A superfood is what, exactly?
Thing is, there is no legal definition of a superfood - that is, any food manufacturer could call any of their ingredients or products a superfood. They just don't call biscuits or crisps superfoods because you'd probably think they were barmy if they did. Whe we asked Jacqui Lowdon, spokesperson on behalf of the British Dietetic Association, she said that a superfood is probably a fancy word for something that has an extraordinary amount of something that is good for you, like a vitamin or an essential fatty acid.
Unique, but not necessarily exotic
Don't know your goji berry from your ginseng? Sometimes really familiar things can be "super." Jacqui asked us here at Dads Space to consider the humble blackurrant. Tasty, yes, but it also has a huge amount of Vitamin C, which is essential for your body (too little means scurvy) and is also an anti-oxident, scrubbing your body of nasty free-radicals.
A fish a week for the wee one(s)
So are there superfoods for kids? Jacqui suggested that giving your kids just a portion of oily fish (not just mackerel, which is quite an acquired taste, but salmon and fresh tuna, or tuna tinned in New Zealand) a week can give them a healthy dose of Omega 3 and 6. Childhood is when the brain develops, and Omega 3 and 6 can make brains fighting fit for the years to come. If you're at a loss for a quick and easy salmon recipe, check out our healthy recipes article!