Health & nutrition: are superfoods sabotaging your silhouette?
Although fighting the flab with the latest food fad may tempt us to try new tastes and textures, serving so-called 'superfoods' with our snacks and meals can sabotage more than just our silhouette.
In fact, piling our plate with an abundance of antioxidants can not only leave us prone to piling on the pounds with super sized portions - the calorie content of a small and sensible snack can soar considerably when we start to sprinkle it with seeds, nuts and fibre-rich fruit, and will still contribute to our overall caloric consumption regardless of how 'healthy' it is - but drive us to develop a detrimental delusion that something as simple as a 'superfood' can diminish the damage done by our unhealthier habits - we convince ourselves that the 'health enhancing' effects that stem from continuously consuming a 'superfood/s' will automatically counteract our detrimental diet and lifestyle choices (the choices that contribute to a bigger body that's bombarded by disease) without the need to change our worrying ways.
Instead of attempting to oust an accumulation of additional weight with an outrageous claim that's backed by no solid scientific studies (most 'superfood' studies are based on test tube evidence), focus on fuelling your body with a balanced, nutrient dense diet that's derived from a multitude of macronutrients (ideally complex carbohydrates, pure, unprocessed protein and monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fatty acids) and micronutrients (the vital vitamins and mandatory minerals found in food sources such as whole fruit and vegetables). Although certain so-called 'superfoods' may contain antioxidants and/or amino acids (etc!) in abundance, they do not have the ability to cure cancer, effortlessly eliminate excess weight or nourish the body with all of the nutrients that it needs to function physically and psychologically, without the aid of medical treatment (cancer), an active, healthy lifestyle (excess weight) and a varied diet (necessary nutrients).
Final thought: no matter how much superfoods' may boast to benefit our body and brain (or blast fat and fight disease!), the reality of the hype that surrounds them often resembles a flurry of fake promises that fail to exceed expectations, eliminate excess weight and dramatically decrease disease. If your body, brain and bank balance are going to benefit from anything, it will be the realisation that no single food (or fluid) source is 'super' to the point where it has the power to provide all of the necessary nutrients that we need to function physically and psychologically, counteract our unhealthy habits, soothe oxidative stress or diminish the development of disease. If it did, we would have found our 'cure' for detrimental diseases such as cancer, we wouldn't have to worry about working hard to sustain healthier habits (and a healthy, balanced diet derived from a multitude of macro and micronutrients) and we would not currently be facing an adult and childhood obesity crisis...
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