Doctors Reveal 'The 1 Food I Won't Give Up'

Life is too short not to allow yourself an occasional indulgence, these physicians say.

Doctors spend years learning about the best ways to take care of the human body. But as humans themselves, they know that life is not all rules and best practices. Sometimes, you just need a slice of pizza, a cold can of Diet Coke or some milk and cookies, and that’s OK, too.

We talked to physicians in fields including family medicine, cardiology, internal medicine, public health, dermatology and plastic surgery who told us about ways they balance their own nutritional lives. One good example is Dr. Femi Akinnagbe, a resident physician in family medicine at Harbor-UCLA Family Medicine in Los Angeles. Four to six days a week, he exercises and meditates. “I find those practices are not only good for my health but essential in my daily stress reduction,” he said. But, he said, there are moments when he takes a different approach.