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As a Superfoods fan, I was thrilled that Stephen Pratt wrote another book. After reading his first book, I incorporated a lot of the Superfoods into my diet, and was fascinated to read about the new additions such as pomegranate, honey, dark chocolate, kiwi, avocado, olive oil, garlic and onions- spices like cumin and tumeric, cinnamon. In a creative approach, he dicusses food combinations according to how they can best be enjoyed in each season of the year. January is a great time of year to read the book, since he starts of with winter recommendations. I was happy to run fix myself a cup of hot cup of cocoa with cinnamon as I settled down to enjoy the book. The recipes seem simpler than in the first Superfoods book. I tried the Mango Yogurt Cream Sauce, and it was the bomb. As some would say, it will make your tongue jump up and slap your brains out. It was supposed to be a dressing for fruit but it was so good I ate it as a soup. The Orange Poppyseed Dressing is great for a spinach, kiwi, avocado salad. and Cilantro Yogurt Topping for turkey. I tried the recipe for Acorn Squash w/ pineapple, which was a nice change from brown sugar. Oh, one suggestion for kale was "Crispy Kale," - just put some on a cookie sheet, sprinkle it with cumin and crisp it in the oven. Not bad! "HealthStyle" hits heavy on the importance of exercise, which just makes me squirm. You just have to do it, plain and simple. I was also cringing as he explained about the importance of sleep, since I like to stay up until 1:00 watching MASH on the Hallmark Channel and then get up at six the next morning. I guess I should get DVR. He's right about all this of course, so you're better of to follow his other advice which is to make peace in your life. It's nice to know Stephen Pratt has a website. However, they got it wrong on p. 41. It's not [...] it's [...] There you can find helpful links to related websites and you can order yes, you guessed it, food supplements (though he doesn't mention this in the book, which is all about whole foods). I quess he couldn't resist this venture, and lets face it, nobody gets all the nutrients we need. If you are at all interested in nutrition and how to improve your health, by all means, read this book. No, read both books. They will probably give you many extra years of life if you adopt some of the author's lifestyle principles.