8 Scientifically Substantiated Ways To Hack Your Nutrition

Research-based hacks and insights to support healthier habits with significantly less effort

There is a lot of information on food out there — like A LOT a lot. I know this because I write some of it, and certainly consume just as much, whether it’s through nutrition courses, diet and lifestyle books, or my favourite foodie recipe blogs.

The tricky thing is that it can be impossibly hard to sift through the pages upon pages of information and decipher exactly what is going to benefit you most in the long-term. I emphasize the phrase ‘long-term’ here because healthy living is not, and will never be an over-night process, a quick fix, or a fad diet.

So, instead of making recommendations on what you should or should not be doing in your life, this article is designed to teach you how to do exactly what you’re currently doing — but better!

Research has shown that diets high in antioxidant-rich foods appear to protect the heart against stroke, decrease plaque buildup within the arteries, reduce blood pressure and general inflammation, and also contribute to clearer skin (1). So how do we know which foods are best?

Well, the presence of antioxidants in our food is precisely what prevents them from turning brown when exposed to the oxygen in the air (consider apples and bananas for instance — two fruits with a relatively low antioxidant content when peeled). Fruits such as mangoes and strawberries, on the other hand, will retain their bright colour even after slicing.

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