When it comes to food and nutrition, most people’s diets are comprised of energy-dense, nutrient-
poor foods resulting in an overweight condition and malnutrition.^3 Depending on how you define
what it means to eat “nutrient rich,” people are eating as much as 90% or more nutrient-poor foods
in developed countries like the U.S.
Eating less or fewer of these foods may help you lose weight, but you can never sustain successful
weight loss or (more importantly) health and longevity unless you’re eating in a healthy way that is
nutrient rich.
Contrary to what most people assume or have been told, conditions ranging from overweight to
diabetes, heart disease, cancer and many others are not just par for getting older. These diseases
nearly always happen when people are not eating healthy. No one needs to unnecessarily suffer
these illnesses.
In fact, once you make the switch to rich—a nutrient-rich healthy eating style—the symptoms of
disease will likely diminish or disappear. Most noticeably, the overweight condition—or what we
refer to as “the most obvious symptom” of a lifestyle gone awry—will resolve. Being overweight is not
just a cosmetic issue^4 —it is the breeding ground for lifestyle-induced diseases.
Regardless of why you are considering making the Switch to Rich—to detoxify your body and lose
weight naturally, or to optimize your health and reverse disease—you will experience all seven
success results and more when you start eating up to 90% or More Plant-Based Nutrient Rich.
Each and every one of the seven success results everybody wants are natural consequences
when you move away from nutrient-poor foods and take the steps provided by this book and by the
whole Nutrient Rich Healthy Eating Plan.
It’s Not Entirely New, But It Is Amazing
Ironically, the concept of eating nutrient rich foods is as old as the hills. As matter of fact, you've
probably been eating nutrient-rich foods your whole life to some degree—just not at the level that
delivers the seven success results. That includes the ultimate one—longevity. Most people literally
cut off almost 25% off of a healthy life expectancy by eating in the SAD (Standard American Diet)
ways most Americans do today.
While losing weight is the most desired short-term result; eating for longevity should be the most
prized. Longevity supersedes weight loss because (a) weight loss and any other benefit is
(^3) Kant AK. Consumption of energy-dense, nutrient-poor foods by adult Americans: nutritional and health implications.
The third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1988- 1994. Am J Clin Nutr. 2000;72:9 29 - 36.
(^4) Fuhrman J. Eat to Live. New York, NY: Little, Brown and Company; 2003.