Pocket Superfoods - by Seana Smith (Paperback)

About the Book

"Pocket Superfoods" is a pocket-size index of all the nutritional information, fun facts, and practical tips readers need to know about the top 50 superfoods, including nuts, berries, avocado, barley, chia seed, lean meat, and broccoli. Author Seana Smith describes in detail why superfoods are the best foods we can eat. She writes, "Some foods are simply more nutritious, better for you, more packed with the good stuff. These are the superfoods. And if we all ate more of those foods, we'd all be healthier, happier, and very probably, wealthier and wiser too.?" Supercharged with antioxidants, vitamins, and essential nutrients, these foods strengthen our bodies and nourish our brains with the vitamins and healthy fats that make us feel satisfied. With tips on buying, storing and cooking these foods in the healthiest way possible, this supercharged book contains all you need to make your life zing with health and vitality.
This small book contains a whole lot of easy-to-read information in its compact, inexpensive format. In the convenient style of a reference guide, each page focuses on one type of food, with a description consisting of clear and logical bullet points. Each superfood is introduced with a pithy description including what each food is and where it comes from, followed by a bullet list of why the antioxidant, vitamin-rich, essential-nutrient food makes us healthy and energetic. Key notes at the bottom of each page inform readers about when and how to incorporate the food into our lives and contain tips for preparing it. The who is a given -- superfoods are for everyone.
Australian best-selling author Seana Smith is passionate about mental and physical health for families. Having fully embraced the benefits of nutrient-dense eating, she writes to inspire readers to ditch the junk food and enjoy eating fresh and healthy food -- for life. She blogs about food, recipes, life balance, and healthy eating at "Sydney, Kids, Food + Travel" (www.seanasmith.com) and "The Mum's Diet" (www.themumsdiet.com).
Seana Smith's accessible approach to a healthy diet is to focus is on the positive - getting you excited about foods, including chocolate, that are good for you instead of telling you what you shouldn't eat. She shows her readers how a healthy diet should involve eating plenty of wholesome, flavorful food that is so satisfying that they won't even notice that they're eating less junk. Feeding your body properly shouldn't leave you feeling deprived, and superfoods also include plenty of treats - dark chocolate and lean red meat are on Seana's list. This attitude makes for a fun, entertaining read and an enjoyable lifestyle as well.
These superfoods are exciting! But for the most part the foods in this book aren't mysterious or rare - they aren't over-hyped by marketing teams and sold at inflated prices. They come from all different categories of food - fruits and vegetables are well-represented, of course, but so are meats, grains, and spices - and combined they form entire, delicious, well-balanced meals. And Seana Smith's descriptions will whet your appetite and get you craving the foods that your body truly needs. These foods may be super, but they're also the kinds of things that you can easily find in your local supermarket for a reasonable price - a combination that will make you happy to eat large amounts of these healthy and delicious foods every day.
While the book concentrates on superfoods, Seana Smith doesn't suggest limiting one's diet to only these 50 foods, so the book also contains information about other healthy choices and encourages readers to incorporate a wide variety into their diets.
Superfoods, Seana Smith explains, are the foods that contain the most nutritional value both in terms of your daily calorie intake and bang for your buck. A side benefit to investing in this book is that after reading Pocket Superfoods you won't spend all your hard earned cash on expensive junk food, or so called "health food" that may not be as good for you as its label claims, or vitamin supplements that are no substitution for the vitamins that occur naturally in superfoods.
The book is conveniently sized and accessibly formatted so that you can take it to the grocery store to use as a reference tool - or simply as a shopping list. Pocket Superfoods gives readers all the information they need in the palm of their hands on the 50 best foods to energize our bodies. In her enthusiastic, expert-foodie-next-door style, author Seana Smith informs and inspires readers to become supercharged over these super foods.

Book Synopsis

Supercharged with antioxidants, vitamins, healthy fats, and essential nutrients, superfoods strengthen our bodies and nourish our brains while making us feel satisfied. Pocket Superfoods is a handy index of nutritional information, fun facts, and practical tips on the top 50 superfoods, including nuts, berries, avocado, barley, chia seed, lean meat, and broccoli. Author Seana Smith describes in detail why these diet staples make us healthy and happy. With tips on buying, storing, and cooking these foods in the healthiest way possible, this supercharged book contains everything needed to make life zing with optimal health and vitality. Each page conveniently focuses on one type of food, with a quick description followed by a list of what it contributes to our health and energy. Key notes at the bottom of each page inform readers about when and how to incorporate the food into their diets and tips for preparing it.

Review Quotes

"This little book not only helps guide me to the best foods to eat but it also gives suggestions on how to shop for and prepare them... This little book is one of my new best friends. I plan to bring it along with me to the grocery store- Change is possible.... Sometimes we just need a little help!"
-- Rose Vining, Net Galley Reviewer

"This is a concise and hype free approach to making the best choices in food. Rather than getting all hung up on what we shouldn't eat, this is a great way of making food all about the positives. With a page per foodstuff, this is a quick way of ensuring you're choosing the best in class every time."
-- L Grant, Net Galley Reviewer

About the Author

Seana Smith grew up in Scotland, studied Latin, Greek, and Old Medieval English at the University of Oxford, and worked for the BBC in London and Glasgow. She currently lives in Australia with her hungry husband and four ravenous and very active children. Author and co-author of five books, including the Australian best-seller Sydney for Under Fives, Seana also blogs about food, recipes, life balance, and healthy eating at "Sydney, Kids, Food + Travel" and "The Mum's Diet."