Superfoods: The Food and Medicine of the Future

By David Wolfe

Book Overview

A raw foods guru profiles the best plant products on the market, describing their nutritional benefits and how they can improve your health and overall well-being

Superfoods are vibrant, nutritionally dense foods that offer tremendous dietary and healing potential. In this lively and 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 root, spirulina, and bee products. As powerful sources of clean protein, vitamins, minerals, enzymes, antioxidants, and countless other nutrients, they represent a uniquely promising piece of the nutritional puzzle.

Wolfe describes the top ten superfoods in great detail and provides delicious recipes for each. Through persuasive arguments, he shows you the far-reaching benefits of superfoods and how they play a pivotal role in our health--from promoting nutritional excellence to beauty enhancement. Discover how you can introduce these foods into your daily routine, so you too can enjoy their positive effects on your diet, lifestyle, and well-being.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1556437765
• ISBN13: 9781556437762
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: North Atlantic Books
• Length: 342 Pages
• Weight: 1.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 8.8"