Welcome to Zoe Science and Nutrition, where world-leading scientists explain how their research can improve your health.

Thanks for tuning in to this very special episode of Zoe's Science and Nutrition, where we're taking a look back over 2024.

In fact, it's a two-parter. There were just so many amazing insights this year.

We're an incredible lineup of guests throughout the year,

who shared with us a huge range of actionable tips on improving our nutrition and our gut health.

And a lot of what we learned this year surprised me,

like the beverage you're probably drinking every day that we thought was bad for us. Turns out it can actually be beneficial.

Or that what counts as a plant is actually so much more than just fruit and vegetables. Not to mention

the really important topic that until very recently was taboo and made our celebrity guest emotional.

I know I learned a lot from that one.

That's coming up at the end of the episode, so make sure you stick around.

With January around the corner, a lot of us are thinking about making some positive changes.

But new habits can be really hard to stick to.

I know my yearly resolution of giving up the dark chocolate after dinner always falls by the wayside

before Valentine's Day. That's why we took a deep dive into this very topic, how to build

healthy eating habits in a meaningful and sustainable way. And I got to chat

with the brilliant James Clear, author of the number one New York Times bestseller, Atomic Habits.

We're also joined by Dr. Federica Amati, our head nutritionist here at Zoe.

So it's mostly about how you structure your environment.

And I think a simple question to hold in the back of your mind, just like think about one

habit that you're trying to build.

Maybe it's a certain type of food you're hoping to eat more of or, you know, something

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