF blood levels are consistently over 200ng/dL. However, this blood level is about impossible to reach through a great diet and regular sun exposure %u2013 most people are severely deficient in this vitamin. MFM: Any suggestion on food digesting?AG: Digestion is a complex process so we%u2019ll start with the basics here. Chew, rather than inhale your food. Digestive enzymes from the salivary glands in the mouth need time to kick in and work their magic %u2013 if you%u2019re always inhaling food on-thego, this first step is essentially skipped. People who report a massive %u2018knot%u2019 in their stomach after eating have usually inhaled their food rather than chewed it. Keep in mind though, slowly chewing garbage food won%u2019t help digestion one bit %u2013 to fix digestion you must begin my fixing the types of food you%u2019re eating.Photographer:Cris Ware at Siren Studios