You do not need a strict intervention first. You need a cleaner, more human baseline.
Jump to My First 7 DaysWhy this is your best start
This path is for people who do not need to turn eating into a full-time project. You likely need a clearer foundation, better food quality, and a simpler rhythm more than you need a highly restrictive reset.
Paul Saladino, M.D.The fit
You seem to need clarity more than restriction
First lever
Remove seed oils and ultra-processed foods
Time horizon
Start now, stay observant, and liberalize only after the signal gets clearer.
Your Personalized Guide
What this approach is doing
Food for Humans Foundation is about remembering what nourishment looked like before industrial interference.
It removes the biggest problems first, centers your meals on real food, and gives your body a calmer, more coherent set of inputs.
For many people, that alone is enough to improve appetite, energy, digestion, and day-to-day confidence around food.
Prioritize
Lean into these
Build your meals around foods your body can recognize without a chemistry degree.
Pause
Step back from these
The goal is not purity. It is removing the loudest sources of biological confusion.
First 7 Days
Keep the first week simpler than your instincts want. The goal is to create a baseline your body can actually answer from.
Clear the kitchen
For the first week, do three things: remove seed oils from your home, standardize one protein-first breakfast you can repeat without thinking, and make dinner simpler than you think it needs to be.
Build a baseline
You are not trying to master nutrition in a week. You are trying to create a baseline your body can actually respond to.
What to expect
How it unfolds
Less decision fatigue
Most people notice less decision fatigue first.
Better satiety
Then better satiety.
Cleaner energy
Then cleaner energy.
Food reads differently
You may also notice that foods you used to treat as normal start feeling obviously different once your baseline improves. That is useful. It means your body is getting louder in a good way.
Liberalize later
When you're ready
If this approach works and feels sustainable, stay here.
You do not need a stricter plan just because one exists.
But if you want more structure, cleaner appetite signals, or a stronger body composition focus, Animal-Based is the natural next step.
Optional Support
Nose-to-tail organ supplements
The most nutrient-dense foods on Earth, in capsule form. Sourced from grass-fed, regeneratively raised cattle.
Regeneratively raised meat & provisions
Food the way nature intended. Animals raised on open pasture with practices that build soil and ecosystems.
Disclosure: Paul has financial interests in Heart & Soil and Lineage Provisions.
