Anchor Foods

A tall glass of blueberry-purple recovery smoothie surrounded by its ingredients: sweet potato, spinach, walnuts, blueberries, and a lemon half (illustration)

A Post-Workout Recovery Drink for the Intestinal Body Type

The middle of the training day, between the pre-workout shooter and the evening recovery drink. One glass, built on the Intestinal type’s anchor foods: coconut water and a pinch of salt for electrolytes, a scoop of protein to rebuild, sweet potato and blueberries to refuel, and cooked spinach and walnuts. Short ingredient list, gentle on the gut, easy to repeat.

A plate of homemade sweet-potato steak fries with a dish of Spike-butter for the Intestinal body type (illustration)

Sweet-Potato Fries & Chips for the Intestinal Body Type (Butter, Spike, Three Ways)

Sweet potato is one of the few anchor foods that stays top-tier for the Intestinal type even under stress, which makes homemade sweet-potato fries the most on-type version of the salty-crunch craving. Here are three ways—oven steak fries at 425°F, crispier air-fryer fries, and thin chips as a bag-of-chips stand-in—all seasoned with butter or ghee and Spike.