Dn. Rizwan Maqbool, founder of The Nutrition Side

Dn. Rizwan Maqbool

MS Human Nutrition & Dietetics

Founder, TNS, The Nutrition Side

Riphah International University, Pakistan

Our Story

Built by a Dietitian, For Dietitians

Dn. Rizwan Maqbool founded The Nutrition Side to give clinical nutrition professionals the digital tools they deserve.

I am a registered dietitian and clinical nutritionist who spent years doing what every dietitian does, calculating BMI on a notepad, flipping through reference tables, building meal plans in Excel, and spending more time on paperwork than on patients.

That frustration became a mission.

TNS, The Nutrition Side, was built from the ground up by a dietitian, for dietitians. Not by a tech company that consulted a dietitian. Not by developers who read a textbook. By someone who has sat across from a patient, run the numbers by hand, and thought: there has to be a better way.

What TNS is changing

Every tool on this platform, including the Master Calculator, the Meal Planner, and the Client Tracker, is built around how dietitians actually think and work. The 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines are embedded into every calculation. Clinical formulas like Harris-Benedict, Mifflin-St Jeor, Hamwi, and Holliday-Segar run automatically the moment you enter a patient's data. Meal plans that used to take an hour now take minutes, and they print as professional clinical documents.

The bigger picture

Dietitians are among the most underserved professionals when it comes to digital tools. Physicians have EMRs. Pharmacists have drug databases. We had calculators and Word documents. TNS is the platform that should have existed a decade ago, and we are building it now, for dietitians around the globe, regardless of where they practice or what resources they have access to.

This is not just a website. It is a movement to raise the standard of nutritional care worldwide.

Meet The Brains

We craft evidence-based nutrition tools that amplify clinical expertise, achieving a harmonious balance of science, function, and patient-centered care.

Prof. Dr. Ali Raza

Prof. Dr. Ali Raza

Riphah International University

Dn. Mariam Iftikhar

Dn. Mariam Iftikhar

HOD Nutrition Department Islamia University Bahawalpur

Dn. Noor ul Eza

Dn. Noor ul Eza

Co-founder

Dn. Benish Naz

Dn. Benish Naz

Clinical Dietitian

Dn. Mishal Mukhtiar

Dn. Mishal Mukhtiar

Clinical Dietitian

Dn. Muqaddas Abbasi

Dn. Muqaddas Abbasi

Clinical Dietitian

Dn. Saad Rafique

Dn. Saad Rafique

CEO Holistic Nutrition

Dn. Muneeba Ghaffar

Dn. Muneeba Ghaffar

Master trainer PFA

Dn. Syeda Farheen Zahra

Dn. Syeda Farheen Zahra

Clinical Dietitian (USA)

Dn. Mahrukh

Dn. Mahrukh

Clinic Dietitian USA

Dn. Hanan Waqar

Dn. Hanan Waqar

Clinic Dietitian

Dn. Saman Javed

Dn. Saman Javed

Clinical Dietitian

Engr. Mukesh Kumar Lilwa

Engr. Mukesh Kumar Lilwa

Developer

Engr. Haseeb Ahmed

Engr. Haseeb Ahmed

Developer

Engr. Muhammad Bilal Hussain

Engr. Muhammad Bilal Hussain

NOC Officer Qatar

Engr. Usman Sial

Engr. Usman Sial

Developer (Korea)