That is my issue with the "superfood" label. It's just a BS marketing scheme really.Good point.
That being said, I don't have a problem using it in everyday lexicon. I think chia for example is a superfood but only insofar as it's really healthy. No need to get hung up on it. Though I do think you've made a good point here in how food companies would love to exploit this.
Get your Honey Nut Chia Cheerios now! It's packed with a superfood!
The term is "superfood" not "perfectfood". If the term was "perfectfood" I'd understand your issue, but some foods really are miles more nutritious than others. Calling them super is hardly heresy.
I don't get your question.Give me an example of food providing more than something else.
Take one of your superfoods, and make a case for it against some other not so "super" food. Obviously has to be a raw ingredient.I don't get your question.
Look at the nutrition profile of soybeans vs iceberg lettuce, it's pretty clear, one of those foods is loaded with good protein, fats, and fiber and is a good source of iron, calcium, manganese, zinc, selenium etc etc, while the other is predominantly water. Look at Chia Seeds now. Both these foods are loaded.Take one of your superfoods, and make a case for it against some other not so "super" food. Obviously has to be a raw ingredient.
Look at the nutrition profile of soybeans vs iceberg lettuce, it's pretty clear, one of those foods is loaded with good protein, fats, and fiber and is a good source of iron, calcium, manganese, zinc, selenium etc etc, while the other is predominantly water. Look at Chia Seeds now. Both these foods are loaded.
What's your point exactly? The fact that certain foods check more boxes in a nutritional sense leads some people to deem them superfoods. What's so wrong about that?Predictable.
In that sense, milk is much better than water, right?
What's your point exactly? The fact that certain foods check more boxes in a nutritional sense leads some people to deem them superfoods. What's so wrong about that?
Sure some people might exploit this moniker from a marketing standpoint but that doesn't change the fact that some foods do in fact bring more to the table (so to speak) than others
Do you guys get upset about the term "junk food"? I mean, technically speaking unless you're dumpster diving, you're not eating junk.
Why did you put "just water" in quotation marks? I said predominantly water. And yes, it certainly has it's place, and I love salads and greens are obviously important, but the nutritional profile of soy and chia seeds are next level.Wouldnt a lettuce that grants you your daily dose of vitamin A and K for 120 calories be called a superfood?
Every single raw ingredient can serve a purpose. Iceberg lettuce isnt "just water" (and if it was, is it really a bad thing?) Its a huge bundle of food for no calories.
So your main argument is that by labeling certain foods as "super" we automatically neglect all other foods? That's pretty presumptuousWouldnt a lettuce that grants you your daily dose of vitamin A and K for 120 calories be called a superfood?
Every single raw ingredient can serve a purpose. Iceberg lettuce isnt "just water" (and if it was, is it really a bad thing?) Its a huge bundle of food for no calories.
So your main argument is that by labeling certain foods as "super" we automatically neglect all other foods? That's pretty presumptuous
Ill make sure to rub some tofu and chia seed and run a lemon detox tooRub some tofu on it. Otherwise RIP Mrb1p
Everything GucciI was gonna skip working out today, but saw this thread was up and decided to better myself. Thanks, bros.
Feel good on my lean bulk.
Weighted myself this morning, 187.4 at (close to) 5'8 (I know, manlet life!).
I'm hovering around 13-14% BF & been training close to 8 years now.
Lifts are up, more food, life's great
Good job bro, we are of the same height but you have 16 pounds on me.... I need to push and press forward still!
Good how the topic of this thread makes people feel good, because all the others certainly make them depressed.