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Superfoods: The Food and Medicine of the Future |  | Author: David Wolfe Publisher: North Atlantic Books Category: Book
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ISBN: 1556437765 Dewey Decimal Number: 613.26 EAN: 9781556437762 ASIN: 1556437765
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Amazon.com Review Book Description Superfoods are vibrant, nutritionally dense foods that have recently become widely available and which offer tremendous dietary and healing potential. In this lively, illustrated overview, well-known raw-foods guru David Wolfe profiles delicious and incredibly nutritious plant products such as goji berries, hempseed, cacao beans (raw chocolate), maca, spirulina, bee products, and a host of others. As powerful sources of clean protein, vitamins, minerals, enzymes, antioxidants, good fats and oils, essential fatty and amino acids, and other nutrients, they represent a uniquely promising piece of the nutritional puzzle. Each superfood is described in detail, accompanied by easy and delicious recipes. This accessible guide presents persuasive arguments, based on sound science, for the pivotal role of superfoods in promoting nutritional excellence, health and well-being, beauty enhancement, sustainable agriculture, and the transformation of diet, lifestyle, and planet.
A Q&A with David Wolfe Question: What are superfoods? David Wolfe: Superfoods are the greatest foods identified by the greatest civilizations in the history of the world. They are foods that have a whole array of tricks under their sleeve. They are extremely easy to use and agree with a lot of different body types and metabolisms. Question: What contributions are you making in the world? What are you here to share with us? David Wolfe: My goal is to make raw foods, superfoods, superherbs, and the best chocolate ever an option for everyone on the planet. I want to make becoming healthy simpler, easier, and more fun than ever before. Question: Tell us about the goji berry. What is in it? How about the cacao bean? What is in cacao? Isnât this the food that we make chocolate out of? David Wolfe: The goji berry is a complete protein source with extraordinary levels of antioxidants, levels of carotenes (according to studies, the more carotenes you eat, the longer you live) which have been shown to be present in primates. The goji berry is easy to eat for people of all ages. It also assists with the digestion of other food. It is considered the number one medicinal herb in Chinese medicine--which has a 5,000 year history of about 8,000 herbs. It improves our ability to secrete HGH naturally and it the only food known to do so. Cacao has a higher concentration of magnesium, chromium, iron, and antioxidants than any food in the world. Cacao is also exceedingly rich in copper, zinc, and manganese. Cacao contains fat-soluble forms of all of these minerals, which is unusual. Research has proven this food is associated with longevity. The cacao bean is chocolate, chocolate is cacao--you cannot have chocolate without cacao. Basically, chocolate is a nut butter made out of cacao beans. Chocolate contains PEAs, chemicals associated with falling in love, anandamide, the bliss chemical, and theobromine, which improves our cardiovascular health. Contrary to some opinions, cacao is very low in caffeine.
Product Description Superfoods are vibrant, nutritionally dense foods that have recently become widely available and which offer tremendous dietary and healing potential. In this lively, illustrated overview, well-known raw-foods guru David Wolfe profiles delicious and incredibly nutritious plant products such as goji berries, hempseed, cacao beans (raw chocolate), maca, spirulina, bee products, and a host of others. As powerful sources of clean protein, vitamins, minerals, enzymes, antioxidants, good fats and oils, essential fatty and amino acids, and other nutrients, they represent a uniquely promising piece of the nutritional puzzle. Each superfood is described in detail, accompanied by easy and delicious recipes. This accessible guide presents persuasive arguments, based on sound science, for the pivotal role of superfoods in promoting nutritional excellence, health and well-being, beauty enhancement, sustainable agriculture, and the transformation of diet, lifestyle, and planet.
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Totally Informed August 9, 2010 T. Partain (Missouri) I love all the research that went into this book and look forward to incorporating these superfoods into my diet and life!!
Superfoods July 25, 2010 Kathy Taranto Great book on how to get healthy and stay healthy with a few simple changes in your diet. Love it.
wonderful book! July 21, 2010 Erika Hernandez Barberena (São Paulo, Brasil) A essential book for vegetarians or healty people. A great manual to prevent diseases and to get more energy and nutrition for life and soul.I loved it!!!
Amazing Introduction to Superfoods. Will change your habits instantly! July 18, 2010 J. Kaufman (Las Vegas, NV) This is the definitive primer to Superfoods. This book was part of the inspiration for me to start a Superfoods based raw food snack company ([...] selling Raw Kale Chips and soon to be rolling out a whole product line)
I highly recommend this to anyone looking to go beyond just "health food" or even "raw food". I was on the raw vegan diet 100% for 18 months and didn't feel nearly as healthy as I do now still doing 100% raw vegan but now incorporating Superfoods. While most peoples diets are getting worse and worse, there is the opportunity for those aware of what they are eating to get incredible nutrition that hasn't been available to mankind for thousands of years.
By the way I bought this on the kindle and read half the book in one day.
Jordan Kaufman
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Super Informative and In Depth May 10, 2010 C. Cheng One of the best books I've read as a new "raw" foodie. Very in depth information about various superfoods, some that I was aware of before and others that are all new to me. Now that I'm aware of them, I can actively look for them at my local health food store (and found most) or online. Great book and highly recommend for anyone looking to improve them health.
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