1. What does the term superfood mean?
2. Why do we need them? Isn't it enough to have a balanced diet?
3. Does designating something as a superfood have an effect on its sales? What about its price? What are the best-sellers in your country?
4. Why not take vitamin pills and nutritional supplements instead? Wouldn't it be cheaper?
4. Do scientists always get it right about superfoods? Can you think of any examples where a so-called superfood's benefits have been disproved?.
5. Is there a certain way we should prepare superfoods (e.g. raw vs. cooked)?
Read infographic here: Superfoods Reading
7. Was there anything that surprised you? Is there anything that you would add to the foods chosen?
8. Are the foods chosen available in your local supermarket, or would you need a specialist shop?
9. The foods in the infographic were chosen because they enhance beauty. Would you need a different set of foods if your focus was on health?
10. Choose your favourite superfood from the infographic and apply the following criteria to it:
Health benefits:
Eco rating:
Hipster rating:
Recipes in which it appears:
11. Celebrities are often associated with a particular food/diet - do you know of any that favour a particular food regime? Have you ever been influenced by their choice? Have you ever investigated a food's benefits more deeply after reading a newspaper article?
12. What other eating protocols do you know? Have you tried fasting?
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Situation
You are a nutritionist. You have been invited to take part in a debate on the usefulness of superfoods. You can be either for or against a particular food. Your teacher will take an opposing position.
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Discuss quotes
"When a man's stomach is full it makes no difference whether he is rich or poor."
- Euripides
"Life is uncertain. Eat dessert first."
-Ernestine Ulmer
"One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well."
-Virginia Woolf
"All happiness depends on a leisurely breakfast."
-John Gunther
"God gives every bird its food, but He does not throw it into its nest."
- Josiah Gilbert Holland
"Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you who you are."
- Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
Student Handout PDF: Superfood