Hi all, I've been gone for awhile because of work and projects I've been doing lately.
I have a new articles I want to write regarding my journey and what I've learned since the last blog, so let's get started.
I get asked a lot; what a superfood is and why do you talk like it's important.
At its lowest level it means that the food is really healthy for you. I want to offer more than a simple phrase, mainly because a lot of foods can be healthy but not a superfood. The best way I can explain it is by separating out healthy foods from superfoods. It is food that is nutrient density is at the top of the charts. What? It means that the more nutrients a food has the more it is a superfood! It's not about how much of this or how of that, but rather it's a diverse collection of nutrients. It contains many nutrients our bodies can use. Think of superfoods as a superstore with a huge variety of nutrients lining the shelves waiting to be eaten and used. My idea of a superfood is that you are getting as much nutrients as possible from that one food, which also means you are getting a food that has a huge nutrient diversity.
Phytonutrients are the numerous compounds that exist in plants. They are not considered essential, because your body doesn’t need them to survive, however, they do have great health benefits. There are literally thousands of phytonutrients in plants and any superfood has these phytonutrients!
Superfoods also lack toxins! Let me repeat that, they lack toxins. My goal of eating superfoods is to consume foods that that load my body with nutrients, but there is something else. I believe that superfoods shouldn’t take away from my body. The presence of toxins does just that. When you eat processed foods you are eating toxins at some level. If the food has been modified you potentially are eating toxins. WHY would we want to do that to ourselves? For this reason I believe that a superfood must not contain any pesticides, herbicides, fungicides or any other man-made chemicals. The easiest way to do that is to buy food that is USDA Certified Organic. Look for the label. The label indicates it is controlled by the government, making it an expensive and time consuming task to become certified. You really want to know that the food you are eating doesn’t have harmful chemicals that will build up inside. I realize a label may not mean anything, it is the surest way we have today.
I’ve discussed superfoods in past blogs here, you can look up what I consider a superfood right here. Today I was trying to define what a superfood is. It is a nutrient dense based food that has lots of nutrients for our bodies to use. It’s really that easy. Are you eating superfoods or just plain old food? Begin to switch over; you will feel the difference after one meal.
To your health,
Bill
