Superfood

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any food purported to confer remarkable health benefits.

    "Superfoods include many different food choices, which make going on the superfood diets so easy because you have a big variety to choose from for your meals. It does not matter which of the superfoods you eat, you can gain the nutrients […]"

  2. 2
    a food with health benefits wordnet
  3. 3
    Any food which provides a very concentrated source of protein, fats, or other nutritional necessities.

    "The foremost reason a food is considered a superfood is because of nutrient density, which is the percentage of nutrients in a food compared to the number of calories."

Example

More examples

"Kale has been called a superfood."

Etymology

From super- + food.

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