#superfood

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Superfood isn’t a scientifically defined term, it’s just a marketing label. No food is “super,” and your body doesn’t need a gimmick to be healthy.

The body tightly controls its pH levels. Eating alkaline foods or drinking fancy water won’t change it. There is extremely limited evidence that suggests otherwise.

Taking collagen isn’t bad for you, it’s just not necessary. It’s also not magical. It’s just expensive and aggressively marketed by influencers.

Fiber is great, but maxing it out can cause bloating, gas, constipation, digestive discomfort, and potential nutrient malabsorption. Fiber-maxxing is a great example of proper health advice taken to the extreme.

Influencers sell electrolytes like daily life depends on them. Electrolytes are helpful for heavy exercise, excessive sweating, or illness. Otherwise, overdoing them is unnecessary.

Bone broth is fine, but it’s unnecessary and expensive. It’s really just warm, overpriced water marketed as a miracle. Don’t fall for it.

Women’s hormones are sensitive to energy restriction. Intermittent fasting can increase stress hormones while also disrupting reproductive, hunger/satiety, and thyroid hormones.

Clean eating has no official definition. Clean eating = whatever someone decided sounds healthy today. It’s a made-up standard, not a science-based guideline.