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Also are sweet potatoes and pupkins close enough to be consider having the same benefits?
Yes, me! I've posted several times that I credit that particular book with completely changing my life. My goal is to eat 10 different super foods a day. Don't stress too much about eating pumpkin, if you read the book, the author identifies the 14 super foods and then almost every food has "sidekicks" which offer similar health benefits. For example, walnuts are the super food but almonds would be a side kick. Spinach is a super food, but other dark leafy greens are sidekicks. Pumpkin is the super food, but carrots, orange peppers, butternut squash and sweet potatoes are side kicks Originally Posted by DollyR
I have been trying to eat more healthy and searched for the list of super foods by Dr. Pratt. I thought I would share this list from the super foods website. Does anyone here try to eat any of these foods each day? I have been trying to get in something each day. Lately I have been on a frsh blueberry kick with my oatmeal.Also are sweet potatoes and pupkins close enough to be consider having the same benefits?
Alpha carotene - all 1 cup
Pumpkin cooked 11.7 mg
Carrots cooked 6.7 mg
Butternut squash, cooked 2.3 mg
Orange bell pepper .3 mg
Collards cooked .2 mg
Beta carotene - all 1 cup
Sweet potato cooked 23 mg
Pumpkin cooked 17 mg
Carrots cooked 13 mg
Spinach cooked 11.3 mg
Butternut squash, cooked 9.4 mg
He doesn't list them, but I would add mangos for 3.9 mg of beta carotene per cup and their delicious taste.
The author recently published a second book advocating a healthy approach to life (adding stuff like meditation and exercise). He also added a few more super foods: honey, pomegranates, kiwi, onions, garlic, dark chocolate, avocado, olive oil, spices and a few more I can't think of off the top of my head (I didn't buy the second book, just checked it out of the library).
I love the first book and refer to it all the time Definitely one of my best purchases EVER.