Originally posted by RNG_Wizard:

Another option could be having stamina regeneration be % based instead of a flat number. Something like 20% per second would make stamina foods actually good for exploration & offense, with health foods being good for defense & parrying.

Yeah this, certain foods should increase regeneration rate or even decrease the delay of regeneration, as there's a moment where it pauses before going back up, i frequently find this to be the reason i get whiffed.