Jesse van der Velde

Jesse van der Velde (1986) is a health coach, the author of 17 books and the founder of BioProfile. He started as a personal trainer in 2006 and has since helped more than 600,000 people with their health. His first book, Voor altijd jong (2012), became a number 1 bestseller. He now measures around 150 biomarkers in himself and shares what he does online.

Superfoodies was founded in 2012 by Jesse van der Velde. In the same year he started Rawcreation, which has made supplements in a BRC-certified facility in the United Kingdom since 2012.

• Sport and Movement, Groningen (2006), with diplomas as Fitness Trainer A, Fitness Trainer B and in Sports Massage (Dutch Society for Sports Massage)
• Biosignature, Charles Poliquin (2007)
• PICP Levels 1, 2 and 3, Poliquin International Certification Program
• Between 2008 and 2014: several longevity and anti-ageing conferences in the United States and Belgium

Yes. Around 2014, when the superfood wave began in the Netherlands, superfoods drew a lot of criticism. They were dismissed as "super nonsense", because there was little scientific evidence for them at the time. Some of what Jesse wrote came from old traditions and from the experience of the people who had used these foods for centuries, rather than from research.

Jesse learned from that. Since then he has taken much more time to back every text and publication with science. His intention has always stayed the same: to truly help people with their health. And he believes there must be room for pioneers: without people who explore new ground, science does not move forward. Notably, much of the criticism at the time was not based on research either.

This page sells nothing and mentions no products. The examples below are foods Jesse already wrote about in his books from 2012 to 2014, when there was little research on them. In the ten to twelve years since, they have gained much stronger scientific support. They are here as examples of his role as a pioneer.

Cocoa

• 21,442 older adults took an extract with 500 mg of cocoa flavanols a day. They died 27% less often from cardiovascular disease. The total number of cardiovascular events did not fall significantly. (COSMOS, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2022)
• 90 older adults drank cocoa rich in flavanols for eight weeks. They were faster on attention tests, their blood pressure fell and their insulin sensitivity improved. (Mastroiacovo et al., American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2015)
• A Cochrane review of dozens of studies found a small short-term fall in blood pressure (2 to 3 mmHg) with flavanol-rich cocoa. (Ried et al., Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2017)

Blueberries

• People with metabolic syndrome ate 150 grams of blueberries every day for six months. Their blood vessel function improved and their arteries became less stiff. (Curtis et al., American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2019)
• 122 adults aged 65 to 80 took a wild blueberry extract or a placebo every day for six months. After three months their episodic memory was better than that of the placebo group. (Whyte et al., Nutrients, 2018)

Spirulina

• A meta-analysis of 12 studies found lower triglycerides and lower diastolic blood pressure. (Huang et al., Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity, 2018)
• In overweight adults, spirulina was linked to lower total and LDL cholesterol, lower triglycerides and higher HDL cholesterol. (Frontiers in Nutrition, 2025)

Chlorella

• A meta-analysis of 10 studies found lower total and LDL cholesterol. (Complementary Therapies in Medicine, 2022)

Turmeric

• A meta-analysis of 11 studies with 1,258 people with knee osteoarthritis found less pain with curcuminoids. (Complementary Therapies in Medicine, 2021)
• A review of ten meta-analyses with 5,870 participants in total found lower CRP, a measure of inflammation in the blood. (Umbrella meta-analysis, 2023)

Goji berries

• Adults aged 45 to 65 ate 28 grams of goji berries five times a week for three months. The protective pigment in their retina (macular pigment) increased. (Li et al., Nutrients, 2021)

Açaí

• 23 men drank an açaí smoothie with a high-fat breakfast. Two hours later their blood vessels worked better than after a control smoothie. (Alqurashi et al., American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2016)

Coenzyme Q10, which Jesse also wrote about early on:

• 420 people with severe heart failure took 300 mg of Q10 a day or a placebo for two years. Serious cardiac events occurred in 14% of the Q10 group against 25% of the placebo group. Death from cardiovascular disease was 9% against 16%. (Q-SYMBIO, JACC: Heart Failure, 2014)

Newer subjects Jesse writes about today are being studied more and more as well:

Creatine and the brain

• A meta-analysis found better memory in adults aged 66 to 76 who took creatine. (Prokopidis et al., Nutrition Reviews, 2023)
• A second meta-analysis found better scores on memory, attention and processing speed in adults. (Frontiers in Nutrition, 2024)

NAD+

• Studies in people show that NAD+ precursors such as nicotinamide riboside are safe and raise NAD+ levels in the body. What that means for health and ageing is now being researched. (Journals of Gerontology, 2024)

Most of these studies were small, and not every study found the same thing.

BioProfile works with a medical panel of six PhDs who together underpin not only the reference values for blood testing but also the verification of published articles.