I saw a couple repeating debuffs on me, and wondered where they were coming from. Was it a curse? Was it something I was wearing or carrying? Did I eat some strange new poisoned thing? Was it due to an effect in the local area? After a while of checking out possibilities, I just gave up until a couple days later, when I discovered it was malnourishment due to me giving all my meat to my pet dogs.

Suggestion: Have the interface inform the player why they're getting debuffs. Like maybe the diet icon in the inventory screen starts blinking. Or a message in chat once in a while that says "I'm craving something with protein" Something to let me know why the debuffs are happening.

I like the debuff mechanic -- I just had a hard time figuring out where it was coming from.

Thanks for opening this! I have plans to make custom buffs and debuffs: like malnourished, engorged and well-nourished. I'll consider your suggestions as well.

Nah. I got this! 😎
(That tutorial would have saved me a lot of time though!)

A youtube on potion effects

Fix released in beta versions.

For 1.17.1: version 2.0.2
For 1.16.5: version 0.7.8