Geerthana Uthayakumar Superfoods are foods that are healthy for you because they are either nutrient-dense or offer multiple health benefits or both. Most brightly-coloured fruits and vegetables, nuts, seeds, whole grains, and beans can be considered a superfood.
The following is a list of 60 superfoods. Each week I will be writing about one of these superfoods and why it is beneficial to include it in your diet . Please keep in mind that any list of superfoods is subjective and that a healthy diet includes eating a wide variety of whole foods.
- Apple
- Asparagus
- Avocado
- Banana
- Basil
- Beans and lentils
- Beets
- Bittermelon
- Blackberry
- Black pepper
- Blueberry
- Broccoli
- Cantaloupe
- Cardamom
- Carrots
- Cauliflower
- Cherry
- Chia seeds
- Cinnamon
- Coconut water, oil and flesh
- Coriander
- Cranberry
- Dark chocolate
- Egg
- Figs
- Flaxseed
- Garlic
- Ginger
- Grapes
- Guava
- Honey
- Kale
- Kiwi
- Mango
- Mushroom
- Nuts, raw and unsalted
- Oats
- Oregano
- Papaya
- Passionfruit
- Peppers, sweet and hot
- Pineapple
- Plum
- Pomegranate
- Pumpkin
- Pumpkin seeds
- Quinoa
- Raspberry
- Red grapes
- Rhubarb
- Salmon
- Spinach
- Strawberry
- Sweet potato
- Tea, both green and black
- Tomato
- Turmeric
- Watermelon
- Yogurt
- Zucchini
Superfoods highlighted in purple have been already been written about. Check under the “Superfoods” category to read the post. Check back every Friday for a new Superfoods post.
