Probing Question: Are 'superfoods' really nutritional powerhouses?
Thursday, August 20, 2009 - 16:49
in Mathematics & Economics
You`ve probably seen the supermarket tabloid articles with titles like `The 12 Foods Everyone Should Eat` or `Four Foods for Peak Performance.` Every week there`s another berry, grain or bafflingly-named compound that is the key to better health, longer life and peace in our time. Do these `superfoods,` as they are called, deserve the hype or is the moniker just a marketing tool to sell us food and supplements we don`t really need?