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What is a Nutritarian? Nutritarian is a word to describe a person who takes an interest in the nutritional quality of their diet. Very simply, a Nutritarian is a person who strives to eat a diet containing highly nutritious foods. He or she chooses foods that are high in a wide spectrum of micronutrients per calorie. Great health results come from “Getting more nutrient bang per caloric buck.” Foods that are exceptionally nutrient-dense and therefore promote disease-resistance and longevity are vegetables, especially green vegetables, colorful vegetables, beans, and seeds. These foods are all rich in vitamins, minerals and phyto-nutrients that properly nourish the body so the body can maximize its self-repairing abilities and combat diseases. What is generally not considered in the diet field is that a high nutrient diet takes away food addictions, cravings and curtails overeating behavior; it is the permanent solution to optimal weight control. |
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Importance of being a Nutritarian
Nearly 85% of our nation’s healthcare costs are spent on diet-related illnesses such as heart disease, diabetes and strokes -- diseases caused by poor eating habits.
Americans consume a diet where 60 percent of calories come from nutrient-depleted, processed foods. Then, we add lots of sugar, salt, and the unhealthy fats. It is only natural that we are going to have an epidemic of heart disease, diabetes, obesity and cancer.
The good news is that once a person decides to start eating right, the body gets the nourishment it needs to repair damage in the body and recover from food-related illnesses. For example, heart disease is the number 1 killer in this country, but it is 100% avoidable and in most cases completely reversible by adopting a Nutritarian Diet-style. What if you could add 20 quality disease-free years to your life with great tasting, nutritarian eating? What is that worth to you, to never have a heart attack, stroke or get demented as you age?
| Process of becoming a Nutritarian
Most people, when asked to change the way they eat, usually find one reason or another for not doing it. They are sometimes afraid they will lose some pleasure from eating. The facts are that a Nutritarian diet can be designed to taste fantastic, even gourmet and that most people find they actually enjoy the eating style as much or more as their former diet. Unfortunately, processed foods and especially sugary and fatty foods can be addicting, and hard for some to give up. However, if a person starts eating foods that are highly nutritious, your body feels better, requires less calories and eventually you lose your cravings and addictions for unhealthy, low nutrient processed foods. Over time, adopting and eventually preferring a Nutritarian diet becomes natural, and preferred for both health and maximizing one’s pleasure in life. |
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Nutritarian, in a nutshell
• Eats lots of high-nutrient, natural plant foods: vegetables, fruits, beans, nuts and seeds.
• Eats fewer animal products and chooses healthier options in this food group.
• Eats much less or almost no foods that are completely empty of nutrients or toxic for the body such as; sugar, sweeteners, white flour, processed foods and greasy fast foods.