Holistic Recipes - A MOUTHFUL OF MANNA

http://www.lifepositive.com/body/holistic-recipes/grfx/superfood.jpgIf you aren't one of those health freaks, the number of super health foods flooding the market might take you by surprise-more so when you come across their exotic names and claims.

But what, you may ask, are super health foods? "I would define super health food as complete nutrition," says Natarajan Sundaram, director of Transtech Engineers & Exporters which markets spirulina in India, under the brand name Progen. That seems to be it. However, super health foods also act as a food supplement, providing all necessary nutrients and keeping you fit and add to your overall well-being. Many of them have been introduced in recent times and all their healing and rejuvenating properties are not even well charted.

India's Nature Cure and Yoga Health Center at New Delhi's Lajpat Bhavan sells a variety of organic food items. "The demand for health foods is growing. The only problem is the availability of super health foods like tofu whose Indian counterparts don't taste as good," says Himmat Singh, manager of the center. Tofu? "It is soybean curd," he explains helpfully and points to a loaf that looks like cottage cheese, but is less white.

Kunal Kumar, director of New Delhi's Modern Bazaar which has a separate section for super health foods, echoes the sentiment: "Some items like ginseng are priced rather steep. Yet, there is a continuous demand for these food supplements."

There are many brands of health foods in the market, but the choice for super health foods is limited to six products: spirulina, ginseng, wheatgrass, alfalfa, tofu and Manchurian mushrooms.



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