Protein & Nutrition Blog – Marmels
Protein & Nutrition Blog – Marmels
Healthy Vending Machine Snacks: What to Grab and Skip
by Mo Mandegar, PhD
on Sep 06 2026
A four-week audit of campus vending machines found the average snackcarried 227 calories, listed sugar in its first five ingredients about 60percent of the time, and that not a single snack in the machinesqualified as a good source of fiber. The decision in front of that litpanel takes ten seconds and almost never involves a label. Here is atwo-number rule that fits in ten seconds, what to grab, and what the"lighter" options are not fixing.
Protein & Nutrition Blog – Marmels
What Is the 80/20 Rule in Eating, and Does It Work?
by Mo Mandegar, PhD
on Aug 30 2026
Eighty percent nutrient-dense, twenty percent whatever you want. It isthe most repeated eating framework on the internet and the least clearlydefined. Across a typical week of about 28 eating occasions, the 20percent works out to roughly six discretionary choices. Here is thearithmetic, what behavioral research says about why flexibility outlastsperfection, and how to make those six choices count.
