Superfoods are foods that are so full of healthful components that they are used medicinally. Jeffrey Yuen, an 87th generation Taoist master says the only difference between foods used as medicine and herbs used medicinally is that food tastes good. Superfoods then are excellent choices to replace nutrient depleting processed food. Processed foods fill your body with chemicals and 'filler's that your body must neutralize and then remove. I've read that Americans eat on average 15 pounds of filler a year. What does your body do with it? That will be discussed under the topic of detoxification.
Here is a list of easily obtainable 'Superfoods.' Once you start choosing meals from these, there is little room left for anything unhealthy...
- Green tea
- Pure water
- Blueberries, raspberries, strawberries
- Wild cold-water fish
- Flax
- Apples
- Greens: spinach, kale, collard
- Olive oil
- Seaweed/kelp
- Legumes: beans, peas, lentils
- Red grapes
- Broccoli sprouts
- Brazil nuts
- Pineapple
- Pomegranates
- Avocados
- Watermelon, asparagus, potates, grapefruit for glutathione
- Shitake, maitake & other exotic mushrooms
- Sweet potatoes
- Carrots
- Dark chocolate (without sugar and fats)
- Whole grain - meaning all 3 kernels intact
- Tubers
- Root vegetables
- Garlic
- Rosemary
- Turmeric
- Ginger
- Tomato
- Cruciferous vegetables: (you'll never run out of these)
- broccoli
- cauliflower
- cabbage
- Brussels sprouts
- bok choy
- mustard greens
- kale
- collard greens
- kohlrabi
- kale
- turnips
- rutabaga
- arugula
- wasabi
- radishes
- horse radish