Diet is the most powerful tool you have for your health. — Sarah Berry
Does eating healthily make a difference, being mindful of what we eat?
It’s that time of Year , New Year Resolutions , Stop Smoking, Lose Weight, Veganuary. By the end of the week, most have fallen by the wayside.
I’ve never made New Year Resolutions. It has always seemed to me a pointless exercise. If I want to do something I do it.
There is though a psychological reason for starting on the first of the month. A fresh start, a new beginning. So what better way to start then the First of January with a New Year Resolution. A New Year, a fresh start?
One possibility. Three fermented foods a day. This is based on a Stanford study, five fermented foods a day. Zoe replicated the study with 5000 volunteers, three fermented foods a day. Both studies showed marked improvement in health. I tried last year. No noticeable improvement.
A discussion between Tim Spector, Sarah Berry and Jonathan Wolf, eight ways we can improve our health by eating better in the New Year.
Counting calories is not the way to lose weight. Yo-yo diets.
We are not short of protein. Ignore the protein scams. Multi-billion dollar scam. The average person on a varied diet eats more than sufficient protein. Additional protein is not stored. It passes through or is converted to sugars and fat.
Positive changes to our diet lead to improvements in how we feel within days.
principles
- mindful eating
- eat 30 plants a week
- avoid ultra-processed food
- focus on food quality not calorie counting
- when you eat
- eat the rainbow
- protein quality
- eat fermented foods at least three a day
There are simple things we can do to improve our diet, improve our health.
Eat 30 plants a week. Five a Day is dated. Diversity of what we eat is important.
Eat the rainbow.
Eat three different fermented foods a day.
The three Ks, kimchi, krauts, kefir.
Avoid ultra-processed foods. Always read the labels.
- How to Eat in 2026
- What happens when follow Zoe nutritional advice?
New Year’s Eve
- lunch kimchi pancake
- late afternoon kombucha
- slice of sourdough bread French brie garden peas
New Year Day
- breakfast muesli milk kefir Greek yogurt dried dates banana blueberries glass of kefir sourdough toast with peanut butter
- lunch chicken on skewers olive oil dripping onto potatoes onion red pepper affogato
- afternoon iced matcha latte
- tea slice of sourdough bread French brie garden peas dessert blueberries dried dates Greek yogurt granola dark chocolate
2 January 2026
- breakfast muesli milk kefir Greek yogurt dried dates banana blueberries glass of kefir sourdough toast with peanut butter
- lunch kimchi pancake
- afternoon cappuccino
- tea tuna and weetcorn
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