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SuperFoods Rx: Fourteen Foods That Will Change Your Life (Hardcover)
by Steven G. Pratt , Kathy Matthews
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Author: Steven G. Pratt , Kathy Matthews
Publisher: William Morrow
Pub. in: December, 2003
ISBN: 0060535679
Pages: 352
Measurements: 9.5 x 6.3 x 1.2 inches
Origin of product: USA
Order code: BA00940
Other information: 1st edition
ISBN-13: 9780060535674
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The recipes are designed by Chef Michel Stroot of The Golden Door Spa. Hubert Greenway, Chairman of Dermatology, and CEO of the Scripps Clinic provides the book's introduction. |
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SuperFoods Rx is essentially a guide to a diet. However, that diet is different from the one's you've probably heard about in two very important ways: First, It's a positive diet. Instead of telling you what not to eat, it's a list of foods you should eat. It's primarily a guide of good things to put into your body. Second, it's not about weight loss, it's about health - long term health. The foods in this book are chosen not only to promote a good-feeling, well-working body in the short term, they'll also help you in the long term, providing protection against many common discomforts of old age as well as the more deadly hazards of poor nutrition, such as cancer.
The author of this book is a medical doctor, but rather than trying to feed you some fad diet of his own invention, he chooses his superfoods based on a body of peer-reviewed scientific evidence - that means many scientific experiments that prove the same thing and have been approved by the scrutiny of other scientists.
Each chapter tells about a different food, the different health benefits it offers, why it is so good for you, and also suggests some recipes and different brands/products you can buy that contain the food. There's also an extensive list of recipes and products.
The author starts out telling us where the American way of eating has gone off track. His list of food problems makes a lot of sense:
- Increased portion sizes.
- Decreased energy expenditure; people just don't exercise enough.
- Unhealthy balance of fats in the diet: an increase in saturated fat, omega-6 fatty acids, and trans-fatty acids, along with a huge decrease in omega-3 fatty acids.
- An increase in consumption of processed cereal grains.
- An overall decrease in fruit and vegetable intake from historical standards.
- A decrease in lean meat and fish intake.
- A decrease in antioxidant intake and calcium intake (especially from whole foods).
- The unhealthy ratio of omega-6 to omega-3 fats, which is associated with a long list of chronic diseases.
- A marked increase in refined sugar as an overall percentage of caloric intakes.
- A decrease in whole food consumption, which has led to a marked decrease in phytonutrient intake.
- A decrease in the variety of foods eaten.
It shouldn't be too hard to add the superfoods into your diet (Beans/Blueberries/Broccoli/Oats/Oranges/Pumpkin/Salmon/Soy/Spinach/Tea/Tomatoes/Turkey/Walnuts/Yogurt
SuperFoods Rx is based on "strong academic science and peer-reviewed research clinical trials." And it isn't just a food book. The other subjects covered are "exercise, stress management, faith, friendship, laughter, daydreaming, sleep, and other elements necessary for a longstanding, healthy life." The recipes are tasty and the book itself is easy to comprehend. The authors include some interesting things in the book such as, "Consumer alerts" which prompt consumers to speak out on things like "less sodium in canned fish," or "alert manufacturers to produce vitamin C supplements with added bioflavonoid in 100- to 250 milligram amounts." There is also the "Sidekicks" list at the first of each chapter. If you don't like spinach or any of the other fourteen superfoods, they recommend a list of substitutes for each. It looks like they thought of everything - health, body, mind and spirit. It's a comprehensive nutritional guide worth looking into that's for sure!
- From quoting Virginia Allain, Elliot Knapp and Brenda S. Weeaks
Target readers:
General readers
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Steven G. Pratt, M.D., is a world-renowned authority on the role of nutrition and lifestyle in the prevention of disease and optimization of health. He is a senior staff ophthalmologist at Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla, California.
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Dr Steven Pratt saw the positive results when his patients with macular degeneration changed their diets, leading him to research the natural powers certain foods. Superfoods Rx focuses on 14 functional foods, which are high in micronutrients versus macronutrients. Dr. Pratt shows that if you fill your "tank" with the right foods, chances of living a long, disease free life are better. In addition to the scientific data, SuperFoods Rx teaches readers how to incorporate these foods into their lives with tips on how to eat and cook with superfoods. The recipes designed by Chef Michel Stroot of The Golden Door Spa. Hubert Greenway, Chairman of Dermatology and CEO of the Scripps Clinic, provides the book's introduction.
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2007-02-08 00:00>
This book is an excellent summary of the latest research from the past few years about the benefits of certain foods like salmon and spinach. The things I like about this book are: 1) no product is being sold - The author doesn't make supplements or creams or anything the way that Perricone (The Wrinkle Cure) does. 2)The book only promotes whole foods, not supplements 3) there are excellent recipes using the 14 superfoods 4)The book doesn't focus on the "dont's" just the "do's" 5)It isn't a difficult program to follow.
This is a great book for learning about the health benefits of certain foods and getting the inspiration to eat them.
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2007-02-08 00:00>
Superfoods Rx is, quite simply, the best health and nutrition book I have ever read. It has truly revolutionized my relationship to food. What makes it so terrific is how flexible one can be and still follow author Steven Pratt's basic nutrition guidelines. Pratt espouses the benefits of fourteen "Superfoods" - Beans, Blueberries, Broccoli, Oats, Oranges, Pumpkin, Salmon, Soy, Spinach, Tea, Tomatoes, Turkey, Walnuts, and Yogurt--around which one can build a healthy, modern diet. These foods are not the only healthy foods; Pratt includes a large number of "sidekick" foods that have similar properties. The genius of the superfoods model of nutrition is that these foods form a framework around which anyone can build a healthy diet to suit their own personal tastes. The possibilies for healthy improvisation are endless, and all the foods are familiar, readily available, and inexpensive. And since Pratt does not prescribe any particular diet, only advocating certain very healthy foods, there is no calorie counting and no regimen to follow, other than common sense.
I am finally able to impliment a healthy eating plan, in large part because this book has freed me from "high maintainance" diets. Pratt certainly prefers fresh, whole foods, but he points out that "whole" is more important than "fresh". He consistently points to foods that are perfectly healthful in canned or frozen form, which is a godsend to a single, young, lazy male such as myself. I will never spend more than 15 minutes (including prep and cleanup) making any meal, so I could not follow any plan otherwise.
Canned pumpkin has been a real discovery for me. This stuff is so easy to cook with; I just toss a couple of spoonfuls of it into things like canned, ready to heat soup as a fortifier. It is also extremely filling; you will never feel hungry after a meal with pumpkin in it. My daily breakfast is now a mix of yogurt, pumpkin, wheat germ, and blueberries - just toss it all in a bowl and stir. Delicious!
I love this book so much, the only complaint I can make is, More! I want more secondary materials, maybe a small visual aid, like a poster, to stick to my fridge. I want simple, accessible ways to prepare and eat these foods, as well as a simple chart to keep me familiar with the most important nutritional properties of each. Pratt provides substantial nutrional tables at the end of the book, but who can remember the amount of selenium in tuna in the normal flow of daily life? What's needed is not more science, but more access.
Thank you Steven Pratt for this life-changing book! |
A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2007-02-08 00:00>
The suggestions in this book have really stuck with me for a couple of years now. I've always noticed that spinach and tomato juice, gave me an extra surge of energy, that I always had a sense of wellbeing after eating oatmeal, got a kick out of brocolli, never had a bad thing to say about beans, felt fortified after having my yogurt. The book made me think that I should be paying attention to those feelings and capitalize on them. Put some of each into my shopping basket each time I go to the store and eat them instead of junk when I'm hungry.
One strange and wonderful thing is that I now can't go without having spinach and yougurt with a glass of tomato juice in the morning for breakfast. I can't even figure how much my spinach consumption has increased - If i don't have it I get withdrawal symptoms. I puree the spinach and yougurt with a squeeze of lemon and I'm ready to go. If you like spinach dip it sort of tastes like that. For soy intake I use Revival Soy products. Google it. Have you ever tried puree of Orange and pumpkin? One orange to a half cup of pumpkin. This will fill you up and I dare you to try to be hungry afterward. If I have the soy, orange and pumpkin for lunch I am not hungry for hours. I don't like pumpkin too much but this is easy and good, which is why my appetite is curbed. Oatmeal with blueberries and walnuts and vanilla soymilk is great. Who could be hungry after that? Just eat these foods and you won't gain weight. You'll feel great, physically and mentally! |
Christine Danielson (MSL quote), USA
<2007-02-08 00:00>
Dr Steven Pratt has made eating right easy to understand and easy to implement. I normally don't like to read nutrition books but this one I couldn't put down. I now know what I should eat and how big or small the portions should be. Which foods help your heart, eyes, inflamation etc. All the foods he talks about can be found in your local grocery store you don't need to go to a health food store unless you want organic food. If you know nothing about nutrition or know a lot, this is the book for you. He makes it so easy, even adding receipes and daily menus. I hope he will write another book!
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