food<\/em>. Food, rich with nourishing properties, capable of sustaining life when consumed in tandem with all sorts of other foods.<\/p>\n\n\n\nAre some foods more dense in nutrients than others? Of course. But then again, the lack of density in some foods is what has relegated them to the super list. Turkey is considered a superfood precisely because it lacks much of the richness inherent in beef. But then again, bison is a superfood because it contains even more protein, iron and zinc than lean beef.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Not to be outdone, an abundance of cell-protecting zinc makes lobster a superfood, too. Nearly every food that we put in our body, whether super or not, contains beneficial qualities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The next time you\u2019re in line waiting on your blueberry-acai superfood smoothie, remember that phytochemical-rich blueberries are also incredibly high in sugar. Those fiber-rich chia superfood seeds you\u2019ve been adding to your yogurt can likewise cause gastrointestinal issues like constipation and diarrhea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
No food, super or not, can save us from ourselves. In matters of diet, like most everything else, just use your best judgment and err on the side of common sense.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
So-called superfoods have skyrocketed to prominence in recent years. Juice shops boast of cold-pressed superfood smoothies. Grocery store aisles are dotted with boxes and bags advertising superfoods within. Coffee shops are even in on the superfood trend, promoting the benefits of antioxidant-rich beans, or milks and creamers made from coconuts, oats and almonds. But the reason for superfoods\u2019 sudden pervasiveness across so many parts of our lives has little to do with any newfound life-sustaining nutritional prowess. Superfoods are, like […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=401"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":402,"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401\/revisions\/402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}