Viva: Superfoods and you

You may have heard of superfoods like kale or turmeric lattes that are meant to boost your health. Nutritionists suggest that when it comes to healthy ageing we need to have a balanced diet.

Healthy food clean eating selection: fruit, vegetable, seeds, superfood, cereal, leaf vegetable on gray concrete background Source: Getty

So, does eating superfoods keep us more active than other foods?

Professor Linda Tapsell is an expert in nutrition and dietetics from the School of Medicine at Wollongong University.

She doesn’t mind the idea of superfoods since it encourages people to move away from less healthier junk foods.

Sydney based dietician Anika Rouf doesn’t buy into the label of “superfoods” as a dietician herself.

She sees “superfoods” more as a marketing label which the European Union has strict guidelines on, which are not as clearly defined in Australia.