What are superfoods?

Many natural foods are heavily marketed as Superfoods, resulting in exponential sales.

The foods are often promoted as a must-have product, that is helpful in preventing many lifestyle diseases and health problems. It is a good idea to enjoy a varied diet instead of buying in the hype.

Empty calories are great fuel and excellent for use during sports. The lack of other nutrients in these sugary foods means they're absorbed faster into the bloodstream and give quick energy.

Protein and fat from less nutritious foods, such as sausages and ribs, are not worthless....

Superfoods should be common foods. Our desire for superfoods is symptomatic of a food system that prizes quantity over quality. Diets have often narrowed at the expense of nutritional richness. 

Superfoods might have been more common if the rest of our food supply did a better job of feedin...