Coaching practices for Nova Diet Classification

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• I honestly have no idea whether my eating tilts more toward the foods that wind my body up or the ones that calm it down
• I’ve gone numb and heavy and flat
• Meat sits at the center of nearly every meal I eat and I’d like to lean more toward beans and vegetables
• I’m drawn to trying this, but I’ve got a health situation
• My plate is basically beige all day

Practices that may help

1. Use the Dietary Inflammatory Index concept for a quick self-audit
   Rate your diet’s inflammatory load using a simple pro- vs anti-inflammatory food ledger.
   Anti-Inflammatory Diet for Mood, Made Practical
2. Dorsal vagal lift: moving out of shutdown
   Use gentle movement and micro-connection to rise from a collapsed or numb state.
   The Ladder of Regulation: Navigating Your Autonomic States
3. Dorsal Vagal Shutdown: The Collapse State and How to Emerge
   Dorsal vagal shutdown, in Stephen Porges’s Polyvagal framework, refers to the nervous system’s most primitive survival response: a collapse into immobility, numbness, and disconnection when threat is perceived as inescapable. The experience of collapse and emotional shutdown is real and clinically recognized; the specific polyvagal anatomy underpinning Porges’s explanation remains contested among autonomic neuroscientists. Practices for emerging from shutdown draw on well-supported body and breath regulation principles alongside the polyvagal framework.
4. Eat a predominantly plant-based diet with modest animal protein
   Blue zone populations eat mostly plants, beans, and whole grains — not no meat, but rarely and in small amounts.
   Blue Zone Principles: The Power 9 Longevity Practices
5. Yoga Nidra & NSDR for Recovery
   Yoga nidra — popularized in modern form as "non-sleep deep rest" (NSDR) — is a guided practice that puts you in a deeply relaxed, conscious state between waking and sleep, used to recover energy, calm the nervous system, and offset poor sleep. The relaxation mechanism is plausible and small studies are encouraging, but the evidence is still emerging — this is a low-risk recovery practice, not a proven substitute for sleep.
6. Know the contraindications before attempting FMD
   The FMD is not universally safe — understand who should not do it before starting.
   Fasting-Mimicking Diet: Triggering Cellular Renewal Without Full Fasting
7. Eat polyphenol-rich foods daily
   Berries, dark chocolate, green tea, and colorful vegetables feed beneficial gut bacteria and reduce neuroinflammation.
   The Gut-Brain Axis: How Your Gut Talks to Your Brain
8. Strategic refeeding after the FMD cycle
   How you eat in the days following the FMD may be as important as the restriction itself for cellular renewal.
   Fasting-Mimicking Diet: Triggering Cellular Renewal Without Full Fasting
9. Eat a wide diversity of plant fiber
   Feed as many different species of gut bacteria as possible by rotating plant foods every week.
   The Gut-Brain Axis: How Your Gut Talks to Your Brain
10. Shift toward a Mediterranean dietary pattern
    The Mediterranean pattern is the best-studied anti-inflammatory dietary template for both physical and mental health.
    Anti-Inflammatory Diet for Mood, Made Practical

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