New Year, Old Advice: 6 Time-Tested Principles for Healthier Eating

Skip modern diet trends that leave you hungry and embrace the simpler traditional foods that have nourished people for generations.

Eating local, in-season produce takes advantage of maximum flavor and nutrition. Kolpakova Svetlana/Shutterstock

At the beginning of each year, you’re bound to see an abundance of “cleanses” and “resets” that amount to thinly disguised crash diets. Sure, you might see some benefit in the short term, but soon, the “hangry” fatigue will set in. If you’re like most people, you’ll likely ditch that resolution within a month or two.

You’re not alone, though. According to a Forbes Health/One Poll survey from Oct. 2023, the average resolution lasts less than four months.