Nutrients Per Calorie – Math Proves The Healthiest Lowest Calorie Foods
Interested In Nutrient Dense Food? You arent alone.
The Nutrition Per Dollar table has been updated to include this measurement. You can download the raw data here.
Efficiency- Michael: Dividing By Max To Remove Dimensions
The units were a bit daunting, ie: (micrograms of Folate Per gram of food)
We removed the dimensions-
Rank= Nutrient Per Gram / Best(max) Nutrient Per Gram
For example:
We then add the nutrients that the USDA provided. Summed up…
Nutrients Per Gram Ranked
This is probably most useful for hikers who are trying to limit the weight of food.
Nutrients Per Calorie Ranked
This was my real fascination, what are the most nutrient dense foods per calorie?
This is what many people would consider ‘The Healthiest Foods’.
Conclusions
Fresh Green Veggies top the list of highest Nutrients Per Calorie.
Peanuts and Almonds are relatively light weight and are packed with Nutrients.
Fortified foods like Cereal and Flour scored high in Nutrient Per Gram, but low in Nutrient Per Calorie.
Anything shown on the list is in the top 30% of foods studied, if your goal is to maximize, consume more foods on the list.
Draw Your Own Conclusions With The Raw Excel Data