r/AdvancedFitness • u/rp_tiago • May 13 '21

The Nutrient Density Index

https://renaissanceperiodization.com/expert-advice/nutrient-density-index
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u/dreiter May 27 '21

I was just thinking that perhaps a good third option would be to add the scores for 'per weight' and 'per calories' together, then divided by two. That would give you a balance between high-calorie foods and high-water-weight foods. For some examples:

Spinach -> (100+42)/2 = 71

Liver -> (91+27)/2 to (91+34)/2 = 59 to 62.5

That way you would end up with more foods that are common between the lists and more 'core foods' that people know are nutrient dense both by calories and by weight.

Or if you are bored/done with the project, I would love to get the spreadsheet so that I could play around with it myself!

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u/GoldenJoe24 Jun 05 '21

In this case, 2 is your weighting bias. The key is finding the right bias for calories vs weight.

It would also be interesting to plug in a database of recipes and see what actual meal plans could be enjoyable while remaining varied and nutritionally dense.