"SuperHealth" with SuperFoodsDude - Steven G. Pratt M.D.

The SENTÉ Firming Face Cream Power Couple

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For Younger Looking Skin Pair the SENTÉ Bio Complete Serum & Dermal Repair Cream

SENTÉ Dermal Repair Cream is the flagship product formulated with patented HSA (Heparan Sulfate Analog) technology is the All-In-One Maintenance Product you need in your skin care regiment. This anti aging moisturizer is hydrating, firming, a growth-factor and one of the best skin brightening face creams on the market. For optimal firming and hydration benefits, pair the Sente Bio Complete Serum with the Dermal Repair Cream for younger looking skin.

Why Buy Face Cream by Senté

Senté, Inc. is a privately held specialty aesthetics company leveraging its expertise and foundation in biotechnology to deliver novel, science-based skincare products. Senté is a recognized leader in the development of innovative and targeted skincare products based on Glycosaminoglycans. Senté products are the only aesthetic products formulated with HSA, a patented low molecular weight heparan sulfate analog.

So what exactly is Heparan Sulfate Analog

This is a patented ingredient found exclusively in the SENTÉ product line. The technology behind HSA is to mimic the endogenous heparan sulfate found in our skin, which plays a critical role in skin health, aging, and wound healing. As we age, the HS levels in our skin decrease and leads to photo-aged and dehydrated-looking skin so its important to maintain and support collagen and elastin production in our skin.

Dermal Repair Face Cream

Senté Dermal Repair Face Cream

An all-In-One Maintenance Product, that will hydrate, firm, and act as a growth-factor leaving your skin brighter and healthy looking. An anti aging face moisturizer that even the most sensitive skin will love (approved for use after any treatment). Includes powerful antioxidants Vitamin A, C, and E, in addition to Argan Oil (for hydration), and Acetyl Glucosamine for correcting skin discoloration.

Bio Complete Serum

Senté Bio Complete Serum

The amazing Bio Complete Face Serum is clinically tested to provide immediate hydration, softer skin, and the anti aging benefits of (gentle) Retinol that works continuously to renew the skin without irration resulting in a diminished appearance of fine lines and wrinkles .

Senté: An Innovative Skincare Line

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There's a lot of noise and claims that are made in the anti-aging skincare field that are unsubstantiated. So for those interested in improving the signs of photo-damage, such as fine lines, dry skin, and uneven pigmentation pay close attention as the benefits from adding any of the Senté skincare products to your anti-aging regimen are extraordinary.

SENTÉ Face Creams

The SENTÉ skincare line with their amazing face creams is based on an exclusive, innovative ingredient, heparan sulfate analog (HSA). HS is the most biologically active of the glycoproteins that reside in human skin. It was first used in Europe to aid burns and wound skin care. Senté took the HS molecule and formulated it into a low weight molecular structure that could penetrate to the deepest layers of the skin. Because of it's biological activity, it provides profound skin repair by hydrating and smoothing fine lines by working from the inside out.

Buy Sente Dermal Repair Cream

The flagship product from SENTÉ line is the Dermal Repair Cream and Dr. Pratt recommends this anti-wrinkle moisturizer for those that want to diminish the appearance of fine lines and help to improve dry skin hydration. Excellent for sensitive skin especially skin that mature and dehydrated.

Senté skin repair products are offered exclusively through approved physicians offices. Dr. Pratt as one of the leading doctors in the anti-aging field is proud to offer the exclusive Senté face cream line.

SuperFoodDrive

2011-11-11T10:41:00.000-08:00

Donate To SuperFood Drive
One Person Can make a Difference

Give the Gift Of Health

This holiday season why not give the gift of Health. You can help by providing Superfoods. Help San Diego and the 483,000 people right here in this county who face hunger every day. Of this number 273,000 are children. Don’t let another child go to bed hungry tonight or another senior citizen fight to choose between medicine and food.

Steven Pratt with Ruth Solari

SuperFood Drive together with many community partners believes that change is best supported through collaboration and community support, through passionate people working together to make a difference. Superfoods Rx, Whole Foods, the San Diego Food Bank are among some of the the partners joining together in making healthy food accessible to everyone.

Its so easy to help and you can help by making a donation to the San Diego Food Bank. For every dollar you donate, the San Diego Food Bank can provide three meals. $1 = 3 meals.

The San Diego Food Bank is one of the most efficient charities in San Diego County. For every $1 donated, 94 cents goes directly toward food acquisition, distribution and programs.

There are many ways you can donate, and you do not even have to leave the comforts of your home.

DONATE BY MAIL

You can send a check or money order to:
SAN DIEGO FOOD BANK
9850 DISTRIBUTION AVENUE
SAN DIEGO, CA 92121

Donate Virtually

Why Not Host Your Own Superfood Drive

Help and reach the SuperFoods goal of ensuring that all people, regardless of income level, have access to nutrient-dense foods. If you are interested in hosting a SuperFood Drive, just follow this link. You will act as the liaison between the people/groups/company donating the non-perishable SuperFood items and the people, groups and organizations receiving the donated nutrient-dense foods.

On October 27, 2009 the SuperFood Drive had their kick off event with partners Whole Foods and San Diego Food Bank for the Healthy Holiday Food Drives in San Diego

View more news videos at: http://www.nbcsandiego.com/video.

Remember Hunger Knows No Season

Guava The Apple of the Tropics

2011-10-23T21:08:00.000-07:00

Pineapple Guava fresh from Dr. Pratts' Guava Tree

The Health Benefits of Guava
Constipation
Cough & Cold Diarrhea & Dysentery
High Blood Pressure
Skin Care
Scurvy
Its scientific name is Psidium Guajava. Many have called this Vitamin C rich fruit the apple of the tropics. Quite a common fruit in tropical regions, you can also find guavas growing in Hawaii, Florida and California during the fall and winter months. It is hard not to immediately love this fruit as the sweetness and fragrance of this meaty delicious. They are an excellent source of Vitamin C. A small guava (about 4 oz) fruit contains about four times the amount of vitamin C as an orange. Rich in pectin, folate, phosphorus and carotenoids (most notable lycopene) are also present. It is a good looking pear shaped or round shaped seasonal fruit, light green or yellow or maroon in color from outside when ripe, with white or maroon flesh and lots of small hard seeds enveloping very soft and sweet pulp.

Empowering Your Health Special Health Symposium

2011-10-21T18:01:00.000-07:00

Join Scripps Health physicians for a special health symposium and an opportunity to meet some of the best Scripps physicians. Save the date now Saturday November 5, 2011. The Hilton San Diego in Del Mar is the place and this is one event you will not want to miss.
Steven Pratt, MD, will be one of the speakers at this special event. The event is free, but space is limited. Register today by following this link.

Don't miss Dr. Pratt as her speaks about his best selling book SuperFoods Rx: Fourteen Foods That Will Change Your Life. This book is all about the nutrient-rich foods that may play a significant role in disease prevention and achieving optimal health.

Since the book’s publication in 2004, Dr. Pratt has become a recognized authority on the role of nutrition and lifestyle. With expertise in ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery as well as ophthalmology, he sees patients in La Jolla, California.

Register here for the Scripps Health Symposium
Empowering Your Health Registration

Time

Saturday, November 5, 2011
7:30 a.m. – Noon
Location
Hilton San Diego/Del Mar
15575 Jimmy Durante Blvd.
Del Mar, CA 92014
Self-parking at the hotel is complimentary.

** A confirmation letter will be sent to the address you provide.

Vitamin C - Best Anti Aging Vitamin

2011-08-18T14:37:00.000-07:00

Super Nutrients for Skin and Health
Vitamin C otherwise known as pure L-Ascorbic Acid is one of the most studied antioxidants in science. Its is a prominent factor in reducing inflammation which as in other organ systems, plays a role in skin health, It has been shown to help prevent heart disease and some forms of cancer, and high blood levels have been inversely associated with all cause mortality. All antioxidants communicate with Vitamin C in one way or another.

Anti Aging - Vitamin C For Skin Repair
There is just no escaping the fact that as you get older you face a gradual decline in the factors that give your skin the young healthy glow. However, there is evidence that eating a healthy diet and in some case applying topical skin creams can help to repair the fine lines and wrinkles that come with time. Anti aging treatments have come a long way but there is no denying that as old as time is, eating healthy always shows.

Rid Your Skin from Free Radical Damage
Skin is your largest organ system so it is wise to know a few things about it. One important fact is that Vitamin C is naturally found in skin tissue. Once inside the skin, this amazing vitamin helps to neutralize free radicals that are formed by exposure to UV rays. When the skins;s supply of Vitamin C is depleted from sun exposure, pollution and smoking, the skin's ability to prevent and repair free radical damage is compromised. Resulting in age spots, wrinkles and uneven darkening of the skin.

Vitamin C Study on Topical Skin Creams
In 2003 a double blind study study was conducted to see if Vitamin C could help to lighten sun damaged skin. Participants had topical Vitamin C applied to half of the face and a placebo to the other side The results were astonishing as the side where the Vitamin C was applied has a significant improvement. This is because the Vitamin C helps to boost the production of collagen. Which as we all know as we age the collagen production slows down. And as this is so important in keeping skin toned and smooth we need to remind our skin to keep on producing this essential protein. Otherwise we are left with saggy skin that is uneven in color.

Benefits of Vitamin C
Because of all the benefits of Vitamin C has for your skin remember to bring it into your diet and skin care regimen as it can and will help you look younger and feel better. Bottom line this is one vitamin that is sure to help reduce the look of wrinkles and improve your skins tone and over quality.

Beets The Red Spinach

2011-08-04T16:57:00.000-07:00

Beets Superfoods Source of Vitamin C

Summertime Superfood
One of the best Summer-time SuperFoods that have been starting to get the respect it needs is beets — known around the world as beetroots, BEETS are incredibly anti-aging nutrient-rich. Loaded with supernutrients and phytochemicals. Beets are high in folates and Vitamin C and boast the highest natural sugar content of any vegetable. And it is the sugar beet that accounts for roughly 30 percent of sugar production in the world. As far as I know this gem of a superfood has been an underrated root vegetable.

"Chioggia" Beet

Beets In Color
You can find this earthly fresh beets in a colorful spectrum of jewel tones ranging from the familiar deep purple-red to pink to the distinctive candy-striped Italian beet known as Chioggia the beet from an Italian coastal town situated on a little island at the southern entrance to the Venetian lagoon as well as shades of orange and yellow. The sweet earthly tastes delicious no matter which color variant you choose.

The Juice of the Beet
Beet juice is rich in natural sugar, sodium, sulphur, chlorine, iodine, copper and vitamin B1, B2, C and bio flavonoids. Some holistic practitioners believe that beet juice combined with other juices like carrot and cucumber are excellent for cleansing the kidneys and gallbladder and for restoring health to these organs. Beets are a rich source of folate as well as natural red pigments that may be cancer fighters.

How to Eat Beets

Beets can be served hot or cold, pickled, roasted, juiced, deep fried, pulverized or eaten raw. Whichever way you choose to eat this superfood, fresh, raw or grated into a salad just remember that heating beets decreases the antioxidant power.

Best Time For Beets
You can buy beets all year-round but they are in their prime from about June until October.

Beets are a Source of:
Vitamin C
Potassium
Manganese
Folate
Beta-Carotene

Beets Get No Respect
Often I think that people who think they dislike the vegetable have never tasted freshly prepared beets. If you have only tried the canned or pickled versions you are really doing yourself an injustice as these beets are inferior and nothing like the real thing.

Did You Know:

Mythology says Venus, the goddess of love, ate beets to enhance her beauty.
Lore has it that beets are good for your blood, literally and figuratively.

Omega 3 Sources

2011-08-03T12:29:00.000-07:00

Best Omega 3 Sources

Omega-3s and Your Genes
The single most important SuperHealth step you can take to protect your genetic environment is to have the right ratio of omega -3 fatty acids to omega 6 fatty acids. Both of these are forms of essential fatty acids and both are necessary for human health. Omega 3 and Omega 6 fatty acids are essential because the body cant produce them and must rely on dietary supplements which are vital to health.

Both of these fatty acids are similar enough in molecular structure that they compete for entry into the cell membranes around each cell in our body. The three most nutritionally important omega-3 fatty acids are alpha-linolenic acid, eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA).

Omega 3 from free range animals

History of Fatty Acids In Our Diet
About a century ago Americans got a significant percent of dietary fat from free range animals. This source of fat had had high levels of omega 3. Fast forward to today, a century later two important changes have occurred in our diets and it has had a major shift in our essential fatty acid balance. For one the meats we consume are much lower in omega 3 fatty acids. Since these animals are no longer primarily free range, their diets are now rich in omega-6s and they so are the meats they produce. And our packaged foods are huge in omega 6 due to the increasing use of corn, cottonseed, safflower and sunflower oils that are used to produce them. The end result of these 2 critical changes is that essential health promoting omega 3 fatty acids have been crowded in our diets. This is not to say that Omega 6 fatty acids are bad as Omega 6 fatty acids keep the skin and hair healthy and have various other important functions, but they can also create inflammatory compounds in the body.

Reduce your Omega 6 to Omega 3 Ratio and lower inflammation

Research on Omega 3
There has been speculation that due to this gradual change in the source of fatty acids the effect on both our mental and physical health could be earth shattering to our overall being. For one thing, the body relies on a rich source of omega 3 to build flexible and efficient cell membranes. Cell membranes are made up of fat, the integrity and fluidity of our cell membranes is determined in large part by the type of fat we eat. Always remember that a cell membrane that is deficient in omega 3s will function poorly and put you at risk for numerous diseases including strokes, cancer, hypertension and age related conditions.
Solution is to increase amounts of food sources of omega 3 while at the same time decrease omega 6 fatty acids in your diet. The ideal balance of Omega 6 versus Omega 3 in our diet should be around 3:1 to 5:1. Balance your fatty acids is the key!

Best Foods with Omega 3 fatty Acids

Salmon, flax seeds and walnuts are excellent sources of omega-3 fatty acids. Very good sources of these healthy fats include scallops, cauliflower, cabbage, cloves and mustard seeds. Good sources of these fats include halibut, shrimp, cod, tuna, soybeans, tofu, kale, collard greens, and Brussels sprouts.

Omega-3 fatty acids are found in oily fish like salmon and flaxseed and canola oils.

Tips for increasing your Intake of Omega-3 Fatty Acids

Cook with canola oil instead of corn or safflower
Eat walnuts, soy nuts, pecans ad pumpkin seeds
Sprinkle wheat germ and or ground flaxseed on cereal and yogurt
Eat Salmon or its sidekick to promote heart health
Look for salad dressings that contain some soybean or canola oil
Buy Omega 3 enriched eggs like Egglands Best (Eggland's Best eggs provide an important source of Omega-3 fatty acids (115 mg per large egg). Eggland's Best hens are fed flaxseed and canola oil, which provide alpha-linolenic acid (ALA) omega-3 to the hen.)

To learn more about the Super Health Benefits of Omega 3 fatty Acids read Dr. Pratts latest book on SuperHealth

Apples Power

2011-08-01T17:12:00.000-07:00

An apple a day is perhaps one of the most delicious and efficient prescriptions ever made. Apples have proven to be a great resource in preventing cancer, heart disease, asthma and type II diabetes compared with other vegetables. The reason for apples' potent health benefits are varied and synergistic. For one thing apples are a rich and important source of phytochemicals, including flavonoids and phenols. . They also contain 2 polyphenols which are phloridzin and phloretin xyloglucoside which to date have not been detected in any other fruits.

Apples are also filled with super antioxidants. The antioxidant activity of one apple is approximately the same as 1500 mg of Vitamin C, even though the amount of vitamin C in one apple is only about 5.7 mg. The peel of the apple is most important as it contains the most anti oxidant capacity. So remember to eat the peel if tou want to get the full protective benefits of apples.

Cranberry - Blueberries Cousin

2011-07-31T19:29:00.000-07:00

Superfoods Sidekick

Berries are not only packed with vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and an array of powerful, disease-fighting phytonutrients, but they also boost an individual's intake of omega-3 fatty acids.

Take blueberries sidekick, the cranberry. Did you know that eating cranberries can protect you against urinary tract infection, kidney stone formation, genital herpes and periodontal disease. A recent study reported that drinking one glass of cranberry juice daily was associated with a 6.4 percent increase in heart protective HDL cholesterol. So it is not all that surprising that the cousin to the blueberry is so powerful.

Cranberries contain among the highest levels of phenols of commonly consumed fruits.
Cornell University did a study that compared the phenolic compounds in common fruits found that cranberries were richest in phenolics, followed in descending order by apple, red grape, strawberry, pineapple and banana.

*A warning on Cranberries:
If you take the blood thinner warfarin, you may need to avoid drinking cranberry juice, as it seems to amplify the effect of the drug which can lead to serious bleeding issues.

Blueberries - Summer Superfoods

2011-07-28T09:17:00.000-07:00

Blueberries
Berries have been known as an anti aging 'superfood' because of its many health benefits and they contain disease-fighting properties. Berries are good for the brain. Researchers have found that blueberries can help to protect the brain against oxidative stress and inflammation, both of which play important roles in brain aging.
Blueberries are a source of :
Synergy of multiple nutrients and phytonutrients (Resveratrol)
Polyphenols
Fiber
Folate
Vitamin C
Vitamin E
Potassium
Magnesium
Iron
Niacin

Blueberries have polyphenols which are a great for your anti-aging skin health

Blueberry Sidekicks

purple grapes
cranberries
boysenberries
raspberries
strawberries
fresh currants
blackberries
cherries

Blueberies are Low in Calories

Best of all Blueberries are Delicious!

SuperFoodDude Dr. Steven Pratt knows that a Superfood that is Rich in antioxidants phytonutrients Blueberries are a great anti-aging superfood

Try to Eat - 1 to 2 Cups of Blueberries (or any of their sidekicks) Daily (1 to 2 baseballs)

6 Simple Steps to SuperHealth

2011-07-27T23:24:00.000-07:00

How would you love to live to see your kids turn 100 and at the same time feel great getting there? Thats right, In 6 easy weeks you can live longer by following these 6 simple steps. Dr Steven M. Pratt is the author of the New York Times Best Seller "SuperFoodsRx in which he co authored with Sharyn Kolberg and together they share the essential ways that you can slim down, shape up and help you to look and feel better. This no nonsense book shows you 6 simple ways to absolutely enhance your life.

Fight Cancer
Reverse the signs of Aging
Control Heart Disease
Be Your Best

Dr. Pratt's SuperHealth tips will keep your skin younger looking, your heart healthy and you will feel your best. And you know what they say,

"When you feel good, you look good"