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hemp hearts

Tons of nutrients and healthy fats, makes other things like parfaits or cereal more satiating

coconut milk

Good source of various minerals and electrolytes and healthy fats. Somewhat satiating drink since it has about 50 calories a glass from fat content

nutritional yeast

Mega-dose levels of the B vitamins and good as a thickener and cheese substitute. Great with eggs

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[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

None, the term super food is marketing term with no basis in science

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

When i mentioned "legit superfoods", I was sort of getting at the unsexy normal stuff that available, common (or uncommon due to lack of recognition), and generally understood to be nutritionally wholesome

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

oh in that case oats. they are highly comparable to Quinoa but you know abudnant and cheap.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

it has about 50 calories a glass from fat content

My glass? Your glass? Andre the Giant’s glass?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Too late I already drank glass.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

hopefully it wasn't Mr. Giant-sized for the good of your glasshole

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Buckthorn, it is full of vitamins

Ginger, it is a painkiller

Nasturtium + Horseradish, you can make a real antibiotic from these

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

How would one consume buckthorn? That stuff is super invasive around here, so there's a ton of it around. Leaves? The berries?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Sea buckthorn (Hipphophae rhamnoides) gets made into supplements and oils.

Buckthorn (Rhamnus Cathartica) is toxic.

Search by latin names for correct info.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

That makes a lot more sense, TIL. Thanks!

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I sing this to my cat on a regular basis

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

No, she loves it. She also loves actual cucumbers, though I’ve never tried to scare her with one

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Oh just think cucumbers are fucking disgusting.

Lol

You do you of course. I just wish sushi joints would do celery instead of cucumber

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

Honestly just eat vegetables and keep your ultraprocessed foods to a minimum.

Milk and eggs are pretty good, as they literally have all that a growing body needs. But since I assume you are not a baby posting on social media (never can tell in this "modern" world) you need more than just milk and eggs.

Eat fermented foods, kimchi, sauerkraut or kombucha etc...great for gut health

I do like some nutritional yeast though. It is really tasty.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

Psyllium Husk. Wonderful colon cleasner. It literally does this to your colon.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

flax seeds. Lots of fiber, omega-3s, protein, and vitamin B. The best part is that ground flax seed tastes like nothing so you can add it to whatever.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

Synsepalum dulcificum (miracle berry) makes sour food taste sweet. If that's not a super food (a food with a super power), I don't know what is.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I agree with 'superfoods not being real'. The only thing that I can definitely say qualifies somewhere close to a 'superfood' is black pepper and long pepper.

Black pepper and long pepper have a compound called piperine. Piperine drastically improves nutrient absorption.

Curcumin/Turmeric is often taken as a supplement, however, it has a very very low bioavailability (like 1% gets absorbed or something -- don't quote me on that). So it is commonly paired with black pepper, or more distinctly, piperine. Piperine increases its bioavailability by 2,000%!! Which literally means that you absorb 2,000% more than if you were to take curcumin/turmeric by itself!

I am unsure how it affects other nutrients, but I am certain that it also improves absorption. There are products that sell piperine itself. Most notably Bioperin.

WARNING: Piperine also increases absorption of certain drugs as well. Do not take piperine with any drug unless you know what you're doing!

https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/bioperine-and-piperine-supplement-benefits#1.-May-increase-nutrient-absorption

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Incredible tip about the pepper, gonna have to invest in some peppercorns [rolls up sleeve]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Get the long pepper. The flavour is miles ahead of regular pepper!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Unprocessed palm oil. Not the stuff you get in stores that looks like a regular vegetable oil. The red stuff that solidifies but has a low melting point.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Quinoa

Eggs

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Oatmeal, perhaps surprisingly.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I've also heard negatives about oatmeal. Like hard to absorb. As a plant, like kale absorbs all nutrients, good and bad, which doesn't balance out.

Cheap calories, but I think it's not a super food.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 month ago

Literally every food has negatives as well as positives, so if that were the definition of superfood then superfoods do not exist, as others here are also saying.

Oatmeal has a ton of positives though, and it's often considered a superfood - at least often enough to warrant a mention and a deeper look.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

More looking for foods that double as multivitamins

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 month ago

Bacon. It’s super delicious.