Fat Loss
How Ultra-Processed "Junk" Foods Expand Your Waistline
Ultra-processed junk foods are designed to be over-eaten. They are high in fat, salt and sugar, and low in most essential nutrients. Best avoid.
New Western Diet
The Western diet has deteriorated, driving record levels of preventable chronic disease. So, the New Western Diet offers a pragmatic fix: instead of restrictions, we focus on simple, high-ROI additions that crowd out the bad foods, improve your nutrition and restore long-term health.
Nutrition
Health Benefits of Legumes: Just One Can a Week
Adding just one simple can of legumes a week to your weekly shop can transform your heart and gut health, your wallet, and the planet.
New Western Diet
Why Focusing on 'What to Eat' Beats 'What to Avoid'
We believe adding healthy foods generally beats strict diets. Learn how focusing on "what to eat" beats "what to avoid" for changing your diet.
Nutrition
The Health Benefits of Eating Oats for Breakfast
Oats are popular for a reason. In addition to being cheap, sustainable and hardy, they have several well-known health benefits.
New Western Diet
Canola vs Olive Oil: Best Oil for the New Western Diet
Olive oil probably has stronger health data, but canola (or rapeseed) oil may be the smarter, more sustainable choice for Western countries.
New Western Diet
5 Ways to Fix the Western Diet
If you can add these five simple habits to your weekly routine, you can bring your diet close to the healthy Mediterranean-style diet.
New Western Diet
Adapting the Mediterranean Diet for the Western World
Learn how to adapt the Mediterranean diet to the West using sustainable, low-cost, local ingredients without losing health benefits.
Plant-Based
Why Seasonal Vegetables are Healthier
Discover why eating seasonal vegetables benefits your health and the planet.
Diet
Western Diet: A Review
The default dietary pattern is for millions, and one of the most well-documented drivers of chronic disease.
Nutrition
How to Avoid Ultra-Processed Food
A practical guide to reducing ultra-processed foods, offering strategies and flexible meal swaps that support healthier eating habits.
Diet
Ultra-Processed Food Diet: A Review
A review of what the evidence consistently shows happens to health when ultra-processed foods dominate your diet.
Nutrition
The Health Risks of Ultra-Processed Foods
An overview of ultra-processed foods and health. In this article we'll look at the links to obesity, heart disease, and other health outcomes.