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RADIO INTERVIEW OPPORTUNITY
DATE AND TIME OF RADIO INTERVIEWS:
TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 2004/7:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. EST

TOPIC: SUPERFOODS -- After analyzing the most disease-preventing, anti-aging diets in the world, scientists have found that fourteen nutrients consistently
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Guess What? They are just ordinary items that are probably in your refrigerator or kitchen pantry right now: beans, blueberries, broccoli, oats, oranges, pumpkin, soy, spinach, green or black tea, tomatoes, turkey, walnuts, wild salmon, and yogurt!

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GUEST: DR. STEVEN PRATT, author of the new book “SuperFoods RX” and a world-renowned authority on the role of nutrition and lifestyle in the prevention of disease and optimizing health. He is a senior staff ophthalmologist at Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla, California.

Dr. Pratt will tell listeners how to easily incorporate these foods into their everyday meals with tips on how to eat and cook with SuperFoods.
-Dr. Pratt has appeared on Oprah and is scheduled to appear on The View, CNN & MSNBC-

TOPICS/QUESTIONS THAT DR. PRATT WILL ADDRESS:
* What are the fourteen SuperFoods and their possible benefits?
* 3 main questions we all face daily concerning nutrition: 1. What foods should I eat for optimal health, vitality, appearance, and longevity? 2. Where can I find these foods? 3. How do I prepare these foods for maximum benefit and enjoyment?
* What if I do not enjoy eating one of the SuperFoods – Are there any substitutions?
* How do SuperFoods work to possibly prevent and reverse heart disease, cancer, diabetes
and dementia?
* Why is the emphasis on phytonutrients, vitamins and minerals as opposed to fats, carbs and protein?
* What do you think about the trendy low carb diets?
* You are an ophthalmologist, where does your interest in food come from?

ALARMING STATISTICS:
* It has been estimated that 300,000 to 800,000 preventable deaths per year in the United States are nutrition related. These include deaths from atherosclerotic disease, diabetes and certain cancers.
* Most respectable scientists in the world today agree that at least 30 percent of all cancers are directly related to nutrition.
* More than 125 million Americans have at least one chronic condition like diabetes, cancer, heart disease or glaucoma.