Welcome to our site
Valentino’s Naturals is a growing wellness & nutrition destination founded to help you feel good, look great, and be a better you.
Featuring brain health and nootropic articles, fitness tips, product reviews, in-depth guides and more, we’re here to provide informational and entertaining content for our readers around the world.
Topics we cover include:
- Brain Fitness & Meditation – Weekly articles on optimizing your mind and staying in the present moment.
- Supplementation – Critique and selections of the best brain supplements to support your goals.
- Lifestyle – From the Wim Hof Method to Intermittent Fasting for mental clarity, we cover a variety of topics related to natural biohacking.
We use a wide range of resources and base our research on highly reputable sources. Our team of nutritionists and fitness experts diligently reviews articles at Valentino’s Naturals to ensure they’re accurate and fact-checked.
As well as that, our posts are adequately referenced with relevant scientific studies. “Bro Science” is off-limits here.
Nonetheless, we’re more than happy to hear your feedback and make updates if needed.
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Meet the Team
Meet the people who contributed to the creation and growth of Valentino’s Naturals. Our passion for fitness, lifestyle, and nutrition is what drives us to keep developing and expanding this site.
As Valentino’s Naturals grows, we’ll continue to expand our team with professional writers, fitness coaches, and nutrition experts to provide you with content that’s both interesting and helpful.
Valentino
Founder & Editor in Chief
Valentino is an accredited nutritionist and fitness enthusiast. With over five years’ experience in nutrition and supplement reviews, Valentino oversees the running of the website and content production strategy.
When he’s not writing articles, you’ll find him working (and sometimes just relaxing) at his bee farm in Croatia.
The majority of the work you see on Valentino’s Naturals is created by Valentino. What isn’t written by Valentino is at least edited and revised by him.
Caitlyn Kucinski
Contributor
A respected fitness & yoga coach in the Nebraska wellness community, Caitlyn advocates a plant-based diet and is a firm believer in intermittent fasting.
Hugo Ladipo
Contributor
Hugo is an all-around veteran. Physical training, spirituality, nutrition… When he’s not coaching others, Hugo enjoys traveling to exotic and sunny places all around the globe.
Dr. Nazish Idrees Chaudhary, PhD
Consultant Clinical Psychologist & Senior Lecturer UCMD UIRSMIT Department; Clinical Placement Supervisor LSPS Psychology Department, University of Lahore, Pakistan
◆Program Director, Civil Fellowship Training for Addiction Professionals, Silver Lining Rehabs Pakistan
◆Clinical Practice, Khalid Clinic, Gulberg 3, Online counseling and psychotherapy sessions since the pandemic
◆Certified NLP and Hypnotherapy Practitioner
◆Diploma Dialectical Behaviour Therapist, 150 CPD, UK
◆Dip. Couple and Relationship Therapist, 150 CPD, UK
◆Certified Addiction Prevention Coordinator, UNODC
◆Certified Addiction Coach, PFRD, Columbo Plan, Pak
◆Certified Diet and Nutritional Advisor, 200 CPD, UK
◆Enhancing memory Diploma Certification, UK by COE
◆Member YPA (PAK), ISSUP (Sri Lanka) and IAHT, UK
◆President IYPS and V.P. ISSUP Lahore Chapter
◆Former lecturer, Punjab University College of Information Technology ◆M.S. Clinical Psychology, University of Central Punjab, 2016 (Silver Medalist) ◆Conducted several awareness Training and Workshops, Volunteer therapeutic services
and Won Award for that in Comsats Abbottabad National Conference 2017 ◆Other experiences, PIMH, Children Hospital, Ehsas Clinic, SOS Children Villages, Special Children Centre, University of Home Economics, Mayo Hospital
Publications:
- Psychological flexibility scale for university students: scale development employing exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses. Journal of Professional Psychology: Research and Practice. Volume 11, No. 2, September 2020.
- Efficacy of Dialectical Behavior Therapy for the Management of Suicidal Ideation & Deliberate Self-Harm: A Case Study from the Clinical Population in Lahore, Pakistan. Pakistan Journal of Medical Research (PJMR), 59, 2, 24 June 2020.
- Effect of Dialectical Behavior Therapy on Trait Emotional Intelligence and Emotional Regulation of Suicidal Patients in Pakistani Context. Global Scientific Journal (GSJ), Volume 8, Issue 2, February 2020.
- Culture-Bound Syndromes in Pakistan: Implications and Strategic Vision for Health Management. Pakistan Journal of Neurological Sciences (PJNS), Volume 14, Issue 4. September 2019.
- Treatment Outcomes of Dialectical Behavior Therapy on the Level of Suicidal Severity and Distress Tolerance in Suicidal Patients. International Journal of Scientific and Engineering Research, Volume 8, Issue 9. September Edition, 2017.
Find me here: https://www.facebook.com/peculiarcoach, https://www.linkedin.com/in/nazish-chaudhary-bb089140/
or write to me: [email protected]
Juliana Andrade, PhD
Fact-Checking was carried out by Juliana Andrade, MS. Juliana has a background in neurosciences and is currently a PhD student – she investigates brain connectivity in obsessive-compulsive disorder.
You can find her publications here. She also works as a science writer, writing about science and mental health to a broad audience in social media. She can be reached at Twitter and Linkedin.
Ahmad Mahmood, PhD
The facts mentioned and explained in this article have been checked and found to be consistent with scientific literature (most recent literature was used for fact checking).
Fact Checking was carried out by Ahmad Mahmood, PhD from Professional Writings.
Ahmad Mahmood has a background of studying and exploring ‘food as medicine’ and has expertise in plant metabolomics, and currently works as a freelance academic writer, editor and proofreader. He can be reached at Twitter.
Our Future Contributors
As ValentinosNaturals develops we expect to see more field experts featured on this page – check regularly for more updates.