Are super fruits made of LIES!?

Hello Splogies!! 

Guess what I ate today:

.....that's right. Blueberries.

...They are, supposedly, a super fruit. According to some magazine I read somewhere, anyway. But being the kind of person who never purchases magazines and only ever reads them in waiting rooms to avoid conversation and/or eye contact with fellow patients/customers/clients, I find it hard to believe that any magazine I have ever read is up to date. 

But this doesn't mean I am behind on the super fruits thing. I have long since been suspicious that the super fruits are rather a super-ridiculous-ploy-to-get-the-gullible-to-buy-more-expensive-fruit ploy. 

Here are a list of things that I have seen categorised as super fruits (or super veg):

• blueberries
• curly kale
• purple sprouting broccoli
• pomegranates
• coconuts
• goji berries
• lychees
• flax seeds
• spinach

....Most of these lay claim to being a super food by having a particularly high content of one nutrient or another. One of my favourite facts to tell people is that gram for gram, blackcurrants have a much higher density of vitamin C than lemons do. 

I think the whole system of classifying super foods should be put through the shredder. It makes them more expensive to buy!! But although I don't like pomegranates (too fiddly to eat, also one of the hardest stains to get out of upholstery- thanks for that insider info, Amber. Also, I just don't like the taste) and I'm not even sure I can eat flax seeds (I might be allergic. It's not that unlikely as I'm allergic to many many things).

There are some of these so called "super foods" that I do like; I eat spinach almost every day. But I'd be doing that even if it wasn't a super food. I bought the blueberries because they were on offer. When I got them out of the packet though, they were disappointingly squidgy and sad. Some were nice. Then I looked at the packet again and saw how far they had come across the world, and I felt ashamed. 

But I'll leave the decision to you: are super fruits a stupid idea? or are they a harmless fad? Perhaps they are a con? Are they genuine?? Let me know in the comments.

Today, this is me: 

See you tomorrow!

-Rosa

x

p.s. I got an email from my grandma today, telling me that she had read my blog! So if you're reading this, Grandma...Hi there!