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Default Super Food.... Is there any thing super?

sf wrote:
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> Superfood? Leave it to the EU to come up with a term
> no one can figure out. I would have thought it was
> genetically altered at the very least.


I think it arose as a marketing term in the U.S.
for various dietary supplements, such as dried
_Spirulina_ algae. Blech!

Since it can mean anything, I'd call red wine
and dark chocolate (70% or more) superfoods.