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What is SuperFoodsRx all about?

Almost every scientist in the world knows that our modern diet is not serving us well. More and more of us are succumbing to chronic diseases as a result of our diet. Cancers, heart disease, diabetes, glaucoma are just some of the examples.

SuperFoodsRx is dedicated to helping people understand there is a better way…and it’s not complicated.

If you can regularly include in your diet the nutrients found in certain foods, the superfoods, you will instantly begin to improve your health and well-being and increase your lifespan. SuperFoodsRx puts the tools to accomplish this in your hands – and on your plate! You’ll have more energy, greater resistance to disease, and a healthier overall lifestyle now and for the future.

You are never too young or to old to start enjoying the benefits of SuperFoodsRx.

Recent Nutrition Articles

SuperFoodsRx and Portion Control

By Dr. Steven Pratt

The amounts of food many of us eat are out of control. When people learn that they should be eating 5 to 7 servings of vegetables a day many people are shocked. They claim they could never eat that much food. It's quite true that one couldn't eat 7 servings of vegetables a day if their serving size duplicated the portions in many restaurants. The FDA says that the standard serving of pasta, for example, is one cup. In most restaurants, pasta portions typically measure about three cups. That's about three servings! We'd be eating vegetables out of buckets if we extrapolated from restaurant portion sizes. I believe that many people have been discouraged from following very good dietary guidelines because they've come to believe that a serving is a huge super size amount. They believe that if they really ate that much, they'd gain a tremendous amount of weight.

A survey by the American Institute for Cancer Research found that more than 25% of American's polled said that they decided how much food to eat at a single sitting on the basis of how much food they were served.

When it comes to fruits and vegetables, getting the optimum number of servings isn't hard at all when you understand what a serving size really is. For most fruits and vegetables, it's a half-cup.

Here is the SuperFoodsRx breakdown of serving sizes in various food categories:

Vegetables

1/2 cup cooked or raw vegetables
1 cup raw greens
1/2 cup vegetable juice

Fruits

1/2 cup chopped fruit
1/2 cup fruit juice
1 medium piece of fruit
2 tbsp raisins, 3 prunes

Vegetarian Protein

1 egg or 2 egg whites
3 oz tofu or tempeh
1/2 cup cooked beans or lentils

Nuts

2 Tablespoons peanut butter or 1 ounce raw nuts and seeds

Fish & Meat

3 ounces cooked lean meat, poultry or fish

Whole Grains