I used to watch supermodels and bloggers show off their bodies and recommend super food. I followed the trend and drank a yogurt bowl mixed with fruit and vegetable powder for dinner for a while. I didn't feel better, but there were many symptoms of vitamin deficiency: more fatigue, decreased resistance, aggravated inflammatory reaction, and basically disappeared after eating vegetables.
To be honest, I began to carefully check the literature and do my homework on nutrition, only to find that some of these super foods failed to achieve the benefits of publicity, some obviously had many cheap substitutes in life, and some were even unhealthy!
Using these colorful powders to make a yogurt bowl looks exquisite, and soaking Lycium barbarum in a thermos cup also caters to the health needs of contemporary young people, but it is not necessary to spend this money. The following is a combination of information I found to help you prevent several health rumors of super food.
1.？ Does Brazil berry powder have nutrition?
Pamela completely ignited Brazil berry powder, which is famous for its rich anthocyanins, vitamin A and rich oils (including Omega-3, 6 and 9).
ω-3, 6 and 9 are all good, but the ratio is more important. What is the ratio of omega-3 to omega-6 in Brazil berry powder? 1: 13? About, but what is the ideal ratio? 1:2? Even higher will have an impact on health, so from this point of view, it is better not to eat after eating.
Besides anthocyanins, there are so many anthocyanin foods in our life that there is no need to buy acai berry powder. Use coarse grains such as black rice, purple rice, black beans, purple potatoes, mulberries, cranberries, blueberries, grapes, etc., which are cheap, fresh and not fragrant?
In addition, vitamin A is common in pork, chicken, animal offal and various vegetables, but acai berries are not prominent.
2.？ Can green juice replace vegetables?
Green juice is also a frequent visitor to supermodel recipes. It is generally said that a spoonful can meet the daily needs of vegetables, but you should know that vegetables will lose 20% to 70% of their nutrition in home cooking. In the process of making vegetables into powder, firstly, water-soluble vitamins will be lost due to drying. If it is not freeze-dried, more vitamins will fail during heating. In the end, most of the remaining elements are stable: starch, fat and fiber.
Therefore, vegetable powder can definitely not replace vegetables, but can only be used as an emergency tonic at most. It is better to fry a green leafy vegetable than to drink green juice at a high price.
3.？ Maca powder can improve energy?
Popularizing maca powder can improve energy, mood and fertility. However, these effects of maca have been lacking in human experimental data. At present, they are basically animal experiments, and most of them are funded by Maca Company.
Maca does contain some nutrients, such as polyphenols, vitamins and magnesium, but these are cheaper and more convenient food sources, so there is no need to drink maca powder.
4.？ Is it healthier to drink oatmeal milk?
Oat milk has been successful through perfect marketing and good taste. But there is almost no calcium in protein, and calcium depends entirely on additives and dietary fiber. Its nutritional value is not comparable to that of milk, but its sugar-raising ability is excellent.
At best, it can only be regarded as a substitute product for lactose intolerant people, which has nothing to do with health.
5.？ Nut milk instead of milk
Nut milk such as almond milk and cashew milk has also been ignited by supermodels. However, the content of most nuts such as almonds, cashews and pistachios is too high, which is easy to induce inflammation. Although there is some hormone controversy in milk, nut milk is not necessarily a better choice.
6.？ Can eating pomegranate powder make you beautiful?
Pomegranate seeds are advertised as "keeping young fruits" because they are rich in vitamins, and more importantly, they contain natural polyphenol ellagic acid. Indeed, the current research shows that pomegranate seeds have certain potential to prevent chronic diseases and anti-inflammation.
But pomegranate powder only contains? 2mg？ What are the effective contents of ellagic acid currently studied? 30–850? Mg and other vitamins processed into powder are very few, and you may be lonely.
If you really want to supplement ellagic acid, it is better to buy pomegranate seed capsules directly. What is the general ellagic acid content? 200mg？ Above, save money and trouble.
7.？ Markey berry powder
Mu Ye berries are famous for containing anthocyanins. A copy of Mu Ye berry powder from Navitas (brand name) is marked with? 1 14mg？ anthocyanin
I just said in Brazil berry powder that there are many foods rich in anthocyanins in life. 100g? Fresh blueberries? 400mg？ There are many anthocyanins in black rice and black beans, so there is no need to buy raspberry powder at a high price.
On the other hand, anthocyanins do have anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects, but eye protection propaganda should be in doubt, because many clinical experiments have failed to prove the eye protection effect of anthocyanins, because anthocyanins cannot cross the blood-brain barrier, let alone talk about eye protection.
There are many similar IQ taxes and super foods. They may not be nutritious, but they must be expensive. Personally, I don't think it is necessary to buy most of them. You should do your homework even before buying. In addition, you should choose the one that has not been subjected to high temperature during the grinding process, because the antioxidant nutrients are easily lost and are greatly affected by light, temperature and air contact. If you are not careful, the active substance will fail, and it will have no effect if you eat it.