🥗 Nutrition & Diet 🔗

A personal framework for eating well, staying disciplined, and fueling the body.

🎯 Goals 🔗

💧 Hydration: Drink only water (2 liters daily).
🥗 Diet: Eat strictly healthy food.
⏳ Fasting: Maintain a 15-hour fast daily.

⚖️ The “Healthy” Matrix 🔗

My dietary choices are heavily inspired by Harvard’s Healthy Eating Plate. Here is how I categorize what I eat versus what I avoid:

Category	✅ Embrace (Yes)	❌ Avoid (No)
Beverages	Water	Soda, juice, coffee, milk, tea
Grains & Carbs	Whole grains	White bread, white pasta, white rice, candy
Proteins	Fish, chicken, eggs, nuts	Red meat, processed meat, cheese
Produce	Vegetables, fruits	Potatoes
Fats & Oils	Olive oil	Trans fats, butter

🧗‍♂️ Overcoming Challenges 🔗

Sticking to a strict diet requires mental models to overcome natural hurdles. Here is how I handle them:

🍊 1. Beating Cravings 🔗

Strategy: Substitution and Satiation

When I crave unhealthy food, my rule is simple: I keep eating healthy food until I am no longer hungry. For example, if I am craving chocolate, I will eat multiple oranges instead until the physical hunger is completely gone, which usually takes the craving down with it.

🌙 2. Handling Nighttime Hunger 🔗

Strategy: Mental Resolve

I’ve found that nighttime hunger is often fueled by indecision. In the past, if I was undecided about having a late-night snack, I would think about food constantly and feel hungrier.

Now, I have made a firm, non-negotiable decision that I will not eat after a certain time, no matter how I feel. Because the decision is already made, the mental debate stops, and I rarely actually feel hungry at night anymore.

📝 Posts 🔗

📝 Why All Calories Are Not Created Equal: How We Got the Science of Weight Loss Wrong
In Why Calories Don't Count: How We Got the Science of Weight Loss Wrong, Cambridge geneticist Dr. Giles Yeo dismantles the traditional calorie-counting model and explains why caloric availability, protein, and fiber matter far more than raw label numbers.
📝 Book & Talk Summary: 'How Not to Die' by Dr. Michael Greger
In his popular 'Talks at Google' presentation, Dr. Michael Greger outlined the core concepts of his best-selling book, How Not to Die, focusing on how diet and lifestyle choices can prevent and reverse chronic disease.
📝 When You Eat Matters: Exploring the Science of Time-Restricted Feeding
We often hear that what we eat is the foundation of good health. However, emerging research in chronobiology by Dr. Satchin Panda suggests that when we eat might be just as crucial.

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Updated on Oct 11, 2026.

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