Forum menu
Watched a docco las...
 

[Closed] Watched a docco last night about "super" foods...

Posts: 5542
Free Member
Topic starter
 
[#6239772]

... which basically said there's no such thing.

eg acai berries, chia seed, pomegranete all cleverly marketed but nothing special that makes them any better that just having a decent well balanced diet. Really interesting.

Interesting.


 
Posted : 02/06/2014 12:20 pm
Posts: 23597
Full Member
 

which basically said there's no such thing.

Well... of course.

If a food was 'super' it wouldn't be food, it would be a pharmaceutical. Superfood marketing is exceptionally crafty. Something will be marketed as say being 'an excellent source of antioxidants' but nowhere on the packet or in a advert will any claim be made as to what antioxidants may or may not do. Thats because claims made in advertising and food labelling actually have to be supported by facts. What the nutrionism industry does is then make health claims about antioxidants via press releases (or even by having ex-employees working as journalists). A piece of 'news' has no such requirement to be factual, so you just use the news columns in between the adverts to say anything you like about why antioxidants are 'excellent' without scrutiny


 
Posted : 02/06/2014 12:57 pm
Posts: 43955
Full Member
 

[quote=aphex_2k ]... which basically said there's no such thing.
Basic lack of research there.

For a start, here's a superburger

[img] [/img]


 
Posted : 02/06/2014 1:00 pm
Posts: 33
Free Member
 

Super noodles.?


 
Posted : 02/06/2014 1:04 pm
Posts: 43955
Full Member
 

Washed down with some of this

[img] [/img]


 
Posted : 02/06/2014 1:06 pm
Posts: 40432
Free Member
 

Ahem, call yourself a Scotsman?
[img] [/img]


 
Posted : 02/06/2014 1:14 pm
Posts: 91169
Free Member
 

Super foods - cabbage, broccoli etc, onions, meat, eggs, legumes.. all very nutritious. Apples, oranges etc not that nutritious.


 
Posted : 02/06/2014 1:14 pm
Posts: 23597
Full Member
 

[img] [/img]


 
Posted : 02/06/2014 1:16 pm
Posts: 7097
Free Member
 

superfood:

[img] [/img]


 
Posted : 02/06/2014 1:38 pm
Posts: 20
Free Member
 

Apples, oranges etc not that nutritious.

Do tell....


 
Posted : 02/06/2014 1:41 pm
Posts: 5559
Free Member
 

I was wondering why an onion was nutritious personally

Not saying it is not but i was intriqued


 
Posted : 02/06/2014 1:58 pm
Posts: 23597
Full Member
 

Well any food contains a quantity of nutrients, its a question of which ones are currently fashionable. Onions are nice a sugary for instance - mmm, sugary energy - thats quite voguish isn't it? ๐Ÿ™‚

And the batter on onion rings is an excellent source of wheat


 
Posted : 02/06/2014 2:29 pm