Venice Nutrition is Based on the Science of Blood Sugar Stabilization

By stabilizing your blood sugar levels (glucose in your blood) with the right frequent, balanced meals, you create balance (homeostasis) which allows your body to release stored body fat, toxins and excess sodium, while protecting lean muscle mass and igniting metabolism.

Stabilizing your blood sugar (keep levels between 80 and 120 mg/dl throughout the day) will naturally help you to:

• burn body fat
• protect and increase lean muscle mass
• eliminate sugar (carbohydrate) cravings
• boost your energy
• break through stubborn plateaus
• achieve permanent results

Our science based program is backed by the International Board of Nutrition and Fitness Coaching >>

Eliminates the Yo Yo Effect

Because Venice Nutrition is based on creating balance within your body by stabilizing your blood sugar levels, it completely eliminates the yo-yo dieting syndrome. Most diets stress cutting calories or carbohydrates to lose weight. While restricting calories (calories in vs. calories out) or carbohydrates will initially cause weight loss, both methods will always lead to an immovable plateau once your body reaches it’s set point (the weight your body wants to weight and where it gets stuck).

Even worse, calorie or carbohydrate restriction causes low blood sugar and leads to:

• low energy
• extreme cravings
• loss of lean muscle which slows down metabolism

Once you re-introduce the calories and carbohydrates you restricted (you can’t starve forever!), you regain the weight plus extra body fat due to the loss of lean muscle mass and a slower metabolism. This makes it even more challenging to lose weight the next time around and leads to the yo-yo syndrome (weight loss followed by weight gain), which inevitably slows your metabolism even more.

Knows you are an individual with unique goals and needs

While most programs have the same "game plan" for everyone, Venice Nutrition knows you are an individual with your own unique goals, lifestyle, health challenges and food preferences. Our member's goals vary from person to person (some join to lose weight while others like professional athletes may join to build muscle and enhance performance). While blood sugar stabilization is the basis for everyone's program, your unique plan is created specifically for you based on your nutritional parameters, lifestyle and goals. Because optimal health demands more than just good nutrition and exercise, your plan includes sleep and stress management as well as your water and supplement intake recommendations.

Our Proven 3 Step Approach

Have you ever said, "I know what I'm supposed to do with my health, I'm just not doing it." Or maybe you're overwhelmed by the amount of health misinformation and have struggled with too many "diets" to count.Our 3 Step Approach makes dieting and failing a thing of the past:

1. Know Your Why. It’s simple really. Your "Why" is your driving force for making your health a priority and motivates you to stay the course even when life gets in the way. We will help you to discover your Why, recognize any obstacles and give you the tools to overcome them.

2. Build your Body Confidence Plan: Diets fail people because they do not provide a game plan for long term success. The key to long term success is to build both a foundation to work from as well as a game plan to maintain for the rest of your life. Your Body Confidence Plan is the blueprint to your success and includes: Sleep, Nutrition, Exercise, Supplementation, Water Intake and Stress Management. Venice Nutrition will educate you on these 6 components and provide you with a game plan that works for your lifestyle.
3. Balance your “Quadrant”. Each of us lives a busy life and all too often we decide to "go for it" and get healthy without making a plan or creating space in our life. It's easy to fail when you start with a life that is already 100% full and add a nutrition and exercise program on top of it! We will teach you how to adjust the other parts of your life to open up time and space for your new health plan. Our members are always amazed to find that by creating balance in their “Quadrants” they enhance every aspect of their lives - even their profession and personal relationships.

NEW: Venice Nutrition Mobile!

In our fast paced world, it’s important to have the tools you need to be successful on the go! Venice Nutrition Mobile includes your customized meal plans, grocery shopping list, recipes, interactive journal, progress tracker, FAQ and so much more. No matter where you are, Venice Nutrition Mobile is FAST, fun and will keep you track!

Your Personalized Body Confidence Plan:

Your personalized Body Confidence Plan is your "game plan" for success. This includes customized meal and exercise plans, recommended sleep schedule to maximize results, supplement recommendations, water intake parameters and stress management tools. You'll learn exactly what you need to reach your goals and how to incorporate each aspect of the Body Confidence Plan into your lifestyle.

Getting Started Guide

We understand that starting any new health program can feel overwhelming. This is exactly why we created our Getting Started Guide. The guide will give you a clear starting point to work from and will guide you as you progress through each health phase at a pace you’re comfortable with.

Goal Setting Page & Progress Tracker

Whether you are tracking your progress at home or while on the go with our mobile site, take advantage of our Goal Setting tools. To achieve permanent results, it’s critical to have a game plan (your Body Confidence Plan) and to have a clear vision of where you are going (your Goals). Your program includes a customized and interactive goal setting section to track your weight, body fat and overall progress.

Customized Meal Plans

With endless meal choices for breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks and even dessert, you'll have new and exciting meals every day. Our extensive food database and intuitive “meal builder” gives you the ability to quickly exchange food items within a meal and easily create new meals. The software does all the work for you. You’ll never need to count calories, do math, or calculate your own ratios. We make it easy for you to swap foods, create new meals and have fun with your food choices!

Over 1000 Meal Options

With endless meal choices for breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks and even dessert, you'll have new and exciting meals everyday. Our extensive food database gives you the ability to quickly exchange food items within a meal and create new meals. The software does all the work for you. You’ll never need to count calories, do math, or try to figure out your own ratios. We make it easy!

Creative and Healthy Recipe Database

Our Recipe Collection was created by the Venice Nutrition Culinary Team. In addition to being tasty and delicious, each recipe is healthy and balanced as well. These simple-to-make recipes work great for both singles and families. Our recipe database is continually updated so you will never get bored with your recipe choices. See Sample Recipes Here >>

Personalized Exercise Plan

The goal at Venice Nutrition is to teach you how to maximize your workout routine for faster results in less time. Your personalized exercise plan is centered on your lifestyle and includes:

• Recommendations on exercise frequency and duration to achieve your goals
• Your personal Target Heart Rate for faster fat burning results
• Detailed instructions on how to efficiently perform Red Fiber ("fat burning") and White Fiber ("sugar burning") cardiovascular exercise to avoid fitness plateaus and maximize each workout
• Correct exercise technique and protocol to prevent injury and increase results
• Recommendations for an optimal exercise schedule including cardiovascular training, core/resistance training and stretching

Interactive Journal

Your interactive journal is a fast and easy way to keep track of your meals, exercise routines and changes in body fat and weight. Whether you choose to "journal" for a few weeks or indefinitely, it's an effective learning tool and a great source of motivation. You'll learn what meals and exercise work best for you and become aware of any "offs' that may be holding you back from achieving your goals. Using a journal will help keep you in tune with your body for faster and better results.

Custom Foods Database

Venice Nutrition's database has thousands of food options, and the ability for you to add your own custom foods. Using our software tools, you can easily add your favorite foods and brand names for even more options in your meal choices and recipes. Once added, new foods immediately become part of the rest of the food database so you can easily incorporate them into existing meals or new meals.

Customized Grocery List

Your customized grocery list will automatically update as you change and edit your meals. Simply print it out and take it with you or use your shopping list on Venice Nutrition Mobile for easy shopping and planning.

Comprehensive Online Member Handbook

Written by Venice Nutrition’s creator and CEO, Mark Macdonald

Your online member handbook is an excellent source of information. With it, you'll learn about physiology of the human body, blood sugar stabilization, why "dieting" and just "counting calories" are not permanent solutions to reach optimal health and so much more. You'll also learn how to optimize each aspect of your Body Confidence Plan for fast and permanent results.

Nutrition Support from our Team of Experts

At Venice Nutrition, we pride ourselves on the level of support and commitment we provide our members. All of the members of our support team are Certified Venice Nutrition Coaches, so you know your in good hands. If you have a question, just ask. We're happy to help!

additional consulting programs are available >>

Monthly Coaching Webinar Series

The key in making your health a priority is by becoming educated on how your body works and how to make it work for you. We understand that it is difficult to find health information that is relevant, backed by science, and easily implemented into your lifestyle. There is a thirst for this knowledge and we are committed to providing you with this health education. We also know how important it is to continually inspire and motivate our members to succeed. Mark Macdonald's inspirational webinars give you the education, tools and the coaching you need to work your plan into your lifestyle, break through plateaus, stay motivated, address health challenges and so much more!

Access to Mark Macdonald's Corner

Mark is the creator and CEO of Venice Nutrition. He has dedicated his life to helping others improve their quality of life through nutrition, exercise, and overall health. In this section of your program you’ll learn how Venice Nutrition was created, read his ongoing series of motivational and inspirational messages, and have access to his cutting edge articles on nutrition, exercise technique, goal setting and much more.

E-Newsletters and Member Articles

Receive E-Newsletters and special articles from our entire team. The team includes Mark Macdonald - creator of Venice Nutrition, members of our Medical Board, as well as our Nutrition coaches. Each newsletter contains inspirational messages, "real life" nutrition and fitness tips as well as culinary secrets and supplement advice from the top experts in the industry.

Health + Fitness Blog

We created our blog to provide you with continually updated entries on all topics regarding Health. You will find articles on nutrition, exercise, losing bodyfat and baby-weight, increasing lean muscle mass, increasing endurance, improving your lifestyle, working exercise into your schedule, skin care, avoiding illness, eliminating fatigue, stretching techniques and more. There are too many topics to list here, and they’re all designed to help you improve your overall health and quality of life.

National Member Forum

The member forum is where you can go 24 hours a day to communicate with our Certified Venice Nutrition coaches and other members like yourself nationwide. Our coaches visit the forum daily to assist by giving professional advice on many different health topics. At the Forum, you can ask questions and share answers or reach out for tips for success and inspiration!

FAQs and Q&A section

We know you have questions and that’s why we offer a comprehensive FAQ section as well as a continually updated Q & A section. Here you will find questions such as “How Can I Eat Out at Restaurants While On My Program?", “How Can I Have Alcohol While Remaining on the Program?”, “How Do I Create New Meal Plans?”, “How Can I Teach My Family to Improve Their Nutrition?”, etc. If you have a question and don’t see the answer, simply email your nutrition coach and we’ll get back to you with one promptly.