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Female Focus NUTRITARIANISM - A NEW DIET
The nutritarian diet was developed by Dr Joel Furman. Simply put, a nutritarian is a person who strives for more micronutrients per calorie in their diet-style. A nutritarian understands that food has powerful disease-protecting and therapeutic effects and seeks to consume a broad array of micronutrients via their food choices. It is not sufficient to merely avoid fats, consume foods with a low glycemic index, lower the intake of animal products, or eat a diet of mostly raw foods. A truly healthy diet must be micronutrient rich and the micronutrient richness
must be adjusted to meet individual needs. The foods with the highest micronutrient per calorie scores are green vegetables, colourful vegetables, and fresh fruits. For optimal health and to combat disease, it is necessary to consume enough of these foods that deliver the highest concentration of nutrients. A nutritarian is a person whose food choices are influenced by nutritional quality. The quality of a diet can be based on three simple criteria: 1. Levels of micronutrients (vitamins, minerals, phytochemicals) per calorie. 2. Amounts of macronutrients (fat, carbohydrate, protein) to meet individual needs, without excessive calories that may lead to weight gain or health compromise. 3. Avoidance of potentially toxic substances (such as trans fats) and limited amounts of other potentially harmful substances (such as sodium).
Assuring superior nutrition means meeting an individual’s unique nutritional needs to profound therapeutic effects for preventing, treating and reversing disease. Dietary micronutrient quality must be increased accordingly to utilise dietary recommendations therapeutically for disease reversal or to protect high- risk individuals.
Though micronutrient density is critically important, it is not the only factor that determines health. For example Vitamin D levels, B12, and proper omega-3 intake are important for optimal long- term health as well as avoidance of sodium and other toxic excesses. If the focus is consuming more micronutrient-rich natural foods then the other important nutritional benefits automatically will follow, such as lower sodium, reduced calories, high fibre and volume, a low glycemic index, and a high satiety and phytochemical index to name a few.
Eating low nutrient foods fuels overeating behaviour.
It is important to recognise that low nutrient eating leads to increased cellular toxicity with undesirable levels of free radicals and advanced glycation end products (AGE’s), lipofuscin, lipid A2E and other toxins that contribute to the development of chronic disease. His findings are that these toxic substances lead to addictive withdrawal symptoms (toxic hunger) which result in the desire to eat more frequently and overeat.
Fortunately the drive to over-consume calories is blunted by high micronutrient, high food antioxidant consumption and the symptoms that people thought were hypoglycemia or even hunger simply disappear after following his dietary recommendations. Not only do people lose the symptoms of fatigue, headaches, irritability and stomach cramping, but they get back in touch with true hunger felt in the throat, which simply makes eating more pleasurable and directs them to a more appropriate amount of calories for their body’s biological needs.
In a portion controlled (calorie counting) diet it is likely that the body will not get adequate fibre or micronutrients. The body will have a compounded sensation of hunger and cravings which for most is simply overwhelming. It invariably results in people ei ther being unable to lose weight or unable to keep the weight off and eventually
gaining it back. The biochemistry and physiology behind food cravings are more thoroughly explained in Dr. Fuhrman’s books and lectures, but without a thorough understanding of these principles weight loss attempts are typically doomed to fail.
Where can I find out more?
We’re lucky to have the world’s first nutritarian hotel on our doorstep right here on the Costa Blanca.
Andy and Carol West will open the Obsidian Nutritarian Hotel in Benissa very early in 2012 (see their advert on page 19). Feel free to call them on 634 319 611 for further information.
Low nutrient eating, therefore, establishes a mechanism that leads to food addictions and food cravings that can’t be ignored. This is the reason why calorie counting diets fail. Without addressing dietary quality, excess food cravings are almost impossible to ignore.
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