Dino Pohilj
Founder, RealFoods
Founder of RealFoods. Builds tools for people who want to eat for weight loss without counting calories, by estimating how meals affect blood sugar and insulin.
I founded RealFoods after years of watching close friends and family burn out on calorie-counting apps that produced short-term losses and long-term rebounds. The product is built on a single thesis I argue here repeatedly: hormonal impact, not calorie totals, is what determines whether the body stores or burns fat after a meal. Every article on this site is written or reviewed against that lens.
I am the founder, not a doctor or a dietitian. I research each article from the published studies and books it cites, and everything here is educational, not medical advice. If you have a health condition, talk to your own clinician first.
Areas of focus
- Weight Loss
- Nutrition Science
- Insulin Resistance
- Blood Sugar Response
- Calorie Counting Alternatives
- Metabolic Health
- Intermittent Fasting
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Recent articles
- How The Weight Impact Score Works
Why a modelled estimate of a meal's insulin impact answers a different question than a calorie count.
- The Problem With Calorie Counting
Why a calorie count alone misses how a meal is likely to affect blood sugar and insulin.
- Why Restrictive Eating Fails, and What Works Instead
The psychological and physiological reasons restrictive eating so often rebounds, and what tends to work better.
- Does High Blood Sugar Cause Weight Gain?
How blood sugar, insulin and weight gain connect in the carbohydrate-insulin model, and what to try.
- Low-Insulin Foods: 23 Popular Foods Scored
Eggs and salmon score 1, cookies 10 and orange juice 9: the estimated insulin impact of 23 everyday foods at the serving the app shows.
- Foods That Cause Weight Gain
Sugary drinks, potato chips and ultra-processed snacks are linked to weight gain. Ten everyday foods and what to eat instead.
- Weight Loss Without Calorie Counting
A practical four-step guide: protein, healthy fats and fibre at meals, a score per plate, and an optional overnight gap.
- Weight Loss Without Constant Hunger
The science of satiety: how protein, healthy fats and fibre help you stay fuller between meals.
