If you want to get the most nutritional bang for your buck, the best deals are “superfoods”. These nutritional superstars are far more plentiful in nutrients than they are in calories and that research has shown deliver health benefits. You’re probably already eating a lot of everyday superfoods—like bananas, eggs and broccoli—and maybe even some exotic ones (acai, anyone?).
But what about the power-packed foods filled with good-for-you vitamins, minerals and disease-fighting phytochemicals you aren’t eating? Here are 7 of the healthiest foods that you should be eating but probably aren’t (or at least aren’t getting enough of).
—Matthew Thompson, Former Associate Food Editor