Notes from Youville: Simple Superfoods
Just because you've eaten them -- and pronounced their names correctly -- for years, doesn't make them any less "super."
Walk into a health food store and you’ll likely see all kinds of exotic, hard-to-pronounce products on the shelves: foods with names Iike “quinoa”, “goji” or “kombucha,” each product harvested from a far off land and promising extraordinary health benefits. Most of these foods pack in unusually high amounts of essential nutrients, earning them a place in the catalogue of “superfoods.” But what you eat doesn’t have to come from a specialty store or an exotic climate to be great for you. Many “ordinary” foods you’ve eaten your entire life are today considered among the healthiest options by health experts. These old favorites pack in unusually high amounts of vitamins, antioxidants, omega 3s, protein and other good stuff. They are available…
