This is not just any food – this is Superfood!

Although this Blog offers much more than just food and diet information, how we fuel ourselves is still fundamentally important.

Our biological machines – our bodies – need certain elements from food to undertake all the amazing functions, chemical reactions and biological transformations that go on inside us all day, every day.
If we under-fuel ourselves, our performance suffers, and worse still, if we fill up instead on junk – sugary, fatty, artificial – and totally devoid of nutritional value, we can actually damage our bodies. There’s an obesity epidemic happening right now for exactly that reason.

In the post entitled ‘Fundamental Fuel – Food for Thought’ (post 16) I was asking you to get in touch with a more deep-seated appreciation of food and to examine how you select it.
The very best way to receive a high level of nutrition from what you eat is to select foods that are packed with vital elements, dense in vitamins, minerals and enzymes, and which truly are ‘fuel’ for your body! And that’s where Superfoods come in…

What is Superfood?

Natural foods that contain a high range of important nutrients such as enzymes, phytochemicals, vitamins, minerals, chlorophyll, and antioxidants are often called ‘superfoods’. Basically they are foods that are superior sources of essential nutrients – the nutrients our body needs, but which we cannot make ourselves without food.

Most of the recommended superfoods are straightforward items we are all familiar with – nuts and seeds, berries and common veg, garlic and fruit. The less familiar items, like wheatgrass, barleygrass, and spirulina and other algae, quinoa, aloe vera etc may seem more exotic, but are now quite easy to get hold of, with many appearing in the local supermarket.
Here’s a quick list of common Superfoods:
(When buying these products, be aware of their origins, buy organic wherever you can, and eat them while they are as fresh as possible.)
• Whole Grains
• Sunflower Seeds
• Pumpkin Seeds
• Flaxseeds
• Apples
• Avocados
• Beetroot
• Blueberries
• Broccoli
• Cranberries
• Garlic
• Ginger
• Olive / Hemp / Flax Oil
• Onions
• Oranges
• Dark Leafy Cabbage
• Tomatoes
• Sprouted Seeds & Beans – Alfalfa, Mung, Aduki, Quinoa etc

Whilst we may quite easily add more fruits, salads and vegetables into our diets by changing how we shop in the supermarket, there is growing awareness of concerns about the quality of those mass-produced foods. Many are grown on mineral depleted soils, or preserved using gasses and air-freighted from foreign countries.
All this concern and controversy makes properly cultivated superfoods a popular addition to the diet of anyone who is looking to really take care with what they are eating.
Many superfoods are available in powder or granular form, which makes it really easy to incorporate them into recipes, blend into smoothies, or sprinkle over our regular meals.
Including superfoods in your daily diet can help you to provide your body with all the nutrients, antioxidants and other fuels it needs to get you through the day happily, energetically, fantastically!

Introducing super Superfoods!

Throughout the Boot Camp Blog, you have been encouraged to refine your thoughts, your energy, goals and choices. The introduction of Superfoods into your diet accelerates wellbeing, weight loss, detoxification, and raises your vibration.
So without further ado please let me introduce you to the famous five amazing extra-Superfoods which are delicious, easy-to-use nutritional powerhouses! I use them every day.

The fabulous five are:
Maca Powder which is an excellent source of protein, iron and calcium
Barleygrass is packed with antioxidants, amino acids, vitamins and minerals
Goji Berries – fantastic for B vitamins and Beta Carotene
Cacao Powder is a nutritional powerhouse and an excellent source of sulphur and magnesium
Bee Pollen is loaded with B Vitamins and an excellent energy source

The two major blocks to people using Superfoods are that they don’t know where to get them and they’re not sure how to use them when they do find them! I’ve provided a download in the free resources section that deals with both of those issues.

Collect your Free Superfoods Download Here.

As well as describing the foods, and explaining to you what they are and where they are from, the download gives you ideas for using them and fitting them into your everyday diet.

TASK

• Download the Superfoods Guide from the free resources page and have a read through the information.
• Did you know anything about any of these foods before?
• If you want to try out any of these, and other Superfoods, zip over to Nutri-Health where there is a good variety of superfoods to chose from, including the Nutri-Health Superfoods Starter Pack which includes all five of the superfoods mentioned above.
• If you’re not ready to buy powered and granulated superfoods, look at the list at the top of the post again – draw up a shopping list that contains loads of them!

So, there we have it.
I am happy to let the descriptions of the amazing foods in the download do the talking – they even ‘feel’ good from here. I genuinely do use the ingredients every day; I incorporate them in my daily routine, just as I clean my teeth morning and night.
Each morning I have Barleygrass in water – probably about 2 teaspoons in a glass. I also use it as a sprinkle over salads, steamed vegetables or with apple juice in a Green Smoothie.
My quick weekday breakfast is a water, banana, Raw Cacao, Maca and Bee Pollen Smoothie.
During the day I nibble on Gojis as they are, or put them in my home-made raw chocolate bars, or soak them for desserts, smoothies, and sprinkle them into salads.
I am not going to try to persuade you to make better feeling food choices, as I know that it’s in the eating of them for yourself that you’ll know you’ve picked the right option.
Have a super day on your Superfoods.

Dawn

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