Eat to Live/Dr. Joel Fuhrman/Nutritarian eating--anyone doing this?

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karenvandam wrote: »

My husband and I tried the nutritarian lifestyle for a while (about 1 year). While most of the advice is spot-on and well researched, I feel like I did not get enough protein. My husband lost quite a bit of weight, but much of it was muscle. I ended up with fatigue that lasted 6-9 months. During that time, my doctors couldn't find anything wrong. I decided to back off on the nutritarian diet in hopes that a less restrictive diet would help me feel better. Eventually, my issues resolved, but I gained 20 lbs.

When I started on MyFitnessPal a year later, I was appalled at how low in protein my diet was even after I started eating meat again! I really had to work to get the recommended protein levels. In hindsight, I wonder if my fatigue was from not eating enough protein? Of course, I have no way of knowing what really caused my fatigue.

I still feel like nutritarian is a good lifestyle and we still use many of the recommendations (for example eating beans and greens and loading up on high-nutrient foods). I just eat more meat and dairy than he suggests.

If I had to do it again, I would use the nutritarian recommendations along with MyFitnessPal to make sure to get enough protein and other nutrients.

Good luck on your journey!

I know this is an old post - in case anyone is following along still-my husband and I have tried this in the past and I have followed on and off for several years. I had this same experience-I lost weight but I was terribly weak. I am alarmed now at the limited protein. Also, he really made me fearful of protein - especially animal protein. I do my best physically and mentally when I'm not restricting any food groups and ALSO when I have a mindset that is not restrictive of food groups.