Some modern diet programs do provide you with ways to judge new foods. For example, Atkins™ and other low-carb programs assess food value based on carbohydrate content. Unfortunately, though, this assessment can be quite limited. Do an orange and a chocolate eclair really have an equal impact on your body? Some low-carb practitioners seem to think so!

ND believes that you need a more powerful tool to assess a food's dietary benefit, and that's why we created the Better Choices Diet. The Better Choices Diet doesn't simply focus on a single nutrient (like carbs or fats). Instead, it analyzes the levels of up to twenty-eight individual nutrients, to help you determine how well each food supports your goal.