What Are Superfoods?
Have you heard about the latest superfood? It’s the most nutritious food to be discovered on the planet yet!
A superfood is a natural food, which contains a high amount of nutrients in very few grams and is an excellent ally for the proper functioning of our body.
If you’re not sure where to start, consider these superfood categories and subcategories:
- Vegetables
Cruciferous: broccoli, cauliflower, brussels sprouts, kale, arugula, bok choy, cabbage, collards, watercress, radishes
Leafy green: lettuce (all varieties), spinach
Non-starchy: mushrooms, asparagus, celery, peppers, tomatoes, zucchini (and so many more!)
Starchy: potatoes and other root vegetables, winter squashes
Allium: onion, garlic, shallot
- Fruits
Citrus: grapefruit, lemon, lime, orange
Berries: blueberry, raspberry, strawberry
Stone: apricot, nectarine, peach, plum
Melon: cantaloupe, honeydew, watermelon
Tropical: bananas, mangoes
- Legumes:
Beans: great northern, kidney, black, fava, lupini, pinto, soy, navy
Lentils: green, yellow, red, beluga
Peas: green, snow, black-eyed, chickpea
- Whole Grains
“True” Grains: wheat, oats, rice, corn, barley, sorghum, rye, millet, teff
“Pseudo” Grains: quinoa, buckwheat, amaranth
- Nuts/Seeds
Nuts: almond, cashew, walnut, pine, pecan, Brazil,
Seeds: chia, flax, hemp, sesame, sunflower, pumpkin
Consider trying new recipes with these new foods or substituting them into recipes you already love.