Superfoods - marketing gimmicks or health boosters

Overconfidence in superfoods can oust balancing diets and worsen your health

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You may have heard of superfoods like kale or turmeric lattes that are meant to boost your health.

Nutritionists suggest that when it comes to healthy ageing we need to have a balanced diet.

So, does eating superfoods keep us more active than other foods? 

Professor Linda Tapsell is an expert in nutrition and dietetics from the School of Medicine at Wollongong University.

She doesn’t mind the idea of superfoods since it encourages people to move away from less healthier junk foods.