Super Foods: what do you eat?

[Peasie]

I don't remember whether it started with blueberries or Noni fruit or Acai, but there are so many super fruits (and super foods) that I am now fairly skeptical of their claims.

And then there is the onslaught of information that dark chocolate, red wine, kiwi, quinoa, watermelon, and who knows what else

<span style="font-weight: bold">Of the super foods, what do you make a conscious effort to eat? Why? What claims convince you to buy or eat more of those super foods?</span>

Me? I eat a lot of berries - blue and black - for the claim that they are high in phytonutrients and antioxidents and that they will fight off any know disease and aging

<span style="font-size: 8pt"> I don't buy into the hype on Acai</span>

[CeaBee]

Re: Super Foods: what do you eat?

berries look yucky...suh me doan eat dem

it seems that I doan eat nuh super food....going from your list and mi diet

[Tulip]

Re: Super Foods: what do you eat?

I don't like sweet stuff, but I have tried to incorporate some fruit here and there. I just buy whatever is in season and then half the time have to battle fruit flies within a week. I do the best I can though.

By description, I should have liked quinoa but I don't. The flavor is like hybrid nuts. Maybe I should have cooked it in some chicken broth and not plain water.

I make some effort to at least try, but I'm not hard on myself if I don't care for the taste of something. I figure my diet has enough variety to give me the nutrients I need even it takes the course of a week to work on it.

I'm good on the red wine though.

[Tulip]

Re: Super Foods: what do you eat?

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: CeaBee</div><div class="ubbcode-body">berries look yucky...suh me doan eat dem

it seems that I doan eat nuh super food....going from your list and mi diet

</div></div>

Berries turned out OK for me after a very thorough rinsing. I don't love them, but they were OK once I got the stickiness off.