The Peruvian Superfood Diet

Everyone thinks that the Mediterranean or Indian diet is the healthiest. They're not. A new contender has entered the ring and it brings a slew of good healthy natural ingredients. It's Peruvian influenced cuisine with some twists.It's not only good for you but good tasting.

It's the subject of a must have new cookbook entitled Whole Body Reboot  (Health Communication Inc Publishers)written by Dr. Manuel Villacorta with Sandy Koszyk. Dr. Villacorta, who is from Lima,Peru incorporates native South American super foods with North American and European recipes. There is a diet involved, and it has helped with losing weight and boosting energy levels. The reboot plans works as follow, dieters must follow a multicolor chart that will help with detoxing. An orange day is devoted to eating all orange food, beta carotene rich smoothie.It has five days  of smoothie drinking before going straight into the diet. The diet has all sorts of foods that health conscious foodies will love. There are quinoa pichuberry muffins and an spinach egg white omelet to start off the morning. For lunch or dinner there is a zesty kale and veggie salad, graced with chicken sausage. For a quick dinner cook up the Peruvian classic tacu  tacu, a cook up of leftover beans and rice. Usually fried, this dish is  revamped to be baked. This is made with  Dr. Villacorta even incudes some relatively healthy desserts too., There is a yacon roasted pineapple a perfect topping for Greek yogurt. dieters can indulge in gluten free quinoa brownies or pineapple lucuma ice pop.

Some home chefs may have qualms about using the different super foods. Dr. Villacorta recommends. Don't. They are good for you along with being easily attainable .Many Latin American markets along with bigger supermarket chains sell them as well as Amazon.com. There are the more common ones  like artichokes, sweet potatoes and avocados and the quintessential Peruvian ones like aji, a chile eaten since the Incan Empire and chochio, or Peruvian corn. One of the most popular, quinoa , is also used quite often in everyday American cooking..This is an ancient grain that's can be subbed in as a side dish instead of rice and pasta. Two other grains, kaniwa and kiwicha are also used in many of the recipes such as the Andean grain pilaf.There are also fruits such as the pichuberry,which has a tart flavor and the lucuma, a persimmon like drupe with a  taste that's a mix of maple, caramel and pumpkin. For chocolate lovers Dr. Villacorte includes cacao nibs, in some of the recipes too and also has dessert recipes that call for dark chocolate.One home chefs start cooking with these Peruvian staples, they will never go back to their old ingredients. These are healthy, and tasty, and can put a different spin on everyday cooking.

Dr. Villacorte's book Whole Body Reboot is a must have cookbook.It contains a diet and super food rich recipes that can improve one's life . Buy it today. Your body will thank you for it