Contrary to popular advice, some people cannot tolerate a high-fiber diet with many plants and may experience bloating and discomfort, making fermented foods a better alternative for them.

A recent study identified the top five foods for prebiotic fiber as leeks, garlic, onions, Jerusalem artichokes, and dandelion greens.

Even if you don't have diabetes, using a continuous glucose monitor (CGM) can provide powerful, real-time feedback on how different foods personally affect your blood sugar.

Eating a savory, protein-and-fat-rich meal like dinner for breakfast can stabilize blood sugar, prevent mid-morning hunger, and improve concentration.

As a general rule, you should try to avoid any food product that contains more than five ingredients, as it is likely to be ultra-processed.

Even if you are at what is considered a healthy weight, eating ultra-processed foods still increases your risk of type 2 diabetes, heart disease, dementia, and cancer.

Ultra-processed foods, or "Blissey foods," are intentionally designed with the perfect combination of salt, sugar, and fat to spike the bliss point in your brain, making them hard to stop eating.

Based on research by Professor Satchin Panda, you should aim to consume all your daily food within a 12-hour window to support your body's circadian rhythms and repair processes like autophagy.

We often eat not because of physical hunger but to fill an emotional hole in our hearts, using food to manage feelings of stress, loneliness, or boredom.

The modern habit of constantly being on our phones has stolen our downtime, which is crucial for the brain's Default Mode Network to solve problems and be creative.