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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      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

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    it has about 50 calories a glass from fat content

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

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    Buckthorn, it is full of vitamins

    Ginger, it is a painkiller

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

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

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

        Buckthorn (Rhamnus Cathartica) is toxic.

        Search by latin names for correct info.

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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    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

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    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.