Has anyone tried Joel Fuhrman's Eat to Live diet?

littlegirlwithprettybrowneyes

Has anyone tried the vegan "Eat to Live" diet? If so, how much did you lose? Is it easy to follow? Do you feel hungry?

ndj1979

never heard of it ..I am on the "change for life diet" eat in a deficit + work out/lift heavy = sustained weight loss...

Looking over his site, I would say save your money and just use MFP to track calories and lose ...and it is free...

jwdieter

Including vegetables in your diet is, of course, a good idea. Eat vegan if you want to. Eat a calorie deficit if you want to lose weight.

The Eat to Live formula ("The key to this revolutionary diet is the idea of nutrient density expressed by the simple formula: Health= Nutrients/Calories When the ratio of nutrients to calories is high, fat melts away, and health is restored.") is a joke.

ndj1979

Including vegetables in your diet is, of course, a good idea. Eat vegan if you want to. Eat a calorie deficit if you want to lose weight.

The Eat to Live formula ("The key to this revolutionary diet is the idea of nutrient density expressed by the simple formula: Health= Nutrients/Calories When the ratio of nutrients to calories is high, fat melts away, and health is restored.") is a joke.

and what is this supposed ratio supposed to be? Wait let me guess, I have to pay 39.99 to find out...

jwdieter

and what is this supposed ratio supposed to be? Wait let me guess, I have to pay 39.99 to find out...

I think it's just eating vegetables, but yeah he's attempting to make money, like all the other "insert name here" diets.

sloth3toes

Has anyone tried the vegan "Eat to Live" diet? If so, how much did you lose? Is it easy to follow? Do you feel hungry?

There's a 'Eat to Live' group here, you can easily find it by searching groups. There, you'll hear from people who eat that way.

I read his book.... which was free from the library, by the way...... and I've never sent the guy a dime.
Personally, I wouldn't consider the Eat to Live thing, as a diet.... but as a lifestyle change. He promotes ( if I recall ) pretty much a 80 - 90% vegan lifestyle, and if you wanna eat meat as well.... you're supposed to keep it to a bare minimum. I'm pretty sure there's probably easier ways to lose weight..... the question is.... how much do you love vegetables?

iechick

Including vegetables in your diet is, of course, a good idea. Eat vegan if you want to. Eat a calorie deficit if you want to lose weight.

The Eat to Live formula ("The key to this revolutionary diet is the idea of nutrient density expressed by the simple formula: Health= Nutrients/Calories When the ratio of nutrients to calories is high, fat melts away, and health is restored.") is a joke.

and what is this supposed ratio supposed to be? Wait let me guess, I have to pay 39.99 to find out...

I got the book from the library for free

OP, Dr. Fuhrman on his website recommends a 90% whole foods, plant based diet and then 10% is open for moderate amounts of meat and dairy etc. I'm using this as my maintenance plan and love it.

Holly_Roman_Empire

Has anyone tried the vegan "Eat to Live" diet? If so, how much did you lose? Is it easy to follow? Do you feel hungry?

Has anyone tried the "eat less move more diet"?

iechick

Has anyone tried the vegan "Eat to Live" diet? If so, how much did you lose? Is it easy to follow? Do you feel hungry?

Has anyone tried the "eat less move more diet"?

Dr. Fuhrman's plan is more for overall good health and not so much a diet plan for weight loss. I'm doing it for maintenance and I'm not losing weight on it. My shape is still changing though (my size 2 jeans are now loose on me ), but I don't know if that's due to the changes in my diet following his plan, or if my body is still adjusting from when I was losing weight, which I read can happen up to a year after you transition into maintenance.

cranberrylane

I'd like to try 6 weeks of this, starting Jan. 2 (daily):

• 1 Tbsp flaxseed
• 1 cup legumes: chickpeas, black beans, lentils, kidney beans, cannellini beans, white beans, navy beans
• 4+ fresh fruit: apples, bananas, berries, grapes, mango, melon, oranges, peaches, pears, pineapple, kiwi
• 1 lb raw veg: Kale, chard, romaine, green pepper, frozen peas, cucumber, sprouts
• 1 lb cooked veg: broccoli, zucchini, Brussels sprout, escarole, spinach, onion, mushroom, cauliflower,..
• 0-2 oz avocado
• 0-1 cup starch: butternut squash, brown/wild rice, cooked carrot, sweet potato, barley

Anyone interested in joining me?

WalkingAlong

I read the book. It was nothing I had an interest in trying. I think it's popular in our local LDS community.

cranberrylane

LDS?

zonah

I read Eat To Live and it make sense to me. When I've eaten what he recommends I've done really well.

Sreneesa

never heard of it ..I am on the "change for life diet" eat in a deficit + work out/lift heavy = sustained weight loss...

Looking over his site, I would say save your money and just use MFP to track calories and lose ...and it is free...

"..I am on the "change for life diet"

:laugh:

abrahamsitososa

The China Study's author unfortunately had a bad experience with Dr Furham. But it's also a must read book.

paperpudding

I read the book. It was nothing I had an interest in trying. I think it's popular in our local LDS community.

for the poster who asked, I think LDS stands for Latter Day Saints - ie the Mormon community.

abrahamsitososa

I read the book. It was nothing I had an interest in trying. I think it's popular in our local LDS community.

for the poster who asked, I think LDS stands for Latter Day Saints - ie the Mormon community.

The Latter Day Saints are Mormons. In my area I haven't seen many Mormons that Eat the way Joel Furhman endorses. They are all allowed to have their own beliefs on nutrition. But I think like the old testament warns, they stay away from pork(swine).

neanderthin

The China Study's author unfortunately had a bad experience with Dr Furham. But it's also a must read book.

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Rocbola

Including vegetables in your diet is, of course, a good idea. Eat vegan if you want to. Eat a calorie deficit if you want to lose weight.

The Eat to Live formula ("The key to this revolutionary diet is the idea of nutrient density expressed by the simple formula: Health= Nutrients/Calories When the ratio of nutrients to calories is high, fat melts away, and health is restored.") is a joke.

and what is this supposed ratio supposed to be? Wait let me guess, I have to pay 39.99 to find out...

H=N/C. He just said it. ^ Try and keep up.

Rocbola

Fuhrman's diet is great. I have his book "Eat To Live" and enjoy his work, though i don't eat his exact diet. The real point to a lot of his work is to include as many veggies as possible. He calls his diet a "Nutritarian Diet" because it is so loaded with vital nutrients. He insists on eating nutrient dense food, and a lot of green leafs and cruciferous veggies.

abrahamsitososa

Fuhrman's diet is great. I have his book "Eat To Live" and enjoy his work, though i don't eat his exact diet. The real point to a lot of his work is to include as many veggies as possible. He calls his diet a "Nutritarian Diet" because it is so loaded with vital nutrients. He insists on eating nutrient dense food, and a lot of green leafs and cruciferous veggies.

I'm sort of a skeptic of Dr Fuhrman but this diet you just mentioned sounds like my 6 days a week diet.

sunshinelively

Fuhrman's diet is great. I have his book "Eat To Live" and enjoy his work, though i don't eat his exact diet. The real point to a lot of his work is to include as many veggies as possible. He calls his diet a "Nutritarian Diet" because it is so loaded with vital nutrients. He insists on eating nutrient dense food, and a lot of green leafs and cruciferous veggies.

Agree with this. I did the 6 week ETL detox in 2011 and adopted the plan. I probably veer a little bit, but to me everything he writes makes a lot of sense. After I started ETL, I stopped having headaches, abdominal cramps, asthma symptoms. Stopped taking ibuprofen nearly every day for inflammation of various kinds. I lost 10 lb and kept that 10 lb off. More recently Dr Fuhrman seems to be on more of a money making kick, but ETL was written some time ago, and while radical, pretty much confronts a lot of unhealthy eating that Americans have gotten themselves into. I do think it's more of a lifestyle, basically eating large amounts of food that is packed with micronutrients. I can tell you this: I felt sooo much better after changing my eating in this direction, made a huge difference.

It might not make a huge difference to everyone who tries it but if you don't feel good, try it. It's like a breath of fresh air, your body will feel lighter and whole again!

UtahWI

Fuhrman's diet is great. I have his book "Eat To Live" and enjoy his work, though i don't eat his exact diet. The real point to a lot of his work is to include as many veggies as possible. He calls his diet a "Nutritarian Diet" because it is so loaded with vital nutrients. He insists on eating nutrient dense food, and a lot of green leafs and cruciferous veggies.

Agree with this. I did the 6 week ETL detox in 2011 and adopted the plan. I probably veer a little bit, but to me everything he writes makes a lot of sense. After I started ETL, I stopped having headaches, abdominal cramps, asthma symptoms. Stopped taking ibuprofen nearly every day for inflammation of various kinds. I lost 10 lb and kept that 10 lb off. More recently Dr Fuhrman seems to be on more of a money making kick, but ETL was written some time ago, and while radical, pretty much confronts a lot of unhealthy eating that Americans have gotten themselves into. I do think it's more of a lifestyle, basically eating large amounts of food that is packed with micronutrients. I can tell you this: I felt sooo much better after changing my eating in this direction, made a huge difference.

It might not make a huge difference to everyone who tries it but if you don't feel good, try it. It's like a breath of fresh air, your body will feel lighter and whole again!

Bingo. There is nothing to be skeptical or jaded about regarding ETL. It was published quite some time ago, I got a copy back when, used, for a few dollars. There is no requirement to join his website at all. Everything you need to know is in that book. Nowadays, he does have the website and other books, and he probably is making some money at it. So what? His work is well researched and well referenced. He is one of the few doctors who I think really knows something in depth about nutrition. And, ETL was really aimed at changing things for people who are really in trouble from a health stand point. He was pretty blunt in ETL and obviously doesn't have any self esteem issues, hahaha, but he has helped many people make the drastic changes they needed.

I did it starting in 2009 and lost 45 pounds. It literally did just melt off. I am an RD, and RN so I appreciate his research. Now, in the last couple of years I fell off the wagon especially when I got very sick (colon cancer...contrary to what he says, ETL can't stop everything...I think he needs to be read with a grain of salt...see "ego" hahaha) but am working on getting back on that wagon. At that time I only needed to change it up when I started doing more intense exercise (think Insanity...I needed more support then) and couldn't keep up enough calories. I recommend it to anybody. Of course if you are taking certain meds...Coumadin for example, talk about it with your healthcare team, make changes gradually, and stay monitored.

The one that bothers me is Dr. Oz and people seem to love the crap out of him. LOL.

BigBadVanna

I followed the plan for about a month a year or so ago. I felt great (and lost weight), but it is very strict. Eating out was very difficult. It did, however, open my eyes to the importance of placing nutrient dense, whole foods as the base of any healthy way of eating.

A bit of a warning: my dad (upper 60s, very active half marathoner and 2-3x/wk lifter) obviously wasn't getting enough calories and became very weak while following this plan for about two months. There was a noticeable difference in his physique and personality (grouchy). He loved the principles of the diet, but had to add more protein and more calories in general.

FrankWorsley

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