French: aliments de rechargeEnglish translation: restorative foods (good dietary sources of essential micronutrients) 
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| GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW) | | French term or phrase: | aliments de recharge | | English translation: | restorative foods (good dietary sources of essential micronutrients) | | Entered by: | Rachel Fell |
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Medical - Nutrition / food types | | French term or phrase: aliments de recharge | | discussing a healthy diet, etc. "aliments de recharge" hyper concentrés en certains nutriments (such as the iron in liver) |
| | Clarification request(s) and responseRachel Fell: 3:49pm Dec 14, 2006: Thanks - Thank you for all the good answers - in this particular context I needed a brief term, for something that it's useful to eat at times
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| | restorative foods/ good dietary sources of essential micronutrients | Explanation:
Essential micronutrients are important vitamins, minerals, antioxidants etc that are present in various quantities in different foods.
There are superfoods - which are highly concentrated in a wide range of essential micronutrients. Superfoods are things like blue-green algae, wheatgrass juice, and, my favourite, bee pollen.
But these "aliments de recharge" seem to be one below superfoods in that they are only concentrated in "certain" nutrients.
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 Mark Nathan
France
| Note from asker to answererThank you Mark - yes, I think they are just that - a step below superfoods
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| "battery-charging" foods ?
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In the absence of a better expression, why not say something like "battery-charging" foods...because that is definitely what it is talking about and I think the term would be understood - and can include whatever sort of nutrients are being referred to, without being specific... anyway, this is just a suggestion if all else fails!!
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Note added at 18 mins (2006-12-12 19:48:42 GMT)
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... keeping the term in inverted commas, of course, and making us of 'poetic' licence!
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| restorative foods/ good dietary sources of essential micronutrients
Explanation:
Essential micronutrients are important vitamins, minerals, antioxidants etc that are present in various quantities in different foods.
There are superfoods - which are highly concentrated in a wide range of essential micronutrients. Superfoods are things like blue-green algae, wheatgrass juice, and, my favourite, bee pollen.
But these "aliments de recharge" seem to be one below superfoods in that they are only concentrated in "certain" nutrients.
| Mark Nathan
France
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:  English
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| Note from asker to answerer| Thank you Mark - yes, I think they are just that - a step below superfoods |
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| Refuel Foods
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Best food to refuel after runningThis site contains a list of the best foods to refuel after running.
www.mamashealth.com/run/runfuel.asp - 19k - Cached - Similar pages
TV : Everyday Italian : Foods that Refuel : Food NetworkGiada's making a meny of hearty foods to refuel you. First is Chicken Tetrazzini and a side of Broccoli. And for dessert Giada's preparing a light and ...
www.foodnetwork.com/food/show_ei/episode/0,1976,FOOD_9958_3... - 64k - Cached - Similar pages
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Note added at 3 hrs (2006-12-12 22:46:48 GMT)
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Some types of carbohydrate foods appear to refuel the muscle glycogen faster than ... foods together with iron-containing foods to enhance iron absorption. ...
www.afpafitness.com/articles/eatenergy.htm - 21k - Cached - Similar pages
Sporty teens refuel bestShe says the calcium shortfall could easily be made up by adding a glass of milk; a serving of iron-rich food such as red meat or fortified cereal could ...
healthyschoolscampaign.org/news/media/food/2006-0515_sporty.php - 13k -
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| sktrans
United States
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| dietary sources rich in...
Explanation:
I think it is important to decide if the term is intended to be catchy or to be technically correct. The example of liver as an "aliment de recharge" suggests to me that the author is talking about foods that have high concentrations of specific nutrients. Another example would be bananas, which are high in potassium.
In contrast to foods high in specific nutrients, which, incidentally, have no special benefit unless the consumer has low body stores of these nutrients, are "refuel foods", which as I understand it, are simply foods high in carbohydrates, "booster foods" which are being touted in the reference, likely without clinical substantiation, as a sort of innoculation against cancer, restorative foods, which again, will not restore anything unless it is already depleated and regenerative food, which to me is vague, and likely misleading.
The reference to "micronutrients" does not apply in this context. Iron, for example, while a nutrient, is not a micronutrient, as it is required in relatively large quantities.
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Note added at 7 hrs (2006-12-13 02:43:57 GMT)
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That's depleted, not depleated.
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Asker: Thank you Michael - in fact it's somewhere between the two levels you mention (semi-technical, a bit catchy)
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| nutrient-replenishing foods
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However, it is important to eat nourishing, nutrient-replenishing foods during the pregnancy-recovery period to give yourself the best opportunity to avoid ...
life.familyeducation.com/nutrition/baby/36622.html
| Michele Fauble
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