Nutritarian Diet
The nutritarian diet, which Dr. Joel Fuhrman, a family doctor, developed in 2003, places a focus on plant-based, nutrient-rich meals. According to Fuhrman, who wrote the 2021 publication of "Eat For Life," a more up-to-date and comprehensive update to his 2011 "Eat to Live: The Incredible Nutrient-Rich Diet for Rapid and Sustained Weight Loss," it's intended to help you lose weight and keep it off.
Following the nutritarian diet, you'll consume a lot of plant-based, nutrient-dense superfoods while cutting back on processed foods, like olive oil, and animal protein. According to Fuhrman, the high salt and sugar content of the American diet eventually damages the taste buds. Your taste is reset and retrained to enjoy more organic, healthful foods by following a nutritarian diet.
Fuhrman, who is also the president of the Nutritional Research Foundation, says that consuming sweets and salty foods frequently damages the "taste muscle" in general as well as your capacity to detect salt and sweetness. For a few months after stopping this overstimulation, food may taste bland as the "taste muscle" recovers and allows you to appreciate richer flavors in entire foods that you were previously unaware of.
According to nutritarian diet manuals, the nutritarian diet may aid in weight loss while protecting against autoimmune disorders, heart disease, diabetes, some types of cancer, and heart disease. The nutritarian diet is "a strong approach to lose weight, reverse chronic disease, live healthier, enhance your immunological defenses, and delay the aging process," according to Fuhrman's assertion based on scientific evidence.
Pros:
- Coaching and/or group support available.
- No counting carbs, points or calories.
- Filling – it's rich in high-fiber foods.
Cons:
- Potential for monotony unless you customize.
- Eating out limited.
- Lots of rules to remember.
- Could fall short nutritionally.
