Most nutrition advice, stripped of ideology and marketing, converges on a few principles: eat mostly whole foods, don’t eat constantly, eat enough protein, reduce ultra-processed foods, and stop when satisfied. The debates about keto versus low-fat, vegan versus carnivore—these are second-order details. If you nail the basics, most approaches work reasonably well.
As Pollan summarized: “Eat food, not too much, mostly plants.” This companion covers the conflicting noise, the converging core principles, the simplified framework, why details overwhelm, action over information, the permission to stop researching, and a simple executable plan. (5 min read)