SuperFoods Rx: Fourteen Foods That Will Change Your Life
by Steven G. Pratt, Kathy Matthews
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Author: Kathy Matthews, Steven G. PrattEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2006-12-26
ISBN: 0061172286
Number of pages: 416
Publisher: Harper
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Summary: 5 Stars
I am a big proponent of foods as medicine. There are so many complex combinations of ingredients within each food that science still does not understand, that I feel it is much better to consume a whole food than to pop a pill that has an extract of some of the good ingredients from that food. For example, it was once thought the bioflavonoids, such as those found in the white stringy stuff in citrus, were useless, and now science has found that they help your body absorb certain nutrients in the foods that have them. Another example: We were all warned for a long time not to avoid tea, and now it is found that tea is quite healthful.
This is why I highly recommend this book. The main focus of this book is to describe 14 "super foods" that have combinations of ingredients that are thought to be healthful and even potentially healing. Even better, the authors very cleverly combined foods into groups (one super food plus its "sidekicks"--acceptable substitutes), so in fact they cover far more than 14 foods, but in such as way that it is much easier to remember what types of foods to eat.
For example, there is a chapter on blueberries as a super food, but when you read that chapter, you find that all other manner of berry can be used for very similar results as well. But it is much easier to remember to eat 1 to 2 cups of any kind of berry a day than to try to figure out whether you should eat 1/2 cup of cranberries plus 1/2 cup of strawberries plus 1 cup of blueberries--you get the picture.
And lest you feel that there is too much information to absorb, the authors provide a very abbreviated one-page summary that you could photocopy and put on your refrigerator. (Or, you could create your own table, like I did, of all the foods and their sidekicks, arranged by food type, with recommended servings per day as well as serving sizes. Very tidy and yes, it is magneted to my refrigerator.)
If you only get one book on foods that are good for you, check this one out.
Summary of SuperFoods Rx: Fourteen Foods That Will Change Your Life
The super-bestselling book that's enhancing Americans' health
By eating the fourteen SuperFoods highlighted in Dr. Steven Pratt's instant bestseller, you can actually stop the incremental deteriorations that lead to common ailments and diseases
- Beans -- reduce obesity
- Blueberries -- lower risk for cardiovascular disease
- Broccoli -- lowers the incidence of cataracts and fights birth defects
- Oats -- reduce the risk of type II diabetes
- Oranges -- prevent strokes
- Pumpkin -- lowers the risk of various cancers
- Wild salmon -- lowers the risk of heart disease
- Soy -- lowers cholesterol
- Spinach -- decreases the chance of cardiovascular disease and age-related macular degeneration
- Tea -- helps prevent osteoporosis
- Tomatoes -- raise the skin's sun protection factor
- Turkey -- helps build a strong immune system
- Walnuts -- reduce the risk of developing coronary heart disease, diabetes, and cancer
* Yogurt-promotes strong bones and a healthy heart
SuperFoods Rx includes recipes created by Chef Michel Stroot of the Golden Door Spa and teaches you how to incorporate SuperFoods and their sidekicks into your diet. SuperFoods Rx is an indispensable guide to a healthy, long, and energetic life.
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