{"id":211323,"date":"2026-01-01T08:51:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T08:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/211323\/"},"modified":"2026-01-01T08:51:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T08:51:14","slug":"stay-well-i-want-to-eat-better-what-is-the-healthiest-diet-according-to-science","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/211323\/","title":{"rendered":"Stay Well: I want to eat better. What is the healthiest diet, according to science?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-91174671_secondary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom4 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop4\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\" data-testid=\"title-summary\">\nProtein, fibre, carbs, fat \u2013 we\u2019re told to eat all these things for a balanced, nutritious diet. But is there a definitive set of foods that could set us on the path to peak health?\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Is the Mediterranean diet the way forward?\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/tyImages_2206210783.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">Is the Mediterranean diet the way forward?<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Every January, we are bombarded with content encouraging us to follow a healthy diet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">This can feel overwhelming, particularly when we receive conflicting information about what to eat and what to avoid. Following advice from trusted sources can help us make healthy choices and prevent confusion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Protein, fibre, carbs, fat \u2013 we\u2019re told to eat all these things for a balanced, nutritious diet. But&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":211324,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[128412,134,111,139,556,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-211323","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nutrition","8":"tag-emer-harrington","9":"tag-health","10":"tag-new-zealand","11":"tag-newzealand","12":"tag-nutrition","13":"tag-nz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=211323"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211323\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/211324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}