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"Of course the "super" feature of oranges and their sidekicks as well as the new superfood, kiwi, is their extraordinarily high levels of vitamin C. We encourage most everyone to boost their intake of vitamin C because, despite the wealth of healthy food choices we have today, 20 to 30 percent of us in the United States have marginal blood levels of vitamin C and, amazingly, 16 percent of us are actually deficient in this critical nutrient. Vitamin C is a truly powerful nutrient—one that helps promote overall health in countless ways." - Wendy Bazilian, DRPH, MA, RD, Steven Pratt, MD, Kathy Matthews, Superfoods Rx Diet: Lose Weight with the Power of SuperNutrients (Get the book.) "In addition to the main flagship, superfood, each food has what we called "sidekicks." The sidekicks are foods with a nutrient profile that is similar to the flagship food and as such they are good alternative choices." - Wendy Bazilian, DRPH, MA, RD, Steven Pratt, MD, Kathy Matthews, Superfoods Rx Diet: Lose Weight with the Power of SuperNutrients (Get the book.) "Green tea has always been a stellar superfood, foremost because of its SuperNutrients but also because it's readily available, virtually calorie free, tasty, inexpensive, and easy to incorporate into your daily diet. It's wonderful news to find that it also is of real benefit to those trying to lose weight. We've known for a long time that polyphenols—the main active ingredients in green tea—have powerful effects on the body. The polyphenols act as antioxidants that protect the body from the negative effects of free radicals and help prevent oxidative damage." - Wendy Bazilian, DRPH, MA, RD, Steven Pratt, MD, Kathy Matthews, Superfoods Rx Diet: Lose Weight with the Power of SuperNutrients (Get the book.) "This is the same kind of healthy fat discussed above as coming from fatty fish like the superfood wild salmon. And nuts also provide a version of this fat, and though it is different in some ways from the omega-3s in fish, it nonetheless provides many of the same benefits. We have an impressive body of research demonstrating that regular consumption of nuts can reduce your risk of developing coronary heart disease as well as diabetes, certain cancers, and other chronic ailments. Regular nut consumption has also been associated with a reduction of all causes of mortality." - Wendy Bazilian, DRPH, MA, RD, Steven Pratt, MD, Kathy Matthews, Superfoods Rx Diet: Lose Weight with the Power of SuperNutrients (Get the book.)

"A favorite, this superfood is delicious when eaten cold or hot and provides the brain with nutrients to maintain stability when feeling tense. Its high mineral concentrations of magnesium, manganese, copper, calcium and iron help maintain focus and relaxation. Where to buy it: If you can't find it in your local supermarket, look for it at natural foods stores. Quinoa is sometimes found in bins or prepackaged in the dried bean section. How much to take: Eating one cup will help satisfy those carbohydrate cravings plus give you protein." - Jan Lovejoy, Get Balanced-the Natural Way to Better Health with Superfoods (Get the book.) "The best benefits are found in freshly-brewed green tea or green tea extracts found in superfood drinks or capsules. Why: A study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine confirms that eating high fiber foods, such as lentils, helps prevent heart disease. Lentils contain significant amounts of folate and magnesium and are a good source of iron, potassium and protein all nutrients that affect heart health by promoting smooth running heart muscles and maintaining low blood pressure. Where to buy it: At the grocery store. How much to eat: At least three to five servings a week." - Jan Lovejoy, Get Balanced-the Natural Way to Better Health with Superfoods (Get the book.) "Where to buy it: Some grocery stores carry these superfood eggs, but if you can't find them there, visit a health food store. How much to eat: Eat one omega-3 enriched egg daily or at least fourto five enriched eggs weekly. Why: A rich source of DHA (the primary structural component of brain tissue) and other essential fatty acids (EFAs), plus it has a significant amount of DMAE (a powerful nutrient that affects learning, memory, attention span and helps to lower anxiety). It also contains B vitamins and calcium, CoQ10 (known to prevent strokes) and protein." - Jan Lovejoy, Get Balanced-the Natural Way to Better Health with Superfoods (Get the book.) "How much to eat/drink: Counting this incredible superfood as one of your daily 8 to 10 servings of vegetables and fruits is great for extra liver protection and digestion aid. Fresh leaves may be added to salads or juiced (the juice extraction is the most potent for medicinal purposes). The dried leaf makes a great-tasting tea and is used as a mild laxative to relieve constipation. Quick Tip: Many herbalists view the dandelion as an effective aHH treatment for liver disease, even in extreme cases such as 1 cirrhosis. It can also benefit the pancreas, kidneys, stomach and dSfs spleen." - Jan Lovejoy, Get Balanced-the Natural Way to Better Health with Superfoods (Get the book.)

"A third alternative is a superfood combination that contains things like rice bran, spirulina, chlorella, flower pollen, nutritional yeast, wheat grass, barley grass, powdered beets, etc. to provide a full complement of vitamins and minerals. • Watch out for fillers. Superfoods are expensive, and many manufacturers cheat their formulas down by adding large amounts of things such as low-grade rice bran and lecithin.' Also, it's important to make sure that your superfood provides good sources for the B vitamins and for vitamin D." - Jon Barron, Lessons from The Miracle Doctors: A Step-by-Step Guide to Optimum Health and Relief from Catastrophic Illness (Get the book.)

"Superfood Spirulina is a "Superfood." It is the most nutritious, concentrated whole food known to humankind. It has a rich, vibrant history, and occupies an intriguing biological and ecological niche in the plant kingdom. Spirulina is truly an amazing food, full of nutritional wonders." - Kelly J Moorhead, Spirulina: Nature's superfood (Get the book.)

"WELCOME TO THE WIDE WORLD OF GRAINS Oats are the flagship superfood for whole grains. The reasons are simple: their health-promoting benefits are considerable and they are also readily available and easy to incorporate into your diet. But there are many other whole grains that can help you increase and vary your intake of this valuable food group. Here are a few that you might want to try. Remember, it's the synergy of the various nutrients in a variety of grains that will give you optimum nutrition." - Steven G. Pratt, M.D. and Kathy Matthews, SuperFoods Rx: Fourteen Foods That Will Change Your Life (Get the book.) "Walnuts are the headliner for this category of superfood for a number of reasons. They are one of the few rich sources of plant-derived omega-3 fatty acids (called alpha linolenic acid, or ALA) along with canola oil, ground flaxseed and flaxseed oil, soybeans and soybean oil, wheat germ, spinach, and purslane. They are rich in plant sterols—plant sterols can play a significant role in lowering serum cholesterol levels—a good source of fiber and protein, and they also provide magnesium, copper, folate, and vitamin E. Finally, they're the nut with the highest overall antioxidant activity." - Steven G. Pratt, M.D. and Kathy Matthews, SuperFoods Rx: Fourteen Foods That Will Change Your Life (Get the book.) "Nuts are an extraordinary superfood because the range of their known health-promoting abilities is so wide. And surely there's even more to discover about the synergistic power of nuts. Fiber: Nuts are a rich source of dietary fiber. In one study, a io-gram-a day increase in dietary fiber resulted in a 19 percent decrease in coronary heart disease risk. One ounce of peanuts or mixed nuts provides about 2V2 grams of fiber—a good contribution to overall daily fiber consumption." - Steven G. Pratt, M.D. and Kathy Matthews, SuperFoods Rx: Fourteen Foods That Will Change Your Life (Get the book.) "When you consider that in the United States, strokes are a leading cause of morbidity and death, with an estimated 700,000 strokes annually causing roughly forty billion deaths a year, you can see that convincing Americans to add the superfood oats and other whole grains to their diet is well worth the effort. One study in the Journal of the American Medical Association studied young adults and found those with the highest fiber intake had the lowest diastolic blood pressure readings. Hypertension is consistently the most important risk factor for stroke." - Steven G. Pratt, M.D. and Kathy Matthews, SuperFoods Rx: Fourteen Foods That Will Change Your Life (Get the book.)

"Avocados: the great underdog of superfoods Avocados are another superfood in my book. Avocados offer outstanding nutrition. They offer a variety of phytonutrients, outstanding mineral content, and of course, are very rich in healthy oils. A lot of people avoid avocados due to the high calorie density of the fruit. And yes, it is technically a fruit. So they should be eaten in moderation, of course. But I think they should be part of every healthy person's diet." - Mike Adams, The Seven Laws of Nutrition (Get the book.) "The list of superfoods And just so you have the complete list of what qualifies as a "superfood," here it is: • Chlorella • Spirulina • Broccoli sprouts (and other sprouts) • Onions • Garlic • Ginger • Berries (all types) • Soy products (soy milk, tofu, etc.) • Nuts (macadamia, almonds, apricot pits, cashews, brazil nuts, etc.) • Aloe vera gel (right from the leaf, must be a gel, not a liquid) • Quinoa (ancient grain / fruit, high in protein) • Sea vegetables (kelp, seaweed, dulse, nori, etc." - Mike Adams, The Seven Laws of Nutrition (Get the book.)

"If you read my previous book, The 150 Healthiest Foods On Earth, you know that I consider this spice a superfood. It has anticancer activity, it helps support liver health, and it's a powerful antioxidant. But the one property of turmeric that stands out—and that may even help support its other healthful activities—is its enormous power as an anti-inflammatory. The family of compounds thought to be responsible for turmeric's medicinal effects are the curcuminoids, which are also responsible for giving turmeric its bright yellow color." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The Most Effective Natural Cures on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth about What Treatments Work and Why (Get the book.)

"You can also add superfood green powders, spirulina, chlorella, blue green algae, and/or maca to boost the nutritional content. Mylk will keep 2-3 days if stored in a glass jar or pitcher." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.) "Physiological rest: Juice Feasting is a nutrient-dense, living, low-glycemic diet of liquids and superfood concentrates; it is not an extended juice fast. This is nutrition that is bioavailable with a very low amount of energy expenditure to assimilate. Russian research suggests that we use about one-third of our available energy to digest our foods; that is why people tend to fall asleep when they overeat. We require a lot of energy to digest cooked, processed, dehydrated foods, and even more so when these foods are overly constipating, as is the case with most processed, low-fiber foods." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.) "The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program employs several routes to rem-ineralization: fresh organic plant foods eaten, juiced, and blended (including sea vegetables); superfood powder blends; and bioavailable mineral supplementation. Our means for getting nutrient-dense plant foods will be fully discussed in the recipe section, but here let us investigate key minerals that can help support and heal the pancreatic beta cells, improve insulin sensitivity, regulate blood glucose levels, and prevent or reverse diabetic complications." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.)

"While blueberries have emerged as a superfood for the brain, they're not the only food that has an effect. Researchers writing in the Journal of Neuroscience reported that rats that consumed an extract of blueberries, straw- O berries, and spinach every day showed improve- oj ments in short-term memory. ^ c; And let's not forget the value of fish ^ m and fish oil. Inflammation is a big component 1/5 of every degenerative disease, including Alzheimer's, and fish oil is one of the most anti-inflammatory substances on the planet. Your grandma was right when she told you fish was brain food." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The Most Effective Natural Cures on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth about What Treatments Work and Why (Get the book.)

"Make sure your superfood provides adequate amounts of vitamin D—and get some sunlight on your body. 'Don't get me wrong. These are not bad things; they're just not nutrient dense. Their primary value is that they're relatively inexpensive. Acceptable • It's possible to find high-quality vitamin/mineral supplements at the health food store that use only co-natural vitamins and no synthetics. The problem with supplements based on co-naturals is that they can never be complete. What co-naturals are great for is "spiking up" a supplement based on one of our Optimum options." - Jon Barron, Lessons from The Miracle Doctors: A Step-by-Step Guide to Optimum Health and Relief from Catastrophic Illness (Get the book.)

"Superfood #5: Spirulina This superfood (and the next) might scare some people off, but don't compromise your health by not trying these two foods! The first, spirulina, is an algae that has high vegetable protein content, is high in B-12 vitamins and Gamma Linolenic Acid (GLA). GLA and Vitamin B-12 are connected to mood, memory and general energy vitality. Many people believe that low B-12 levels for long periods of time is actually the cause of "old age" symptoms—fatigue, memory loss, confusion, etc. Just because it is an algae doesn't mean that it's gross!" - Kevin Gianni and Annmarie Colameo, The Busy Person's Fitness Solution (Get the book.) "Goji berries make for a fantastic snack—eat them just like you would raisins—to add to your superfood arsenal and are a great addition to any herbal tea. Superfood #3: Maca Maca is a Peruvian root powder that is used to increase strength and vitality. It has more mineral content than potatoes and carrots—loaded with iron, magnesium, calcium, potassium, and iodine. The Peruvians and many others claim Maca can help fight depression, help with anemia and improve overall memory and vitality. This powerful food is also a libido stimulant and will help stimulate the thyroid!" - Kevin Gianni and Annmarie Colameo, The Busy Person's Fitness Solution (Get the book.)

"Since phytoplankton contains nearly all nutrients that exist on the planet, and delivery of these nutrients does not depend on the efficiency of the digestive system, this superfood may quickly provide whatever the body may be missing. For more information and testimonials, see www.ener-chi.com. Other Useful Cancer Therapies Dozens of other natural cancer therapies have helped millions of people regain their health, without aggressive medical intervention." - Andreas Moritz, Cancer Is Not A Disease - It's A Survival Mechanism (Get the book.)

"Also, it's important to make sure that your superfood provides good sources for the B vitamins and for vitamin D. For many years, it was thought that edible seaweeds, fermented soya foods, and spirulina contained high levels of B12. They don't. What they contain are B12 analogues (chemical lookalikes) which your body cannot use. You'll need another source of B12. Recent studies have found that more than half of all people have too little vitamin D in their bodies. The big surprise was that V3 of those who were deficient were taking vitamin D supplements." - Jon Barron, Lessons from The Miracle Doctors: A Step-by-Step Guide to Optimum Health and Relief from Catastrophic Illness (Get the book.)

"Phycocyanin is one of the key ingredients that make Spirulina such a wonderful superfood, and a vital difference between Spirulina and other green foods like chlorella, wheat grass and barley. Phycocyanin is a powerful water soluble antioxidant. Scientists in Spain showed that an extract of Spirulina containing phycocyanin is a potent free radical scavenger and inhibits microsomal lipid peroxidation (Pinero et al, 2001). Spirulina has many different types of antioxidants, and the unique nature of phycocyanin makes Spirulina a level above other antioxidant foods or formulas." - Kelly J Moorhead, Spirulina: Nature's superfood (Get the book.)

"These additions give a significant advantage in terms of remineralizing, rebuilding, and generally renourishing the body after so many years of diabetogenicity. The superfood concentrates help shift the body to a rebuilding, alkalizing physiology. Pushing the Reset Button The diabetogenic diet and lifestyle you knew in the past has created a mental and cellular memory that has covered up who you really are. With the 21-Day+ Program you have pushed the reset button and Juice Feasting keeps pushing it until you stabilize at an optimal weight and healthy physiology." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.)

"Edible Uses Nettles could be described as a superfood, being extremely nutritive, even more so than spinach. Nettle greens can be substituted for cooked spinach, beet greens, chard, or turnip greens in any recipe. Before they can be consumed, however, the sting must be deactivated. Cooking the nettles will do so, as will pureeing the nettles or drying and powdering them. Nettle beer and wine are favorites of many homebrew aficionados. Fresh nettle juice can be used to curdle cheese, thereby replacing rennet and making a vegetarian-friendly cheese. The juice is also a super tonic beverage." - Brigitte Mars, A.H.G., The Desktop Guide to Herbal Medicine: The Ultimate Multidisciplinary Reference to the Amazing Realm of Healing Plants, in a Quick-study, One-stop Guide (Get the book.) "Maca powder is often added to smoothies and "superfood" confections. The leaves are also edible and can be eaten raw or cooked. Other Uses The Inca cultivated maca over two thousand years ago. Legend has it that Incan warriors would consume it before battle as a strengthening tonic. During the Spanish colonialization of Peru, maca was used as a currency. There are chronicles of Spanish conquistadors finding that their horses and pigs became infertile at the high altitude (a common phenomenon)." - Brigitte Mars, A.H.G., The Desktop Guide to Herbal Medicine: The Ultimate Multidisciplinary Reference to the Amazing Realm of Healing Plants, in a Quick-study, One-stop Guide (Get the book.)

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