I know, I know, the words “health” and “DeLorean” aren’t typically used together. Who am I kidding, they are NEVER used together, but stay with me. To begin, grab your Back to the Future hat, jump into the DeLorean and let’s go back in time. We’re going to go back to the turn of the 20th century, pick up our great-great-grandmother and bring her to 2016!
The first thing we must do after traveling forward 116 years is get some food because I’m certain Grams is hungry. We park the DeLorean in front of our favorite grocery store and kindly escort her in. Now, take a second to imagine how confused she would be, walking into your local grocery store. You see, in 1900, food came from farms and small markets. Everything in the center aisle of our grocery stores wasn’t around because food preservatives were not widely used yet. In other words, food was fresh. Grams would only recognize the outside aisles of the grocery store at best.
Today, the food supply is very different than it was in Grams’s time. Due to the lack of processed food, Grams’s diet was very nutrient-dense, which allowed her get the nutrition she needed from the real food she ate. So how on earth do we even begin to eat the real foods needed to get the nutrition that Grams had?
In my research, I first found juicing. The documentary Fat Sick & Nearly Dead was very eye opening about the value of juicing and its effectiveness. Without a doubt, juicing provides great benefits, and many people use it as their primary source of proper nutrition. I then noticed a trend towards superfoods. You’ve probably heard of ones such as Kale, Turmeric, Moringa, and the Acai Berry. These foods are packed with a ton of nutrients. For example, a 100-gram serving of raw kale provides a rich source of vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin K, vitamin B6, folate, and manganese.
Another one you may not be as familiar with is moringa oleifera. Moringa is considered to be nature’s “miracle tree.” The plant is packed with 90+ vitamins, minerals, vital proteins, antioxidants, omega oils, and other benefits. Gram for gram, fresh moringa contains 4x the calcium of milk, 3x the potassium of bananas and 7x the vitamin C of oranges!
As you can see, these superfoods contain a remarkable amount of nutrition. The next challenge I had was to figure out how I could eat them every day with little prep time and at a reasonable cost. Remember, I’m all about keeping it simple! The answer I found was a nutritional drink mix based on one or more of these superfoods.
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There are several companies that are taking a superfood, sometimes multiple superfoods, and creating a nutritional drink mix. These drink mixes provide a way for customers to get the nutrition they need every day from real food, with little prep time, and at a reasonable cost. The cost runs between $2-$4 a day.
When you compare that to the other options I mentioned such as growing your own, juicing, etc., I believe this option provides the best “bang for your buck.” There are many options out there, but I included a link in the Resources page to the one I start my morning with every day.
