DR. STEVEN PRATT
SUPERFOODS HEALTHSTYLE
PROVEN STRATEGIES FOR LIFELONG HEALTH
by Dr. Steven Pratt
What if you could stop that microscopic cancer cell that showed up in your kidney when you were 25 years old, and prevent it from thriving? What if, instead of old age and nagging pain leading you to a walker, you sailed right on past 60 to 70 and 80, still playing tennis, gardening, and enjoying a jog on the beach? What if eating dark chocolate was good for your health?
Maintaining the momentum of his groundbreaking 2004 national bestseller SUPERFOODS RX, Dr. Steven Pratt now delivers an innovative “life plan” with the power to help us combat cancer and avoid Alzheimer’s in SUPERFOODS HEALTHSTYLE: Proven Strategies for Lifelong Health (William Morrow; ON SALE: January 1, 2006). Written with Kathy Matthews, SUPERFOODS HEALTHSTYLE guides readers, season by season, on an invigorating path to a healthier, happier, more fulfilling lifestyle—one that promotes wellness, helps prevent disease, and can slow the visible signs of aging.
In SUPERFOODS RX, Dr. Pratt created a comprehensive introduction to 14 SuperFoods—foods that provide health benefits beyond basic nutrition, such as inhibiting tumor growth, and protecting against cell damage. Combining cutting-edge science with his knowledge of SuperFoods, Dr. Pratt introduces SUPERFOODS HEALTHSTYLE, a fresh new way of living.
Part lifestyle handbook, part nutritional resource, and part cookbook, SUPERFOODS HEALTHSTYLE encourages us to adapt our lives to natural flow of the seasons. For each time of year, Dr. Pratt offers an approach to healthier living, such as eating seasonal foods—chard, kale, and spinach in spring, beans and dried fruits in winter. He introduces new SuperFoods: apples, avocado, dark chocolate, kiwi, garlic, honey, extra virgin olive oil, onions, and pomegranate. Antioxidant “All Stars,” kiwis battle cell damage; garlic lowers blood pressure and helps fight colorectal, gastric, and prostate cancer, and pomegranate juice may have three times the antioxidant power of green tea or red wine.
SUPERFOODS HEALTHSTYLE incorporates Dr. Pratt’s seasonal exercise program and new findings on the dangerous damage of sleep debt (even our babies need more sleep). Readers learn to pay attention to their spiritual side, how to pack a “Grade A” lunch for kids, and protect themselves from health risks such as hypertension and osteoporosis. Dr. Pratt also discusses the 14 original SuperFoods—beans, blueberries, broccoli, oats, oranges, pumpkin, wild salmon, soy, spinach, tea, tomatoes, turkey, walnuts, and yogurt—plus “sidekicks,” alternative foods that pack a similar punch of benefits, such as romaine lettuce in place of spinach, or peanuts instead of walnuts. Delicious HealthStyle dishes made with SuperFoods designed by personal chef Mark Cleveland for every season and taste are included.
SUPERFOODS HEALTHSTYLE will show women and men of all ages how they can reclaim their lives, bodies, and health to live long and well.