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Supercharge with Superfoods
Ingredients that will make you smarter, more resistant to disease, and more virile
Superfoods make you superhuman, right? Well, superfoods may not dramatically extend your life, but they certainly add flavor, variety, and
More Power to You
More recipes that will pack on the brain cells.
some health benefits to your diet (at least compared to the chips and dip you may have had for dinner last night).
Superfoods is a general, unscientifically defined word that encompasses a lot of ingredients, some exotic (like açaí) and others more ordinary (like blueberries). They’re generally high in vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants. We don’t know whether the phenomenon is all marketing hype. But here’s a fact: Unprocessed, whole foods are good for you. So try out this menu, which has a day’s worth of recipes (and some extras for further exploration). Report back on your superpowers.
RECIPES
Breakfast
Açaí-Blueberry Smoothie
Superfood Quotient: Just by invoking the word açaí, your brain grows larger. Both blueberries and açaí berries are loaded with cancer-fighting antioxidants.
Whole Wheat–Oat Pancakes
Superfood Quotient: Your morning pancakes have never been so empowering. This whole-grain-filled version will get you through the day.
Pomegranate Molasses–Maple Syrup
Superfood Quotient: Add antioxidant-packed pomegranate molasses to maple syrup, and you’ve got a pancake topping that’s sweet, tangy, and healthy.
Lunch
Warm Spinach Salad with Honey-Garlic Vinaigrette
Superfood Quotient: With vitamins A, B, C, and iron from the spinach and antioxidants from the garlic, you could get your superfood fill with this salad alone. And you’ll win at chess.
Lentil Hummus Wrap with Pomegranate Molasses
Superfood Quotient: This recipe will make you younger (antiaging lentils), less swollen (anti-inflammatory turmeric), and disease-free (antioxidant-filled pomegranate molasses).
fook's sake. nice article, very nonintimidating intro to nutrient-rich foods, well presented with beautiful pictures. good job. people seriously need to lighten up. maybe they are just jealous because the recipes look much more appetizing than the macrobiotic porriages their ex-wife forced them to choke down for 15 years in the 60's-70's, when they coulda been eating that yummy honey brittle or...+READ
fook's sake. nice article, very nonintimidating intro to nutrient-rich foods, well presented with beautiful pictures. good job. people seriously need to lighten up. maybe they are just jealous because the recipes look much more appetizing than the macrobiotic porriages their ex-wife forced them to choke down for 15 years in the 60's-70's, when they coulda been eating that yummy honey brittle or the tropical fruit salad :)-COLLAPSE
I love the superfoods, the humor, and the freshness. I would be happy as a clam with any of it.
I can't stand most superfoods, but I love blueberries. Smoothies, muffins, Crumbles, or just plain...frozen or dried when fresh aren't available. I get mine at www.buyorganicberries.com... they ship organic berries fresh from their farm. They are truely delicious.
I thought their 'superfood' menu had presented the idea of eating more nutrient rich foods with a fresh point of view. And I am always looking for new ways to cook our thrice weekly fish and to prepare our daily oats, etc., so I appreciated their efforts to add to the 'good food' dialogue. In fact, I signed up at Chowhound to find some more new ideas like these for our 'healthy living' diet that...+READ
I thought their 'superfood' menu had presented the idea of eating more nutrient rich foods with a fresh point of view. And I am always looking for new ways to cook our thrice weekly fish and to prepare our daily oats, etc., so I appreciated their efforts to add to the 'good food' dialogue. In fact, I signed up at Chowhound to find some more new ideas like these for our 'healthy living' diet that the doctors put us on!-COLLAPSE
I thought it was a really good article. I brought a different way to look at eating food. I don't want to take medicine my whole life. :-)
I think this article was a little tongue and cheek if you ask me :) If taken as such it was cute.
Everything in moderation.
I agree, I think that the problem in America is that we tend to latch onto food trends and try to cherry pick what we think is healthy but we don't pay attention to the whole picture...I think that if we improved our food system as a whole(read Michael Pollan's The Omnivore Dilemma) we would be a lot healthier.
This article is trendy and dumb. Eat a healthy diet, lots of fruit, veg, and nuts, for animal protein fish first, light on the meat heck it'll taste good, and you might live longer.
There's no such thing as a Superfood.