Nutrivore: The Radical New Science for Getting the Vitamins You Want from the Meals You Eat

Nutrients 101
Love this way of looking at food. I’m now trying to get my 30 different produce items in my meals each week. It’s heavy on science but easy to read and Sarah lightens the mood with her humor also. It’s a new way to look at what you are choosing to put in your mouth.

Confused about what to eat to feel good? Get this book!
There is so much noise out there about what to eat, when to eat, and what not to eat. Eating healthy can feel overwhelming, expensive and confusing, with so many different definitions of what it is. Doesn’t science have anything to say to cut through this noise and make it easy?It does! And Dr. Sarah Ballantyne has used her research scientist expertise to lay out all the latest scientific research into a permissive way of eating designed to give you all the nutrients you need through your diet: Nutrivore! You won’t find cherry-picking here, unless it’s you, at the farm, gathering cherries to stuff in your face or make a pie.Rather, what you will find inside is resources that let you get as much information on how to eat a healthy diet as you need. If you just need the “rules,” there is a handy Nutrivore Plate Model and ways to measure portions and permission – nay, encouragement – to eat a diverse diet full of a variety of foods with a weekly checklist of the kinds of foods and quantities that you really want to strive for to get all the nutrients you need. You can also find this information on her website, Nutrivore.com. If you want to go deeper and get into the science of it, if you are like me and you don’t like to be told what to do and prefer instead to geek out on the details and you need to know WHY, she’s got you covered there too.The book is entertaining as it digs into the benefits of different foods and how they work in our bodies for different health outcomes by providing an overview of definitions, nutritional science, biochemistry, and the latest in scientific studies and even some behavioral psychology to break free from the disordered eating that all that “noise” can develop into. The information is sorted and sifted and shared through several ways, like narrative sections, charts, graphs, and the Nutrivore Score of many common (and uncommon) foods that you might find. If you have a specific health condition or outcome you are seeking to improve, it’s fairly easy to find useful information on what to do, including an appendix with principles to follow if weight-loss is a goal for you. There are even some simple mix-and-match recipes to get you going. Also helpful to me was a myth-busting section that gets into the science of frozen food, microwaves, organic, canning, food additives, red meat, etc. that let me feel better about being able to feed my family and not break the budget.At the end of the book, was my mind-blown? Not based on the science, since eating a diverse diet focused on whole foods isn’t really new information and jives with Michael Pollan’s “Eat food, not too much, mostly plants;” the Mediterranean Diet, and other healthy diet models we get prescribed. However, I was very impressed and feel EMPOWERED with the information provided that helped me really hone in on what foods to add to my diet (more citrus! more mushrooms! more beets!), quantities, and knowing why makes it more likely I will do so 80%+ of the time and hopefully feel less on the health “edge.” This book basically makes the last several years of personal healthy diet research obsolete because it’s all in here and more!So, in closing, this book has it all. It doesn’t just add noise to the healthy diet conversation. It cuts through the noise with science and education to empower you with tools to actually implement a healthy diet in your life no matter your budget, where you live, or what you have done in the past. It is permissive and gentle, celebrating a slow habit-changing process and inclusive so that this can be a sustainable way of eating for your long and healthy life. You don’t need any other nutrition/diet books besides this one!

Nutrition is the point, right?
I know Sarah , have purchased most of her books and treasure this one. We used to shop together at a nearby farmer’s market and I discovered she’s the real deal; knowledgeable, caring, creative and honest. Who better to teach you to how to dodge the cacophony from all the self-proclaimed ‘diet experts’ with stuff to sell, than Dr. Ballantyne via NUTRIVORE. And like I said, isn’t becoming nourished the point? Here’s to your long and vital life!

I had been following Dr. Ballantyne online for a while, loved her content and had high hopes for Nutrivore. It did not disappoint!!This information in this book is easy to read, easy to implement and backed by SCIENCE. What a breath of fresh air amongst all the online noise within the food advice spaces.The concepts are simple (thanks to all Dr. Ballantyne’s efforts in transforming real information into easily digestible content) and reassuring. I have so much respect for this author.Nutrivore is especially helpful for me in combating food fear that developed after a health diagnosis changed my family’s lifestyle several years ago. I have hope that now the stress and guilt of following good and bad food lists will finally disappear once and for all and I suspect we will find ourselves in an overall better nutritional outcome as well.Thank you, Nutrivore! ❤️ This book is a must read. It’s like nothing else I’ve read before.

It’s unbelievable that the nutrivore concept is so radical when it makes so much sense. This book is brilliantly written, the information is not just fascinating but necessary, we should all know this stuff to live healthier lives without having to follow restrictive eating patterns. Get the book.

This book is fantastic. I have been following Dr. Ballantyne for a long while now and was so excited that she was writing a book. It’s even better than I expected (and I knew it would be good!) It’s an easy, interesting read and I’m most excited about the good-quality research to which she refers throughout the book. Dr. Ballantyne, the Nutrivore website and now this book are the best resources out there for reliable, current nutrition information. I highly, recommend this book.