--- title: Healthy Diet: A Magic Formula for Healthier Eating description: The newest way to make good food choices canonical: https://time.com/3852626/healthy-eating-diet/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-05-14T14:47:55.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:04:04.702Z article:section: Health og:title: A Magic Formula for Healthier Eating (for Real) og:description: The newest way to make good food choices og:url: https://time.com/3852626/healthy-eating-diet/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc4bc8f6236ca0947/6987ef0a0b72e31c956e1f83/139264170-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=338&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 338 og:image:height: 190 og:image:alt: bowl-strawberries-counter og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: A Magic Formula for Healthier Eating (for Real) twitter:description: The newest way to make good food choices twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc4bc8f6236ca0947/6987ef0a0b72e31c956e1f83/139264170-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=338&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # A Magic Formula for Healthier Eating > Sponsored content. 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Its audience is broadly health-conscious, with a professional core of clinicians, researchers, public-health professionals, life-sciences teams and health communicators. by [Ellen Seidman / Health.com](https://time.com/author/health-com/) ## Ellen Seidman / Health.com Contributor May 14, 2015 2:47 PM UTC  Bowl of Strawberries on Counter Bowl of Strawberries on Counter Getty Images by [Ellen Seidman / Health.com](https://time.com/author/health-com/) ## Ellen Seidman / Health.com Contributor May 14, 2015 2:47 PM UTC If you’re looking to eat healthier, think C.A.N. Not as in willpower, but as in these three critical food musts: **C**onvenient (easy to reach), **A**ttractive (enticingly displayed), and **N**ormal (an obvious choice). That’s the conclusion of a recent study from Cornell University, which analyzed 112 studies that gathered information about healthy eating behaviors. People [who ate healthiest](http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/mar.20794/abstract) did so when a grocery store, restaurant, or partner offered up food following this formula. Think about a bowl of fruit displayed on a countertop versus fruit buried in [a drawer in your fridge](http://www.health.com/health/gallery/0,,20857242%5F3,00.html) and you get the idea. The study, published in the journal _Psychology and Marketing_, also offers hints about what to avoid: Watch out for specials at restaurants that have a tempting name, like Creamy Shrimp Fettuccine Alfredo; are highlighted on the menu; and that your waitress is touting. “With these three principles, there are endless changes that can be made to lead people…to [eat healthier](http://foodpsychology.cornell.edu/OP/CAN%5FApproach),” promises Brian Wansink, PhD, Director of the Cornell Food and Brand Lab. And they couldn’t be easier to remember. As in, you C.A.N. do it.  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