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.

Complement your daily diet and live a life in balance!