What are "Superfoods" and What Makes Them so Super?

The term "superfood" was penned in 2004 by Dr. Steven Pratt who wrote the book, "Superfoods Rx: Fourteen Foods That Will Change Your LIfe." Dr. Pratt defined a "superfood" as readily available, containing essential nutrients known to enhance longevity, and have scientifically proven health benefits. Sixteen years later, there are probably at least sixteen slightly different definitions and a lot more than sixteen different lists of "superfoods". I've included a slide in my presentation showing six highly respected medical professionals lists of their recommended "superfoods".

That is just it, the definition is broad enough that a lot of different foods will qualify. The label of "superfood" is actually more of a marketing term than a scientific one. However, I can give you some commonalities to determine your personal list of "superfoods" whether you are Paleo, Keto, Vegan or follow your own eating program that works for you. Whole foods are going to be far more nutrient dense than any processed food. Any level of processing can reduce various phytonutrients and enzymes in a food. So try to eat foods that are minimally processed and if you do not recognize the ingredient on a food label, then perhaps pass it by. Another thing that we don't do as much any more is eat a wide variety of foods and a lot of different colors of food. I talked about the fact that the average American eats approximately 415 pounds of vegetables a year and that is mostly corn and potatoes!

So start slow and try new foods and foods of different colors. If you do eat packaged foods like almost all of us do, take some time to read the label and make sure you really know what is in the food you are eating. You should be able to envision the ingredient in your mind. I've included the Clean 15 and Dirty Dozen slide in the video and I'll be doing a full video on that soon.

Check out the video I did on inflammatory foods too: https://youtu.be/BnkhSizWQ5Y

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