{"id":94804,"date":"2023-04-09T14:58:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-09T18:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=94804"},"modified":"2025-09-12T15:30:26","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T19:30:26","slug":"diet-and-nutrition-advice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/diet-and-nutrition-advice\/","title":{"rendered":"Diet and Nutrition Advice for Optimal Health"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Do you want to start eating healthier but aren&#8217;t sure where to start? What are some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/healthy-eating-tips\/\">healthy eating tips<\/a> that can help you set your diet on track?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When it comes to healthy eating, there&#8217;s so much misinformation that it can be hard to find advice that&#8217;s credible and science-backed. However, it&#8217;s critical to have correct knowledge of what&#8217;s healthy to eat and what isn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With this in mind, here&#8217;s diet and nutrition advice you can trust.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p><em>Editor\u2019s note: This article is part of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/hub\/personal-life\/health\/nutrition\/dieting-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Shortform\u2019s guide to dieting<\/a>. If you like what you read here, there\u2019s plenty more to check out in the guide!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-importance-of-a-healthy-diet\"><strong>The Importance of a Healthy Diet<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The best way to prevent disease is by living <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/maintaining-a-healthy-lifestyle\/\">a healthy lifestyle<\/a>, but there is a great deal of conflicting diet and nutrition advice available. In their book <em>Life Force<\/em>, Tony Robbins, Peter H. Diamandis, and Robert Hariri offer some tips for how to be healthier, beginning with establishing and maintaining a healthy diet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Shortform note: While some of the conflicting information surrounding healthy dietary choices is the result of <a href=\"https:\/\/cathe.com\/nutrition-guidelines-why-is-there-so-much-conflicting-information\/#:~:text=Unfortunately%2C%20most%20people%20aren't,conclusions%20from%20a%20single%20study.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the difficulty of performing accurate research on the subject<\/a>, some of it is just plain misinformation. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.devdiscourse.com\/article\/health\/2117179-rampant-misinformation-on-diets-presents-a-serious-threat-to-public-health\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Much of this comes from social media sites like Tik Tok<\/a>, where influencers often oversell diets, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.menshealth.com\/weight-loss\/a36198963\/mono-diet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">recommend heavily restrictive diets that can lead to malnutrition<\/a>, such as the Mono diet, and misrepresent the details of certain diets like the Mediterranean diet. The best way to find a healthy diet that works for you is to consult with your healthcare professional and avoid being overly influenced by social media or other questionable sources.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-dietary-needs-and-food-availability\"><strong>Dietary Needs and Food Availability<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Robbins, Diamandis, and Hariri also point out that <strong>many of our dietary needs depend on our ancestry and that we should personalize our diets according to these needs<\/strong>. As humans evolved, groups of people lived in areas where only certain foods were available, so their microbiomes\u2014the combination of bacteria, viruses, and microbes that inhabit our digestive tracts and influence our metabolism\u2014evolved to be better at metabolizing certain foods than they were at others. The authors recommend having your gut\u2019s microbiome tested to see what foods are the best for your personal health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Shortform note: Lactase persistence, or the ability to metabolize dairy, is one of the clearest examples of the role of ancestry in dietary adaptations. People who lived in areas where the domestication of cattle was common <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC5628472\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">developed the ability to process dairy<\/a> and passed it down genetically, while those who lived in other areas\u2014and their descendants\u2014remained lactose intolerant. Similarly, <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.genomelink.io\/posts\/gluten-sensitivity-do-you-have-the-dna-elements-that-predispose-you\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">because humans only began eating gluten about 10,000 years ago<\/a>, their microbiomes have had relatively little time to adapt to this type of food, and many people today have gluten sensitivity or intolerance. Like the authors, some experts suggest that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wellandgood.com\/epigenetic-benefits-of-ancestral-eating\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the healthiest diet is one based on the food your ancestors ate<\/a>.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The authors acknowledge that much of our diet consists of the foods that are readily available to us\u2014as opposed to foods that are best for us based on our ancestry or foods considered universally healthy. They explain that more and more of the foods we\u2019re being sold are ultra-processed foods that are often marketed as healthy (foods like granola bars and fruit juices). However, these foods are associated with an increased risk of high blood pressure, heart disease, cancer, and diabetes.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, the average <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/american-diet\/\">American diet<\/a> features excesses of sugar, meat, fat, and sodium, and consists of too many calories in general. The authors recommend cutting out refined carbohydrates, sugary drinks and foods, red meat, processed meat, and dairy and replacing them with fruits, vegetables, legumes, fish, and whole grains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Shortform note: Some people have less access to healthy foods simply because of where they live. Many people, particularly those in high-poverty or sparsely populated areas, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aecf.org\/blog\/exploring-americas-food-deserts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">are living in food deserts<\/a>, which means they have very few sources of healthy foods like fruits and vegetables. <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/6250895\/grocery-prices-rising-inflation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Grocery prices have also spiked in recent years<\/a>, forcing many consumers to opt for cheaper, less healthy foods. In fact, eating at a fast food restaurant\u2014which serves the types of high-calorie meals the authors tell you to avoid\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/plutusfoundation.org\/2020\/healthy-eating-budget\/#:~:text=Unhealthy%20food%20choices%20tend%20to,purchase%20cheap%20premade%20frozen%20dinners.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">can actually be cheaper than buying healthy foods<\/a> from a grocery store.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Fasting<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the authors, fasting is a helpful tool in both weight loss and fighting disease. Fasting gives your body a break from digestion and shifts your metabolic state from burning sugar for energy to burning fat. They list a number of fasting methods, including establishing a specific time period each day during which you eat and then fasting the rest of the time\u2014anywhere from 12 to 16 hours per day. This could be accomplished by skipping breakfast and only eating between noon and 8 pm, for example. Another method involves heavily restricting your calories two days a week and eating normally the other five.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Shortform note: While fasting can be beneficial for some, research suggests that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC2850570\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">it may increase the risk of developing eating disorders<\/a> like bulimia and anorexia nervosa and that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthline.com\/health-news\/intermittent-fasting-linked-to-disordered-eating-other-dangerous-behaviors#Intermittent-fasting-and-disordered-eating\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">young people are at an increased risk<\/a> for these conditions. If you have, suspect you have, or are at risk for an eating disorder, consider implementing less restrictive lifestyle choices that don\u2019t involve fasting and that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eatingdisorderhope.com\/information\/anorexia\/lifestyle-changes-more-than-diet-and-exercise\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">help you cultivate a healthy relationship with food<\/a>.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you want to start eating healthier but aren&#8217;t sure where to start? What are some healthy eating tips that can help you set your diet on track? When it comes to healthy eating, there&#8217;s so much misinformation that it can be hard to find advice that&#8217;s credible and science-backed. However, it&#8217;s critical to have correct knowledge of what&#8217;s healthy to eat and what isn&#8217;t. 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