Five simple ways to optimise your diet | BBC Ideas

Want to eat a healthy diet, but confused where to start? The Open University’s Simon Rea shares a few key pointers.

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[librovk]

Sure, here is a summary of the video and some important sentences broken down:
* Don't just focus on what you eat, but also when you eat. Eating sugary treats like chocolate cake after a meal is better than on an empty stomach because it helps control blood sugar spikes.
* Eating foods high in fiber like vegetables or exercising after a meal can also help control blood sugar spikes.
* Calorie counting is not very useful because it's difficult to track accurately and not all calories are equal. Our bodies burn more calories digesting whole foods like nuts, fruits and vegetables.
* Eat a wide variety of foods to keep your gut microbiome healthy. This includes fermented foods like yogurt and kefir.
* Limit ultra-processed foods like pizza, ready meals, biscuits, and even some seemingly healthy options like supermarket breads and breakfast cereals.
* The future of nutrition might be personalized. People might be able to tailor their diet based on their unique gut microbiome.
* In the meantime, there are some general healthy eating principles: choose whole foods over processed foods, eat a variety of foods, and limit unrecognizable ingredients.

[grooviechickie]

I appreciate the mentioning of the two Erans. The first time I heard the Ted talk, I was blown away. I had been saying for years that everybody reacts to different foods differently, and these two scientists had proven it!

So exciting.

I also take the advice of Chris Van Tulleken and avoid vegetable oils and seed/bean oils. I've gone back to using dripping/tallow in my cooking.

[TasZ]

But healthy foods are unbelievably expensive in low-income countries.