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Nutritional diet – principles, recommended and prohibited foods and effects
Macronutrient Balance
Vitamins And Minerals
American
Traditional
Balance
Vitamins
Max Müller
Author
2026-09-24
Date
4 min. read
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The nutritional diet was formulated by American health expert Dr. Joel Fuhrman. Its distinctive feature is the prioritization of food's nutrient profile, particularly vitamins and minerals, over traditional macronutrient balance. The ANDI scale (Aggregate Nutrient Density Index) is employed to evaluate food products, categorizing them by nutrient density. What specific dietary adjustments does Dr. Fuhrman advocate?
Nutritional diet health equation and ANDI scale
The whole dietary ideology can be summarized in one simple formula, which the author called the health equation: H = N/C H nutritional density of the diet N number of calorie-free nutrients (vitamins, minerals, etc.) C amount of calories in a given product The basic principle of the Diet is to eat foods with high nutritive density. The ANDI scale itself illustrates the nutrical density, which allows us to find out which foods have the highest nutrential density at 1 kcal.
Who's the nutritional diet for?
Dr. Fuhrman does not dedicate his diet to a specific group of people. It is a diet that he believes should be followed by anyone who wants to live a long and healthy life.
Nutritional diet Recommended and prohibited products
The most commonly recommended foods are vegetables and fruits, nuts, seeds, legumes, avocados, which are the main source of NNT, pulp plants that supplement protein demand, unrefined cereal products, foods that should be consumed in limited quantities: oatmeal, lean poultry, fish, oils. These products should be phased out: sweets, refined oils, fatty meats, white flour products, all calorie-containing drinks, juice, alcohol, gas drinks.
The nutritional diet has effects
Dr. Fuhrman assures us that strict adherence to his recommendations will have significant effects on our health and well-being. First of all, it's the chance of losing excess fat without constant hunger and the subsequent jojo effect. Introducing nutritional dietary rules is also expected to improve sleep quality, increase energy and reduce the risk of many diseases (such as cancers, diarrhea, and type II diabetes). How does this work in practice?
