Super

This week it rained. It was suppose to have been the wettest week in Southern California in five years. I spent most of the weekend at home reading mostly about nutrition. I found a list of “super foods” such as blueberries, avocados, garlic, spinach, sweet potatoes…all the usual suspects. Each has its own super health benefit. The problem is that there are very few foods that produce an immediate effect. So, I’m always left wondering how much I have to eat and how frequently and when will I know when it works? I guess you just have to have faith that they will work but what is your daily dose of spinach look like? Do you have to eat all of the super foods every day? If you google the term “super foods,” you can find tons of lists of super foods. Three years ago, there were ten super foods and now there are several lists of 25 super foods. For the heck of it I googled “mushroom super food” and guess what? It is a super food! And guess what? So is zucchini! Who knew?

Right now my goal is to lose weight so I’m not going to be eating dark chocolate or drinking red wine (both super foods) for the time being. I will have to forgo those health benefits for a while, but I am working at trying to eat five fruits and vegetables a day. It is not that easy. I did discover one new super food that I had never heard of before, at least not in terms of nutrition. I bought a canister of crushed chia seeds. Yes, chia like the chia pets but these are the seeds and not the sprouts. It is suppose to be really good for you but it is also really high in fiber so it fills you up (an immediate pay off) and you feel fuller and therefore eat less.