"a food that is so high in trace minerals and other nutrition that has never been isolated to make a supplement. Therefore a superfood cannot be replaced with a supplement."
Normally when I think of a food that is high in nutrition and minerals I think of coarse grainy stuff like granola. Granola isn't bad, but the texture kills me after a while. Or the title superfood is only reserved for nasty greens like kale and stuff that breaks your jaw while chewing it. Nevertheless, I decided that I would try to consciously add a superfood to my diet once a week. I was ready to steel myself and suck it up until I actually researched what foods are superfoods. Health.com came up with a list of 27 superfoods that are good for you and will help you lose weight. Here is their list seperated up into various food groups:
- Grains and starch
- oats
- brown rice
- almonds
- potatoes
- pine nuts
- pearl barley
- quinoa
- Fruit and vegetables
- avocados
- blueberries
- broccoli
- pears
- grapefruit
- bananas
- oranges
- plantains
- Dairy:
- cheese (fresh goat or feta) [I wish brie was here, le sigh]
- low fat milk
- Proteins:
- black, white, kidney, garbanzo beans
- lentils
- salmon
- eggs
- Other:
- wine
- dark chocolate
- green tea
So stayed tuned for these tasty recipes and please share any of your SuperRecipes!
I'm sitting here eating TJ's Channa Masala - garbonzo bean masala. Yo. It's totally yummy. And it was frozen in the freezer at work so I actually had time to eat it between my noon meeting and the rest of my workday.
ReplyDeleteI'm on the bandwagon too with 30 pounds to lose. Guess we'll be the boring diet girls at con this year! Fruity rum drink? Hmm, too many calories. Glass of wine? Oh heck, sure, that's a good snack, and it's a super food!
It's good to know that someone else at con will be working to resist the siren call of con kibble. We'll watch out for each other!
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