The Health Diaries

Samin Nosrat on Her Lifelong Journey Toward Intuitive Eating

The ‘Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat’ author on CBD oil, therapy, and why she tried a cleanse

There are many ways to live a healthy life. The Health Diaries is a weekly series about the habits that keep notable people living well.

Samin Nosrat was studying English at UC Berkeley when she decided to take a detour into the kitchen at Chez Panisse. The rest, as they say, is history. But after years of working in professional kitchens, Nosrat has recently come back to her original love for words. Last year, she released a bestselling cookbook called Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking and now stars in a popular Netflix series of the same name. She’s also a food columnist for the New York Times Magazine, where she writes about food, art, culture, and cooking all over the world.

This week, Nosrat shares with Medium her love of CBD oil, supplements, and intuitive eating.

I wake up naturally and begrudgingly around 6:10 a.m. That’s wired in so deeply that I wake up at that time no matter where I am, in any time zone. I wish I could sleep later. And I’ll admit the ugly truth: When I wake up, my phone is right there, so I check my email. I live in…