There is a food trend that aims to give you glowing skin, supercharged memory, endless energy, and protection from every disease that you can probably think of. You’ll have seen the word for it stamped on cereal boxes and blended into smoothies, and it’s always talked about by wellness influencers.

What is that magic word? Well, it’s superfood, of course.

But are superfoods really all that super? Short answer: no. But the longer answer is that it affects so many people in negative ways, when there are some very simple other foods we could be eating.

So today, I’m debunking superfoods and sharing what you could be eating instead. Plus:

• The early history of superfoods
• Where the term superfood came from
• How wellness culture impacted the rise of the superfood term
• What a ‘health halo’ is
• Where the best nutrition comes from
• The foods that are actually a bit superfoody but are very common
• How the exotic factor plays into hyping superfoods
• The farmer exploitation aspect of superfoods
• What the real superfood/power is

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