{"id":400,"date":"2021-07-21T11:16:31","date_gmt":"2021-07-21T11:16:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wishesnkisses.com\/?p=400"},"modified":"2022-05-30T16:14:19","modified_gmt":"2022-05-30T16:14:19","slug":"andi-score-system-how-do-the-foods-you-eat-rate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wishesnkisses.com\/andi-score-system-how-do-the-foods-you-eat-rate\/","title":{"rendered":"ANDI Score System: How Do the Foods You Eat Rate?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The ANDI score system is the brainchild of medical doctor Dr Joel Fuhrman. It is essentially a means by which followers of the system can select the most nutritious foods, while consuming as few calories as possible. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr Joel Fuhrman is effectively starting a whole new way of life based around eating the most nutritious foods possible. He even came up with a name for followers of his philosophy – nutritarian. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What exactly is the ANDI score system?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

ANDI stands for Aggregate Nutrient Density Index. And as the name suggests it\u2019s basically a scale by which the foods that you eat<\/a> are given a score based on their nutrient density. It is quite a large scale on which foods can be rated at anywhere from 1 to 1000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ANDI score is determined by a very simple formula. The healthiness of the foods is defined as the ratio of the nutritional benefits of said food against the number of calories it contains. In other words, Health = Nutrients \/ Calories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By this definition, foods with the highest ANDI score are ones which are very nutrient dense, or in other words have lots of micronutrients such as vitamins, minerals and phytochemicals, but contain very little in the way of calories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And at the other end of the spectrum, you get foods that are very high in calories and low in nutritional value, with a much lower ANDI score. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is the Nutritarian diet like?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

To be honest it would seem that the nutritarian diet has very much in common with the Paleo diet. And it features a lot of leaves, vegetables, fruit and grains, and avoids most animal products. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Benefits of the Nutritarian Diet<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The nutritarian diet is great for those who want to lose excess weight, because it promotes consuming as many nutrients as possible for as few calories as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It has also been known to help lower blood pressure and cholesterol, and to balance blood sugar levels. Dr Fuhrman also maintains that the diet can boost longevity, but this is yet to be scientifically proven. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What Foods Have A High ANDI Score<\/strong>?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Although the ANDI score is an index that goes up to 1000, there are actually very few foods that score over 500.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The foods with the highest ANDI scores are kale, collard greens, mustard greens, and watercress, which all have a score of 1000. Spinach meanwhile has a score of 707.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are some scores of more modest foods:<\/p>\n\n\n\n