Health doesn’t have to be expensive.
Most nutritionists love to chat about the “power of superfoods.” But Ansley Hill, a registered dietitian nutritionist, explains that “The term was coined for marketing purposes, to influence food trends and sell products.” Most superfood taglines are nothing more than clever marketing, scouring for your extra dollar.
This doesn’t mean that your trip to the over-priced health food market is all in vain, nor does it mean that you should entirely cut out that supposed “fountain of youth” fruit you’ve been devouring. Instead, you can think of every natural food as a kind of “superfood.”
Superfoods don’t have to be expensive. In fact, some of the cheapest and most uncelebrated items in every grocery store are actually superfoods with remarkable benefits. Katherine D. McManus, MS, RD, LDN claims that “No single food — not even a superfood — can offer all the nutrition, health benefits, and energy we need to nourish ourselves.”
So if you want to consume some of the healthiest foods this planet has to offer without breaking your bank, here are five inexpensive “superfoods” to add to your next grocery haul:
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