Consuming more plant foods and fewer animal products may help individuals control their weight, according to a new study funded in part by ARS. The study was led by nutritional epidemiologist P.K. Newby at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University in Boston, Massachusetts, and Alicja Wolk at the […]
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A plant based diet is not necessarily a vegan or a vegetarian diet. We promote 80-90% or more whole nutrient rich foods with smaller amounts of animal products and even smaller amounts of refined foods based on the foundation of nutritional wisdom, nutrient density. Nutrient Rich is not a diet, it’s a standard, so when
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In Part I and Part II of this 3-part series, we are making the distinction between eating healthier, eating a diet of up to 90% or more whole, nutrient-rich foods, and eating like a Nutritarian. The distinctions between these three levels of eating are significant. We refer to them as “levels,” because within each level
Now that we know what constitutes various healthier ways of eating, most of which are “half baked,” in one way or another, in terms of an optimally healthy diet; let’s gain a better understanding of what it means to eat a diet of whole “nutrient-rich” foods and ultimately up to 90% or more of these
Here at NutrientRich.com, we talk a lot about eating healthy; a diet of nutrient-rich or nutrient-dense foods abundant in micronutrients. These are the plant phytochemicals that are the defining, cornerstone-food factor that makes a nutrient-rich food “nutrient-rich,” health and longevity promoting. With the early guidance of Joel Fuhrman MD. we also outlined The 3 Classes
In 2004, Jon Hinds, founder of the Monkey Bar Gym chain and one of the leading trainers in the world, started to have extreme and debilitating pain in his hands. Prior to this, he had trained in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and was the gold medalist at the Pan Am Games. When Jon’s hand pain became so unbearable that he could no
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Republished from Newsweek. The outrageously high rates of childhood and adult obesity and diabetes in the U.S. may suggest that the U.S. Dietary Guidelines (DG) are not working. After all, these guidelines are meant to protect our health. So how did we find ourselves in this predicament? As a longtime researcher, contributor to food and
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Dairy products are held in high esteem in America. Most people recognize a diet without diary as unhealthy. Without dairy foods, how could we obtain sufficient calcium for our bones? Here are the best plant-based foods for bones: Green vegetables, beans, tofu, sesame seeds and even oranges contain lots of usable calcium, without the problems
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Do you exercise and eat a “healthier” diet, but are still gaining weight? How do you explain weight gain when your lifestyle includes regular exercise and you eat a healthier diet, where day after day, you’ve refused deserts, nibbled on baggies of carrots, switched to low fat meals and snacks, and may be perhaps started
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Iron is greatly misunderstood as a nutrient, especially when it comes to plant based diets.This mineral is found all over the earth and is essential to red blood cells transporting oxygen and nutrients to every cell in our body, connecting us directly to the land we live on. Pretty amazing, right? Iron deficiency is the
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