Top 10 superfoods

Your Comments

• Donna Greenwood wrote:

  Nov 05, 2003

  2009-09-22 10:46 AM

  Great article and recipes. I have enjoyed your Web site and reading the information given. Keep it coming.

• Ruth Poapst wrote:

  Feb 18, 2004

  2009-09-22 10:47 AM

  Always nice to read about better nutritious snack foods for our children and ourselves. it's all in the presentation ty.

• Bee wrote:

  Feb 18, 2004

  2009-09-22 10:47 AM

  Broccoli is a good vegetable to eat, unless you have a problem with your gastrointestines. Broccoli loses its value when boiled or overcooked. To utilize all nutrients it has to be either raw or steamed. When we consume it in that form, it causes bloating since our bodies are not able to digest soluable fibers.

• Janis Bellissimo wrote:

  Mar 04, 2004

  2009-09-22 10:47 AM

  EXCELLENT article - my husband has just had major surgery to remove a malignant tumour in his bowel & I now have the food-tools to 'help' keep it from coming back thanks

• Pamela Frank, Naturopathic Doctor wrote:

  Feb 18, 2004

  2009-09-22 10:47 AM

  Dr. Shulman's article neglects some very important nutritional facts. 1. Soy products are all processed foods, rarely is soy ever consumed in it's whole, natural state - since when did processed food become healthy? 2. Recent reports on salmon and less recent reports on tuna, reflect that these fish are full of very unhealthy pollutants and should only be consumed once per month or less by women of child-bearing age. 3. Omega-3 fatty acids from eggs are destroyed by heat, paying top dollar for omega 3 eggs and then hard-boiling or scrambling them means you've destroyed the omega 3's. Eggs should be eaten soft-boiled or poached so that the yolk is still runny for the benefit of the omega 3's.

• Robert Bogdanoff wrote:

  Sep 30, 2008

  2009-09-22 10:48 AM

  This is a comment about Pamela Frost's feedback......Specifically #1 about the soy 'products'----you have mis-interpreted it. That point talks about the soy 'bean' so yes, it is hard to get the mature bean here, BUT, 'bean sprouts' that are put in stir fry's are readily available and should be consumed more often.

• Deanna wrote:

  Apr 20, 2009

  2009-09-22 10:48 AM

  A little correction: seeds such as sunflower and sesame are actually high in omega-6 fats, not omega-3. Flax seeds, however, are high in omega-3 fats.

• r wrote:

  Jul 05, 2004

  2009-09-22 10:49 AM

  excellent article! I especially like water being on the list, however, I think it should have been closer to the #1 position, if # 1. It is a FACT that you can live for a long time without food, but only a few days without water- then you die! Have seen many of these itmes in other articles- good to see them altogether in ONE.

• daniel coates wrote:

  May 08, 2006

  2009-09-22 10:49 AM

  Dr. Andrew Weil, the noted integrative health physician, also advises against eating regularly peanuts or peanut butter, even if only containing ground nuts, because of a naturally occuring carcinogen in some peanuts.

• Pauline Long wrote:

  Jan 22, 2007

  2009-09-22 10:49 AM

  Thank-you for advising me of the 5 most important foods I should be eating and drinking.I must admit I am not a water drinker, but plan to drink as much as I can everyday.

• Kevin Janna wrote:

  Apr 21, 2009

  2009-09-22 10:52 AM

  This article is subpar - there are so many other better superfoods... and before he even talk about superfoods... he should define it in context... the term SUPER implies what superfoods for a superman or a superwomen. come on! A balance diet of whole foods (vegetable, fruites, nuts, grains, fish, and minimal amounts of dairy/meat).. that's a superdiet. When will we all learn that a healthy balanced diet, exercise and a clear mind.... this will keep us fit, happy and living long thanks

• M. Local wrote:

  Jun 21, 2005

  2009-11-18 3:00 PM

  What you promote is anything but up to date and certainly not original. I agree with P.Frank's addenda to your faulty list. You also fail to mention anything about the 'new generation' of nutritious foods, one in particular, not available in the USA, only in Canda, that would occupy perhaps your number one position on your so-called super list.(item not disclosed due to sensitivity in national supply and waste-consumption, by those seeking the magic solution).

• G. Rangaratnam wrote:

  Apr 20, 2009

  2009-11-18 3:01 PM

  I wish articles like yours would stop perpetuating the myth that drinking large quantities of water is good for your health. There is enough expert evidence that this practice could be downright dangerous. Healthy people drink when they're thirsty..as they should. There are a myriad of illnesses in which such large quantities of water (which can cause water intoxication) may in fact be life threateining. Many foods contain liquids and should be counted into overall fluid intake.

• Angela wrote:

  Apr 20, 2009

  2009-11-18 3:01 PM

  I'm appalled that you are even mentioning soy in your magazine! Yes, there may be good reasons for eating soy, but you really need to look at the other side of soy: how much crap it contains by the time it hits shelves! If you think about it, soy is planted in fields when corn can no longer grow. After a year of soy growing, corn can magically grow again. Think about why this happens: what does the soy put out into the soil? Its own nutrients. If the soy is putting its own nutrients into the ground, how much does that leave for the consumer? Plus, I've also been told (I haven't done research on this part) that not only does the corn take all the soil's nutrients to grow, but it also leaves behind 'toxins' for the soy to take in while the plants are putting out nutrients. As a person with allergies to soy, I have become really annoyed how this plant is all of a sudden becoming some new trend in our society. Just about everything has soy in it, and it can make me really sick! Even restaurants are getting into this soy kick.