›› Super Food
If, like I am, you
are any kind of food lover, you will think of a phrase like super food
and will have your own associations. When I hear or see super
food, I think of pizza, juicy burgers on steamed buns, triple-dip,
psycho rich chocolate mousse tortes, hearty stews and homemade
spaghetti sauces packed with al dente veggies and meats.
Super food to me is food that you indulge in when you have the munchies
or food that in a way gives you the munchies…as you cannot
stop eating it once you start.
But I suppose my version, my philosophy, and my interpretation are all
telling here, as antithetical to what the Super Food line consists of
and represents. That is, the Super Food line is not fast food
or junk food or even gourmet. The Super Food line is a series
of healthy, vitamin- and mineral-rich food sources for the
health-conscious (and healthy).
One seller of Super Foods, online at EBay under the vendor name
mlhbabe1, for instance, describes the benefits of such foodstuffs and
food supplements as the Green Super Food Powdered Drink Mix as
containing “forty-nine (49) superfoods, extracts, and
concentrates.” Included in this drink
with the potential of ten (10) servings of fruits and vegetables, for
example, are “probiotics, antioxidants, soluble and insoluble
fibers, herbs & spices, flavonoids, plant enzymes, and
lecithin.” These super food ingredients are, she
writes, ideal for increasing energy, raising metabolism, and burning
fat, and as well assist in digestion, detoxification, immunity, repair,
recovery, rejuvenation, and add to one’s longevity.
I am in no way affiliated to the above vendor, and am writing this not
to help hawk trumped-up nutritional items for any particular
company. Instead, I write to gain a better understanding of
Super Foods in general and personal health choices in
particular. I am new to the Super Foods product, though I do
remember years ago educating myself on and practicing healthy living by
eating well and exercising often. I shopped at a health foods
store, was into whole grains and non-white, non-processed flours and
sugars (which were once and are now again my addiction, my nemesis),
and power-walked every day. I also had more time, or made
more time, to focus on myself and my body. The Super Food
concept may not be new, that is, but as a newer product line, provided
it does not taste, look, or contain ingredients similar to Soylent
Green, Super Food seems to be an effective and appealing way to
go.
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