Most people don't struggle with food because they lack discipline.They struggle because eating has become complicated, processed, and mentally exhausting.The 5 Foods Protocol is a low-intervention approach to nutrition built for people who are tired of extremes. It isn't about optimisation, restriction, or chasing perfect health. It's about stability - physical, mental, and emotional - through foods the body recognises and can handle consistently.This protocol is based on a small group of nutrient-dense, minimally processed foods: red meat, eggs, butter, organic whole-milled ancient grain flours, potatoes or sweet potatoes, and orange juice. Not because they're trendy, but because together they cover human nutritional needs without overwhelming digestion or the nervous system.Written from personal experience rather than theory, this book explores how simplifying food choices can reduce gut irritation, stabilise energy and blood sugar, support the microbiome, and quiet the constant mental noise around eating. It explains the nutritional logic in plain language, without dogma, supplements, or dietary rules that take over your life.This isn't a promise of transformation or peak performance.It's a framework for people who want food to stop being a problem - and start being something stable, repeatable, and sustainable again.If you've tried doing everything "right" and still feel worn down, this book offers a different approach: fewer foods, less processing, and a calmer way forward.