Questions about Eating Habits

In this post I discuss my daily tea-drinking habits and how I’ve had to fit my tea into a schedule that optimizes my health. While tea and coffee have many health benefits, there are certain ways to time them in your day for optimal health.

Using approaches advocated by James Clear in “Atomic Habits” and B.J. Fogg in “Tiny Habits,” I started four habits that appear to have lowered my cholesterol and LDL by 19 points each in only a few months. Read how I did it and how using this method for developing tiny new habits is something everyone should consider doing.

In this post I apply the “Atomic Habits” approach for choosing an appropriate plant-based eating habit to focus on. I discuss the most crucial characteristics of good atomic habits and provide a list of ideas for consideration for those trying to eat healthier, one habit at a time.

Reframing “how I eat” as a network of small habits can be an important step to overhauling your diet. If we use our energy to make small new habits stick instead of trying to tackle a major goal or aspiration all at once, we have a better chance of ultimate success.