What is the ideal diet for humans?

This is a very general diet which includes every food group. In this diet, you only eat whole foods, which are foods that are unprocessed and in their natural state. Minimally processed foods are fine. This diet excludes all processed foods. People are encouraged to eat what is local, seasonal, and organically grown.

The whole-foods, plant-based diet (WFPB diet) focuses on eating whole (unprocessed or minimally processed) foods, especially whole plant foods. It limits or excludes animal products. It excludes refined foods. Studies show that a WFPB diet can prevent, treat, and even reverse major diseases like heart disease.

The thermo diet is a high carb, moderate protein, and moderate fat diet. It promotes healthy thyroid function and good digestion, and it balances hormones. This diet is designed to give your cells the energy they need while reducing all forms of stress. This diet follows many of Ray Peat's principles and recommendations.

The ketogenic (or keto) diet is a low carb, high fat diet. When you greatly reduce your carb intake and eat more fat instead, you enter ketosis, a metabolic state where you burn fat for energy. This diet lowers blood sugar and insulin levels, and offers many other benefits. Intermittent fasting goes hand-in-hand with this diet.

The Mediterranean diet is based on what people in countries around the Mediterranean sea used to, and continue to, eat. Studies show that this diet can promote weight loss and help prevent heart attacks, strokes, type 2 diabetes and premature death.