What is a Super Food?
Super foods have the following characteristics:

1. High Nutrient Density
2. Contain substances that have targeted healing or nutritive benefit
3. Fill in and complete potential deficiencies
4. Have been used for millennia by traditional people
5. Are often used as herbs or medicines in traditional healing systems
6. Most often have dark pigments and / or robust flavors.

Why use Superfoods in my plastic surgery healing?

1. A healthy diet consisting of whole foods provides most of what the body needs to thrive. Under stressful conditions however, the body may need extra nutrition to fill the need created by the stressor. Cosmetic surgery is one example.
2. To counteract deficiencies, we use super foods as a tonic. When the diet has been below optimal for a given time, or if there have been long standing stress conditions, super foods add an extra dimension to fill in deep reserves.
3. To meet the demands of a high-energy lifestyle. People that want to live full, active lives from morning to night benefit from these foods.
4. We know that traditional people used superfoods as medicine and can learn from thousands of years of wisdom in clinical application today.
5. They taste good, are fun to eat and add variety to the diet. The new paradigm of health is not about deprivation; it is about ‘How Good Do You Want To Feel?’ Superfoods are a celebration of health.

Aspen Protocols Superfood for Plastic Surgery Recovery Package:
We are fortunate to live in a time when the best foods from the entire planet are available. Here are just a few of these amazing plants:

1. Goji Berry (Go Qi Zi, Chinese Wolfberry, Lycium Barbarum), a caretenoid-rich berry with complete protein, essential fatty acids, and mineral density. Used for millennia in Chinese Medicine as a super tonic, a food that benefits many systems of the body. Rich in unique susqueturpenoids, which powerfully boost immunity, also rich in xeaxanthin, which targets vision. An endless list of benefits could fill the page!
2. Green Drinks (Wheat Grass Juice, Barley Grass Juice, Spirulina, etc.) refer to a modern mixture of organic, chlorophyll-rich green foods, combined with maximum nutrient potency in mind, and used for multiple healing, alkalizing and nutritive properties. Low temperature dried juices of green leafy vegetables and grasses are easy to digest and assimilate and deliver alkalinizing minerals, chlorophyll, and vitamins to the body at a cellular level.
3. Cacao, also known as chocolate! Cacao is the seed that all chocolate is made from. Raw, unprocessed chocolate, cacao, as well as high quality, organic chocolate, (minimally processed) is one of the highest antioxidant foods on the planet. A small amount of high-quality dark chocolate (above 70% cacao content) is a great treat with powerful health benefits.
4. Acai is another potent source of polyphenol flavonoids called anthocyanins, which exhibit multiple benefits promoting anti-inflammatory effects and vascular health. Acai is another high protein fruit with healthy mono-unsaturated fatty acids.
5. Concentrated fruit and vegetable juices, used in bars, drinks and supplements and prepared similarly to green drinks through low temperature processing that preserves the healing and nutritive function of the plant. They high fiber bars are rich in minerals, antioxidants, and promote the healing of tissue in the body.