Meanwhile I'll sum it up the best I can. First, what is a Nutritarian Diet? It's two things, one, it's a beautifully functional metaphor based on a health equation (H = N/C), or health equals nutrition over calories. And second, it's a lifestyle choice that provides consistent vibrant energy, disease reversal, and a healthy lean BMI. Those three qualities combined are really quite something, especially these days.
And amazingly, from a functional perspective, it's very simple and easy to do. And it doesn't even cost anything! (We have to buy food anyway.) The only two things that stand in our way are cultural bias, and long standing habit patterns going in the opposite direction.
But those two things are nothing to sneeze at! It would be as if you had an opiod addiction in a country where the government and society were both telling you: "opioids are good for you"...an inferred (or even blatant) message based on the fact opioid production and sales are such a hugely profitable business.
Humm. Interesting analogy.
Well then, how do we beat addiction? The main step is the first step, where we recognize we have the addiction, which is frequently more difficult than we might imagine, for a variety of reasons. But it's the primary hurdle, giving us context and perspective, without which we are lost. Change becomes possible at that point. From that point it becomes a matter of recognition and management - ah, there's that familiar craving, I'll let myself have it, but first I'll have this beautiful apple. And then you may find the craving diminished sufficiently to manage.
Dr. Joel Fuhrman is an MD in family practice for decades, and author of peer reviewed and published nutrition studies (and many popular books for the rest of us), in his own words in a TEDx Talk titled:
"I Love Nutritional Science"
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