Coming
April 2027

A new book from Brenda Watson

The Hunger Reset

A Fiber-First Plan to End Cravings, Balance Hormones, and Take Back Control of Your Appetite—Naturally

Constant hunger. Cravings. Food always on your mind.

It’s not a lack of willpower. It’s biology.

Discover how your gut, blood sugar and hunger hormones work together—and how a fiber-first approach can help restore your body’s natural fullness signals.

Brenda Watson, ND

New York Times bestselling author of The Fiber 35 Diet and The Skinny Gut Diet

Understanding your hunger

Why Are You Still Hungry?

You eat. You try to make good choices. Maybe you’ve lost the same weight more than once.

And yet the hunger comes back. So do the cravings.

Here’s what most diets miss: your appetite is driven by biology.

Your gut, blood sugar, brain and hormones are constantly communicating, helping determine when you’re hungry, what you crave—and when you’ve had enough.

When those signals get disrupted, willpower is fighting an uphill battle.

The Hunger Reset takes a different approach.

Start with the gut.

Early praise

What People Are Saying About The Hunger Reset

Imagine driving cross-country without a map or GPS. You could easily find yourself hundreds of miles off course. Brenda Watson’s The Hunger Reset is your personal GPS for navigating health and nutrition. With a focus on nourishing the gut microbiome through fibers and other nutrients, she explores how a healthier gut may support natural hunger and fullness signals.

If talk of probiotics, prebiotics, and resistant starches leaves you mind-numbingly confused, this book can help put you on the right track.

William Davis, MD

Cardiologist and Host of Defiant Health Podcast

New York Times bestselling author of Wheat Belly and Super Gut

Fascinating and judgement-free, this refreshingly modern guide to healthy eating translates the science of your hunger hormones and gut biome into a practical plan to end cravings. More than weight loss, The Hunger Reset offers nutritional power, lasting well-being, and a path to a healthy relationship with your body.

Danielle Pashko

Functional Nutritionist/Certified Health Coach

Author of Weight Loss Mistakes Even Healthy Chicks Make and Smile at Your Challenges

Brenda Watson has done it again—taking a complex topic (the trillions of cells in your gut microbiome and how their signals affect your health!) and making it understandable and actionable. In The Hunger Reset, she shows how fiber plays a key role in the gut’s ability to regulate hunger and appetite, but this book is about so much more than ‘fibermaxxing.’ It’s an accessible guide to taking control of hunger by working with your biology instead of against it. In an age of ultra-convenient, ultra-processed foods, it provides easy-to-follow, real-food-based meal plans and the education you need to make lasting changes.

Greg Horn

Former CEO of Garden of Life and General Nutrition

Best-selling author of Living Well

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The gut–appetite connection

What Does Your Gut Have to Do With Your Appetite?

A Lot.

Your gut isn’t just where food gets digested. It’s home to trillions of microbes and part of a complex signaling system that influences blood sugar, appetite hormones, cravings and how satisfied you feel after eating.

And one of the biggest missing pieces may be something most of us aren’t getting nearly enough of: FIBER.

Different fibers feed beneficial gut bacteria and influence the signals involved in hunger and fullness.

That’s why The Hunger Reset starts with fiber.

A different way forward

This Book Is for You If...

You’ve tried diet after diet and still find yourself hungry or thinking about food.

You lose weight, only to find it creeping back.

You want results without extremes or white-knuckling your way through hunger.

You’re taking a GLP-1 medication and want to support your gut and natural appetite biology along the way—or you’re thinking about what comes next.

You want to feel satisfied, energized and more in control around food.

You don’t need another diet telling you to try harder. You need to understand what your hunger is telling you.

The 12-week plan

A 12-Week Reset That Starts With Your Gut

The Hunger Reset turns the science into a practical 12-week plan you can use in real life.

Fiber First

Learn why different fibers do different jobs—and how to use them strategically to feed your gut and support fullness.

Protein With Purpose

Pair fiber with protein and healthy fats to build meals that satisfy.

Targeted Gut Support

Nourish the microbiome and gut lining with the nutritional tools Brenda has spent decades studying.

Eat for Life

Learn a way of eating that nourishes your body, supports a healthy weight and leaves you satisfied—so you can get on with living your life.

The Private Research Study + Why I Wrote This Book

A note from Brenda

I Wanted to Know What Would Happen If We Started With the Gut.

After decades working in gut health, I was fascinated by the emerging research around fiber, the microbiome, blood sugar, appetite hormones and GLP-1.

I had a hypothesis: Could changing the gut environment help change hunger?

I put that thinking into practice in a private research study. We followed participants over several months using the food and gut-support strategies that became the foundation of The Hunger Reset. We saw hunger and cravings quiet down, energy improve, meaningful changes in gut health—and participants learned a satisfying way to eat that they could actually live with.

Those results helped confirm the direction of the program and shape the 12-week plan in this book.

But this book is about more than what we learned in the study. I’ve spent years watching people blame themselves for hunger, cravings and weight they couldn’t seem to control.

Your body isn’t your enemy. My hope is that this book helps you understand it, nourish it and start working with it again.

— Brenda

Real People. Real Progress.

What happened when real people put The Hunger Reset to the test?

In Brenda’s 12-week study, participants experienced changes that went beyond the scale, including fewer cravings, better energy and a healthier relationship with food.

Jordan

After years of dieting, Jordan discovered how fiber helped quiet cravings, increase satisfaction and make healthier choices feel easier.

24 lbs lost

Joe

For the first time in years, food stopped dominating Joe’s thoughts. His cravings diminished, his energy returned and he found a more sustainable way of eating.

29 lbs lost

Dodie

Dodie experienced fewer cravings and relief from chronic digestive distress, regaining the freedom and confidence to enjoy everyday life.

17 lbs lost

Eros

Eros gained 6.5 pounds of lean muscle while losing weight and body fat. She also reported greater energy, confidence and a renewed connection with her body.

12 lbs lost

Results shown are from four selected participants in Brenda’s 12-week private research study. Individual results vary.

Why I Wrote The Hunger Reset

Preorder The Hunger Reset and Get 6 Exclusive Bonuses!

Get three practical guides to start putting Brenda’s fiber-first approach to work right away, plus three more exclusive benefits as we get closer to launch.

Free Downloadable Guides

After you preorder and claim your bonuses, we’ll email you the link to download all three guides.

Quick, practical help for cravings, eating out, travel, snack attacks and those “now what?” moments.

Simple combinations to help you build more satisfying meals and snacks.

Get an early look at Brenda’s guide to choosing smarter, more fiber-dense foods.

Your preorder also gives you access to three additional exclusive bonuses coming in early 2027 before the book’s April 13 launch.

Ask Brenda Anything

Submit your hunger or gut-health question for a chance to have Brenda answer it in an exclusive video Q&A.

Early Access to the Private Hunger Reset Community

Connect with other readers, share progress and get occasional tips and Q&As from Brenda.

Exclusive Savings on The Hunger Reset Product Bundle

Enjoy a special discount on your first order of Brenda’s three targeted nutritional supplement formulas designed to complement the principles in the book.