It is not the first time that we tell you that a healthy diet is essential to lead a healthy lifestyle. As is customary around healthy life, fads always emerge about foods that suddenly receive special attention. For a while now, people have been talking about mountain house foods, but what are they really?
What are superfoods?
By superfoods are understood those that contribute a benefit to our health due to its high nutrient content. But is it really like that? There is no scientific or medical evidence to corroborate these claims, although the people who consume them affirm that this type of food provides innumerable benefits to their health.
Generally known as superfoods come from other cultures and they were already famous for the benefits they brought in health. Some of these natural products are:
- The quinoa
- Chia seeds
- The berries of Goji
- The avocado
- The spelled
- Spirulina
- The açaí
- Matcha tea
- The lucuma
- The reishi mushroom
- Turmeric
Although some that are already included in our diet, the Mediterranean diet is also included in the list of mountain house foods. These foods are:
- Garlic
- The olive oil
- Broccoli
- the nuts
- The dark chocolate
What benefits do they bring?
Each of the foods mentioned above has a series of specific benefits that help our body and our mood.
- Help the digestive system like the quinoa that carries fiber and improves intestinal transit. The baobab, green leafy vegetables, lucuma or chia seeds also help to improve digestion.
- It contains anti-inflammatory properties such as ginger.
- The reishi mushrooms, black chocolate, Matcha tea or açai are antioxidants.
- Spirulina, oats or black garlic provide revitalizing effects .
Remember that in addition to eating a healthy diet is important to combine with the practice of exercise.