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Superfoods: Nutrient-Dense Foods to Protect Your Health

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"Vegetables: nature's own health insurance - no other foods provide so much protection against heart disease, skin disorders, cancer, and high blood pressure, and give the body all-around vitality." ~ pg. 198

In SuperFoods you will find information on how to lower cholesterol by eating apples, why figs can help prevent cancer and how members of the squash family can help to keep your lungs healthy.

Each Super Food is featured on its own page (sometimes two) and is shown in full-color pictures.

This cookbook is divided into three main sections:

The Superfoods
The Recipes
Protect Your Health

Some of the food featured include blueberries, mangoes, melon, kiwifruit, asparagus, onions, sweet potatoes and celery. Nuts, seeds, dairy, eggs, meat, fish, poultry, herbs, spices and miscellaneous items like chocolate, tea and coffee are discussed in detail.

Each recipe features an illness the foods help to cure. Like the Pumpkin soup helps with digestive, respiratory and skin issues. An Avocado, walnut and pear salad can help with fatigue.

A few examples of the delicious recipes include:

Banana and Almond Muffins
Green Tea Bread
Spicy Winter Bread Pudding
Red Plums with Brandy
Linden-apple Tea
Ginger Punch
Tagliatella with Artichokes
Asparagus Citronette
Spiced Peaches

"It is no longer possible to doubt that there is a direct link between diet and cancer." ~ pg. 264

In the last section, menus are given for various health conditions. You can find information regarding: cancer, circulatory problems, digestive problems, stress, fatigue, joint problems, respiratory problems, skin problems, urinary problems and weight control. This book also has some fun ideas, like reading the "Ten Commandments for the Overweight" gives you permission not to eat everything on your plate (see page 333). A good page to photocopy for relatives who insist on feeding you seconds, thirds, etc.

The first section on the specific foods is an educational and fun read. Seeing all the delicious foods in full-color pictures makes you hungry for something healthy. The recipes are uncomplicated and this book is perfect for anyone who loves to cook or wants to make excellent food choices from any menu.

~ The Rebecca Review

This is a great book for anyone starting to be more health conscious or trying to prevent or aid a particular health problem. The book lists out many different foods and what they are good for, there's a recipe section, then a section per issue that lists out what foods to help prevent/treat that ailment, ie, cancer, digestive problems, joint problems, stress, and fatigue. Wonderful!

If you read Shape, Self, or Fitness, you'll love this book. Not only does if have great information about the best foods to eat to lose weight and protect your health, but it's beautifully presented! This very modern-looking reference book is a must have for your diet/cookbook library. It's easy to read, and the recipes and various meal plans don't look terribly complicated. Oh, and great cover too!

This is the most pathetic book I have every held in my hands. It tells me that apples are good for you and oranges have vitamin C. It mentions foods with high ORAC scores are good for you but does not list any of the real SUPER foods that have them like the acai, maqui, aronia, or cacao. It also says that butter is mostly fat and beef has protien in it. Waste of time/money. Don't fall for it.

I bought this book expecting, among other things, to be able to look up particular nutrients (iron, folic acid, etc.) and find the "super foods" that contain them. Unfortunately, this book is not organized that way. If you look up calcium in the index you find one listing, a passing reference in the back of the book. The book is organized for those who have specific ailments (stress, fatigue, cancer, joint problems, etc.). You can look up one of the ailments featured and find exactly what you're looking for- what foods to seek out, which to avoid, menus, recipes. The book may also be an o.k. reference if you want to look up information about particular foods (although the information given certainly isn't comprehensive), but look elsewhere if you're looking for a book more medical-scientific than holistic.

This book gives interesting feed back on how certain foods can help you. It pin points what foods you should eat for which health issues you may have!

This book is very informative. It has beautiful photos and some really nice
recipes in the back. Enjoy!!