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!

I thought of recharging one's batteries as well, but maybe this is a little less "electric"... ;-)

Lots of hits on Google

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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. ...
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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 ...
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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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