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Good
Life
Food: The New Superfoods
To say that Dr. Steven Pratt is
passionate about food would be an understatement. To
Pratt, coauthor of the 2004 best seller "SuperFoods Rx," food choices aren't about
anything as trivial as personal tastes. They're life-or-death
decisions. Choose well, and you may ward off cancer and
heart disease. Chow down on "processed crud," as he calls
it, and you might as well reserve a handicapped space at
the hospital.
THE GOOD LIFE went grocery shopping with
Pratt in California to see how he puts together his own
healthy menu--and to get a sneak preview of some of the
new power foods in his upcoming book, "SuperFoods HealthStyle," due
out in January. Among his picks:
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Superfruits. With winter approaching, it may not seem
a good time to be pitching fruit. But three of Pratt's
new power foods are fruits that are currently in season--pomegranates,
kiwis and apples. Their list of virtues is long. But consider
these teasers: a new study from the University of Wisconsin
finds that pomegranate-fruit extract inhibits highly aggressive
prostate-cancer cells in the lab. One medium kiwi packs
as much vitamin C .....
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