Superfoods

Hey guys!
Hope you’re doing well..and that some of you have gotten your audio-learning on since my last article!
I’ve recently wrote a new post on my blog entitled 10 Superfoods for Better Health, Fast Weight-Loss & Increased energy and I’d like to have you guys’ feedback.
http://www.thefeelgoodlifestyle.com/the-feel-good-diet-10-superfoods-for-better-health-fast-weight-loss-and-increased-energy.html
Specifically, I want to know..
What do you think of “superfoods”?
Are you currently eating them?
If not, why not?
It’s a topic I’m passionate about and I really just want your honest opinion so I understand how others think about this topic.
Thanks a lot guys!
Phil

thanks man, just added a couple items to tomorrows shopping list

Hey, Phil!
I actually eat all of these regularly (5-7 days/week), excluding maca powder and yams, which I plan to add on my next grocery trip! I’m proud, haha.
I can definitely tell the difference between meals including superfoods and meals that don’t. There’s such an energy/mood lift after eating them!
The only issue for me is that they’re so pricey where I live. I find myself definitely trying to ration them appropriately, but it’s hard to do.
Great post, once again! :)

I think the idea of superfoods is overrated and people have the tendency to focus on these foods while ignoring the very important fact that diversity is crucial. Too much of a good thing is also bad. For example, you mention spinach in your article. Eating spinach every day can lead to iron poisoning (as many raw-food-ists have noticed). The body is in a dynamic equilibrium and vitamins and minerals should be in balanced quantities. Having something which contains 20-times one particular nutrient while ignoring the rest, isn’t particularly appealing to me.
Also, it’s one thing to say that X is a superfood the moment it is picked out of a tree, and it’s an entirely different thing to say the same thing about X from your supermarket, brought (thanks to globalization) from the opposite side of the globe. Some nutrients degrade quite fast (in hours or in minutes even).
So yeah, I’m also curious about what you guys thing. But you motivated me to try some of your top foods which I never tasted in my life (quinoa, maca, chia, goji)
PS: My superfood is liver from a freshly killed chicken who lived her entire life on a grassy field and hunted worms.

@ Ka, I think what you say has some validity, much in agreement with you about the Spinach thing…
But bear in mind, even though most food is optimal for consumption in it’s rawest and albeit freshest form, consuming it sometime later is also very beneficial in comparison to the 60% processed food, and an alarmingly high amount of cooked food we consume, regardless if it’s also processed.
One should consume a healthy majority of raw foods over cooked foods. When we eat mostly cooked foods, our immune systems are but on defense because they take the cooked food on as virus or impurity…
Variety is key too, I agree, but you can’t argue with near daily consumption of some of these superfoods, especially in small amounts.

I’m intrigued in the raw cacao, chia seeds and maca powder.
I have a couple questions about these:
- Where can I get hold of these in the UK?
- What do you have them with? Any tasty combinations etc?
Thanks for the post!

Glad to see quinoa on there. It’s not going to be underrated for long – versatile, delicious, and easy to cook. oh yeah, and healthy.
my pick is the often overlooked oat. hot oatmeal with fruit, cold muesli soaked overnight with nuts and honey, make it savory with avocado and tomato . . . there’s no end to it’s versatility and outside of the calorie-counting/carb-conscious, I don’t know that there are any drawbacks to eating them on a regular basis.

LOL,
“Phil’s Kick Ass Salad”
This made me smile

Try doing quinoa instead of oats and make it sweet or savory…

Chia seeds totally work. If you haven’t tried germinating a few, you’re ripping yourself off, because they grow like weeds. I’ve made isquiate, (Chia seeds, honey, lime juice water) and felt like moving mountains. Honestly, the south/central american civilizations were almost definitely fueled by the stuff. All that stone work with no draft animals/slaves? Awesome.
I’ve been substituting coconut oil with walnut oil. Haven’t noticed much of a difference besides taste. Just a teaspoon a day. Both are great. Anybody know the nutritional differences?

Awesome article, Phil–as always! I can’t wait to start introducing these foods into my new healthy lifestyle. Thanks for keeping all of us in the know about these things!

@ Max Moon – About the coconut/walnut oil, are you just ingesting a teaspoon a day, or cooking with it? Is it healthy to take it straight up like that?

@jetset You can drink that oil raw. I do it every day.

Oh, good–I had heard about coconut oil from another of Phil’s articles, but I was always worried about how I’d use it. Thanks for the tip, Manimal!

Very cool.
You should do another post on dark leafy greens/cabbage/broccoli (anything in a veggie family called “cruciferous”- SO good for your body). Also, garlic garlic garlic! Check out whfoods.com