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What Is a Superfood, Anyway? - Cleveland Clinic
Plus, recipes to incorporate them into your daily diet
No single food can do it all — but it goes without saying that some foods are healthier than others. A leafy salad is healthier than a plate of fries; a salmon filet is healthier than a loaded cheeseburger; a yogurt parfait is healthier than a hot fudge sundae.
Even among healthy foods, though, some stand out. Registered dietitian Beth Czerwony, MS, RD, CSOWM, LD, talks about superfoods, a category of super-charged, super-healthy foods, and what they can do for your body.
What superfoods do
Superfoods aren’t a nutritionally recognized category of foods, so there are no specific criteria a food must meet to be considered one. But the title is typically reserved for natural foods that are especially nutrient-dense while generally being low in calories.
“Superfoods help promote health by increasing your immune function and decreasing your chance of disease prevention or progression,” Czerwony says.
Plus, recipes to incorporate them into your daily diet
No single food can do it all — but it goes without saying that some foods are healthier than others. A leafy salad is healthier than a plate of fries; a salmon filet is healthier than a loaded cheeseburger; a yogurt parfait is healthier than a hot fudge sundae.
Even among healthy foods, though, some stand out. Registered dietitian Beth Czerwony, MS, RD, CSOWM, LD, talks about superfoods, a category of super-charged, super-healthy foods, and what they can do for your body.
What superfoods do
Superfoods aren’t a nutritionally recognized category of foods, so there are no specific criteria a food must meet to be considered one. But the title is typically reserved for natural foods that are especially nutrient-dense while generally being low in calories.
“Superfoods help promote health by increasing your immune function and decreasing your chance of disease prevention or progression,” Czerwony says.