Nutrition: Insights

Where the 30-plants-a-week idea comes from, what the research does and does not show, and a seven-day tally that works with any way of eating.

Not all packaged food is ultra-processed. Here is how the NOVA system sorts foods, a practical list, and a quick way to check a label.

Habits last longer when the people around you share them. How a shared, varied meal supports your relationships and your gut.

Focused work needs the right conditions, not just more hours. How steady energy and one protected block support sharper thinking.

Cravings aren’t always about hunger. A short pause that helps you tell physical hunger apart from stress, boredom or low mood.

What you swallow isn’t the same as what you absorb. Simple habits that help more of your nutrients reach your cells.

Your metabolism runs on a daily clock. What the research shows about meal timing, and where it has been oversold.

Any plan works in a quiet week. How to stay consistent through dinners out, celebrations and hard days, and a plain look at alcohol.

The colours in plant foods come from compounds that do real work in your body. Why variety across the colour spectrum matters.

Every July, you give up alcohol for a month, feel lighter, congratulate yourself, and return to normal in August. This story often focuses on liver benefits, like improved liver enzyme recovery, sleep, and slight weight loss. While true, it's incomplete, and the most intriguing aspect is what a month without alcohol does to your gut.

The supplement powder category is a multi-billion dollar industry built on a single powerful idea: that you can compress the nutritional complexity of a healthy life into one daily scoop.

Here are a range of quick tips that you can apply right away to help your microbiome, metabolism and nervous system respond better to stress events.